title: [Organic solar cell based on alkylthiol/Au self-assembly film as buffer layer].
abstract: The interface modification between the organic active layer and the inorganic electrode affects the performance of organic solar cell (OSC). A buffer layer of alkylthiol (ethanethiol, hexanethiol, dodecanethiol)/Au self-assembly layer was introduced into OSC to substitute Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) : poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT : PSS) layer, in order to improve the organic/inorganic interface. We fabricated devices with structure of "ITO/Au (annealed Au film of 2 nm)-thiol self assembly layer/poly(3-hexylthiophene) : 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl) -propyl-1-phenyl-(6,6)C61(P3HT : PCBM) /LiF/Al". After alkanethiol self-assembling, the alkanethiol prevented exciton quenching owe to direct contact between the Au NPs and the active layer. We studied the impact of alkanethiol with different chain length on device performance. With? the? growth? of? the? alkyl chain, the coverage of the thiol on Au NPs got better, and the device performance become better. In the OSC with dodecane-thiol/Au (2 nm Au film annealed) self-assembly film, the short-circuit current increases from 5.19 mA x cm(-2) to 6.24 mA x cm(-2).
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. xiexing@pku.edu.cn
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Zhi-Jian
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-Xin
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Qi-Huang
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Gong