Sticky Interconnect for Solution-Processed Tandem Solar Cells

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• 作者：Vincent C. Tung ; Jaemyung Kim ; Laura J. Cote ; Jiaxing Huang
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：June 22, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：133
• 期：24
• 页码：9262-9265
• 全文大小：762K
• 年卷期：v.133,no.24(June 22, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5126

文摘

Graphene oxide (GO) can be viewed as a two-dimensional, random diblock copolymer with distributed nanosize graphitic patches and highly oxidized domains, thus capable of guiding the assembly of other materials through both 蟺鈥撓€ stacking and hydrogen bonding. Upon mixing GO and conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) in water, a dispersion with dramatically increased viscosity is obtained, which turns into sticky thin films upon casting. Surprisingly, the insulating GO makes PEDOT much more conductive by altering its chain conformation and morphology. The GO/PEDOT gel can function as a metal-free solder for creating mechanical and electrical connections in organic optoelectronic devices. As a proof-of-concept, polymer tandem solar cells have been fabricated by a direct adhesive lamination process enabled by the sticky GO/PEDOT film. The sticky interconnect can greatly simplify the fabrication of organic tandem architectures, which has been quite challenging via solution processing. Thus, it could facilitate the construction of high-efficiency tandem solar cells with different combinations of solution-processable materials.