以PC[70]BM(phenyl C71-butyric acid methyl ester)取代PC[60]BM(phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester)作为电子受体材料,以MEH-PPV(poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene])为电子给体材料,制成了本体异质结(bulk heterojunction,BHJ)聚合物太阳能电池.MEH-PPV/PC[70]BM器件在AM1.5G(80 mW/cm2)模拟太阳光的光照条件下得到了3.42%的能量转换效率,短路电流值达到了6.07 mA/cm2,开路电压0.85 V,填充因子为53%.通过紫外可见吸收光谱和外量子效率的研究,发现PC[70]BM作为电子受体,对扩大光谱的吸收范围和增加活性层的吸收系数有明显的作用.同时比较了不同溶剂对该体系器件性能的影响.通过原子力显微镜(AFM)、光暗导I-V曲线等研究,分析了1,2-二氯苯有利于给体相和受体相的微相分离和载流子的传输的原因.
A bulk heterojunction photovohaic cell in which an isomeric mixture of fullerene derivatives, PC[70] BM is used as an electron acceptor in combination with poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-i ,4-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) as an electron donor has been reported. PC [70] BM is the higher fullerene analogue of PC [60 ] BM, and displays improved light absorption in the visible region. It is found out when this material is used instead of PC[60] BM in a photovoltaic cell with MEH-PPV as donor, a value of 6.07 mA/cm2 current density for the PC[70] BM: MEH-PPV devices means an increase of over 40% with respect to an optimized PC[60]BM: MEH-PPV cell. The open-circuit voltage Voc of 0.85 V and a fill factor (FF) of 0.53 for the PC[70] BM:MDMO-PPV devices resulted in an overall power-conversion efficiency of 3.42%, measured under AM1.5G, solar simulater (80 mW/cm2). The influence of different solvents used for spin-casting of active layer on device performance was studied. The results showed that 1,2-dichlorobenzene was a best solvent for PC [ 70] BM/MEH-PPV system. The mechanism of the solvent influence on the device performance was analyzed by light and dark I-V curve, AFM, and reasonable explanations were given. Morphology studies on the blend films indicated that excellent miscibility between polymer and PC[70] BM favored exciton separation. Because the exciton diffusion length in organic materials is typically small, the intimate mixture favors exciton separation and therefore higher photocurrent.