Industrial Kraft Lignin Based Binary Cathode Interface Layer Enables Enhanced Stability in High Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-58183, Sweden.
Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden; Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden.
Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden.
Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden; Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden.
Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden; Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-58183, Sweden.
School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China.
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, 20500, Finland.
Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden; Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, SE-60174, Sweden.
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2024 (English) In: Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, E-ISSN 1521-4095, Vol. 36, no 9, article id 2307646Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Herein, a binary cathode interface layer (CIL) strategy based on the industrial solvent fractionated LignoBoost kraft lignin (KL) is adopted for fabrication of organic solar cells (OSCs). The uniformly distributed phenol moieties in KL enable it to easily form hydrogen bonds with commonly used CIL materials, i.e., bathocuproine (BCP) and PFN-Br, resulting in binary CILs with tunable work function (WF). This work shows that the binary CILs work well in OSCs with large KL ratio compatibility, exhibiting equivalent or even higher efficiency to the traditional CILs in state of art OSCs. In addition, the combination of KL and BCP significantly enhanced OSC stability, owing to KL blocking the reaction between BCP and nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs). This work provides a simple and effective way to achieve high-efficient OSCs with better stability and sustainability by using wood-based materials.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Wiley , 2024. Vol. 36, no 9, article id 2307646
Keywords [en]
bathocuproine, binary cathode interface layer, lignin, organic solar cell, stability
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Materials Chemistry
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367106 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307646 ISI: 001126669100001 PubMedID: 37812198 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85179719395 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367106 DiVA, id: diva2:1984211
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