研究目的
Investigating the influence of the electronic structure and aggregation size of C60 and C70 fullerenes on the photovoltaic characteristics of organic solar cells.
研究成果
The study concludes that C70-based devices exhibit superior photovoltaic performance compared to C60-based devices, attributed to C70's higher absorption coefficient and better charge transport properties. However, C60 devices show a more pronounced improvement in short-circuit current upon annealing, due to the formation of smaller aggregate domains that facilitate deeper penetration into the polymer layer. This results in a better mixing at the donor/acceptor interface, enhancing device performance. The findings suggest that controlling the size of fullerene aggregates relative to the polymer layer's roughness could be a promising approach to improve the efficiency of fullerene-based solar cells.
研究不足
The study focuses on the comparison between C60 and C70 as acceptors in a specific bilayer architecture with PSiF-DBT as the donor. The findings may not be directly applicable to other donor materials or device configurations. The experimental conditions, such as annealing temperature and time, are fixed, which may not cover all possible scenarios for optimizing device performance.