Aqueous-Solution-Processed Hybrid Solar Cells from Poly(1,4-naphthalenevinylene) and CdTe Nanocrystals

Zhanxi Fan; Hao Zhang; Weili Yu; Zhenyu Xing; Haotong Wei; Qingfeng Dong; Wenjing Tian; Bai Yang

doi:10.1021/am200616j

Aqueous-Solution-Processed Hybrid Solar Cells from Poly(1,4-naphthalenevinylene) and CdTe Nanocrystals

Zhanxi Fan
, Hao Zhang
, Weili Yu
, Zhenyu Xing
, Haotong Wei
, Qingfeng Dong
, Wenjing Tian
, Bai Yang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Poly(1,4-naphthalenevinylene), prepared from a water-soluble precursor, was used to fabricate hybrid solar cells by blending with water-soluble CdTe nanocrystals (NCs) to act as the photoactive layer. In composites with CdTe NCs as the electron acceptors in a bulk heterojunction configuration, the devices exhibited a short-circuit current density of -6.14 mA/cm², an open-circuit voltage of 0.44 V, a fill factor of 0.32, and a power conversion efficiency of 0.86% under AM1.5G conditions. Because the devices were fabricated from water-soluble materials, the procedure was generally simple and environmentally friendly in comparison to the conventional devices fabricated from oil-soluble materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2919-2923
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	3
Issue number	8
Online published	12 Jul 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/am200616j
Publication status	Published - 24 Aug 2011
Externally published	Yes

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bulk heterojunction
conjugated polymers
hybrid solar cells
inorganic nanocrystals

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