Fullerene solar cells with cholesteric liquid crystal doping

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/9/098401

Abstract This paper reports the doping effect of cholesteric liquid crystal 3β-Hydroxy-5-cholestene 3-oleate on polymer solar cells composed of the poly 3-hexyl thiophene and the fullerene derivative. With a doping ratio of 0.3 wt%, the device achieves an ideal improvement on the shunt resistor and the fill factor. Compared with the reference cell, the power conversion efficiency of the doped cell is improved 24%. The photoelectric measurement and the active layer characterization indicate that the self-assembly liquid crystal can improve the film crystallization and reduce the membrane defect.

Keywords: liquid crystal cholesteryl oleatea polymer solar cells active layer optimization

Received: 20 May 2016
Revised: 03 August 2016
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PACS:	84.60.Jt	(Photoelectric conversion)
	61.30.Gd	(Orientational order of liquid crystals; electric and magnetic field effects on order)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61540016).

Corresponding Authors: Heng Ma
E-mail: hengma@henannu.edu.cn

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Lulu Jiang(姜璐璐), Yurong Jiang(蒋玉荣), Congcong Zhang(张丛丛), Zezhang Chen(陈泽章), Ruiping Qin(秦瑞平), Heng Ma(马恒) Fullerene solar cells with cholesteric liquid crystal doping 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 098401

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