Stable solvent for solution-based electrical doping of semiconducting polymer films and its application to organic solar cells

Larrain, Felipe A.; Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek; Chou, Wen -Fang; Rodriguez-Toro, Victor A.; Huang, Tzu -Yen; Toney, Michael F.; Kippelen, Bernard

doi:10.1039/c8ee00811f

Title: Stable solvent for solution-based electrical doping of semiconducting polymer films and its application to organic solar cells

Journal Article · 18 May 2018 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee00811f · OSTI ID:1476171

^[1]; Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek ^[1]; Chou, Wen -Fang ^[1]; Rodriguez-Toro, Victor A. ^[1]; Huang, Tzu -Yen ^[2];

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Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

A solution-based method to electrically p-dope organic semiconductors enabling the fabrication of organic solar cells with simplified geometry is implemented with acetonitrile as an alternative to nitromethane.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FA9550-16-1-0168; 105-2917-I-564-044; AC02-76SF00515; N00014-14-1-0580; N00014-16-1-2520; 72150387; ECCS-1542174

OSTI ID:: 1476171

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1441224

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 11, Issue 8; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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