1. Fullerene solar cells with cholesteric liquid crystal doping
- Author
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Lulu Jiang, Zezhang Chen, Yurong Jiang, Heng Ma, Cong-Cong Zhang, and Ruiping Qin
- Subjects
Materials science ,Fullerene ,Cholesteric liquid crystal ,business.industry ,Doping ,Energy conversion efficiency ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Polymer solar cell ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Active layer ,law ,Liquid crystal ,Optoelectronics ,Crystallization ,0210 nano-technology ,business - 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.
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- 2016