Enhanced performance and air stability of 3.2% hybrid solar cells: how the functional polymer and CdTe nanostructure boost the solar cell efficiency.
A record high PCE of up to 3.2% demonstrates that the efficiency of hybrid solar cells (HSCs) can be boosted by utilizing a unique mono-aniline end group of PSBTBT-NH(2) as a strong anchor to attach to CdTe nanocrystal surfaces and by simultaneously exploiting benzene-1,3-dithiol solvent-vapor annealing to improve the charge separation at the donor/acceptor interface, which leads to efficient charge transportation in the HSCs.
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
Hsieh-Chih
HC
Chen
Chih-Wei
CW
Lai
I-Che
IC
Wu
Hsin-Ru
HR
Pan
I-Wen P
IW
Chen
Yung-Kang
YK
Peng
Chien-Liang
CL
Liu
Chun-hsien
CH
Chen
Pi-Tai
PT
Chou
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