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Dual Function Additives: A Small Molecule Crosslinker for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability in Organic Solar Cells

Rumer, JW; Ashraf, RS; Eisenmenger, ND; Huang, Z; Meager, I; Nielsen, CB; Schroeder, BC; ... McCulloch, I; + view all (2015) Dual Function Additives: A Small Molecule Crosslinker for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability in Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials , 5 (9) 10.1002/aenm.201401426. Green open access

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Abstract

A bis‐azide‐based small molecule cross­linker is synthesized and evaluated as both a stabilizing and efficiency‐boosting additive in bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells. Activated by a non­invasive and scalable solution processing technique, polymer:fullerene blends exhibit improved thermal stability with suppressed polymer skin formation at the cathode and frustrated fullerene aggregation on ageing, with initial efficiency increased from 6% to 7%.

Type: Article
Title: Dual Function Additives: A Small Molecule Crosslinker for Enhanced Efficiency and Stability in Organic Solar Cells
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201401426
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201401426
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Technology, Chemistry, Physical, Energy & Fuels, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Physics, Applied, Physics, Condensed Matter, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, FULLERENE, DEGRADATION, PERFORMANCE, MORPHOLOGY, CONVERSION, INTERFACE, LINKING, DEVICES
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10051138
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