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Integration of Inkjet Printed Graphene as a Hole Transport Layer in Organic Solar Cells.

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Tomarchio, Flavia 
Decorde, Nicolas 
Kehrer, Matthias 
Hesser, Günter 

Abstract

This work demonstrates the green production of a graphene ink for inkjet printing and its use as a hole transport layer (HTL) in an organic solar cell. Graphene as an HTL improves the selective hole extraction at the anode and prevents charge recombination at the electronic interface and metal diffusion into the photoactive layer. Graphite was exfoliated in water, concentrated by iterative centrifugation, and characterized by Raman. The concentrated graphene ink was incorporated into inverted organic solar cells by inkjet printing on the active polymer in an ambient atmosphere. Argon plasma was used to enhance wetting of the polymer with the graphene ink during printing. The argon plasma treatment of the active polymer P3HT:PCBM was investigated by XPS, AFM and contact angle measurements. Efficiency and lifetime studies undertaken show that the device with graphene as HTL is fully functional and has good potential for an inkjet printable and flexible alternative to PEDOT:PSS.

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Peer reviewed: True


Acknowledgements: Thanks to Assoz. Univ. Markus Clark Scharber for fruitful discussions and helpful advice.

Keywords

graphene, hole transport layer, inkjet printing, organic solar cells

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Micromachines (Basel)

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2072-666X
2072-666X

Volume Title

14

Publisher

MDPI AG
Sponsorship
European Community’s 7th framework program (314578 MEM4WIN)