Effects of Magnetic Nanoparticles and External Magnetostatic Field on the Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

Wang, Kai; Yi, Chao; Liu, Chang; Hu, Xiaowen; Chuang, Steven; Gong, Xiong

doi:10.1038/srep09265

Effects of Magnetic Nanoparticles and External Magnetostatic Field on the Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

Journal Article · Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09265· OSTI ID:1177694

Wang, Kai ^[1]; Yi, Chao ^[1]; Liu, Chang ^[1]; Hu, Xiaowen ^[2]; Chuang, Steven ^[1]; Gong, Xiong ^[2]

Univ. of Akron, OH (United States). College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
Univ. of Akron, OH (United States). College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering; South China Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou (China). State Key Lab. of Luminescent Materials and Devices

The price of energy to separate tightly bound electron-hole pair (or charge-transfer state) and extract freely movable charges from low-mobility materials represents fundamental losses for many low-cost photovoltaic devices. In bulk heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells (PSCs), approximately 50% of the total efficiency lost among all energy loss pathways is due to the photogenerated charge carrier recombination within PSCs and low charge carrier mobility of disordered organic materials. To address these issues, we introduce magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and orientate these MNPS within BHJ composite by an external magnetostatic field. Over 50% enhanced efficiency was observed from BHJ PSCs incorporated with MNPs and an external magnetostatic field alignment when compared to the control BHJ PSCs. The optimization of BHJ thin film morphology, suppression of charge carrier recombination, and enhancement in charge carrier collection result in a greatly increased short-circuit current density and fill factor, as a result, enhanced power conversion efficiency.

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Research Organization:: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (US)

Sponsoring Organization:: NSF; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1177694

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 03, 2015 Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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