Flexo printed sol-gel derived vanadium oxide films as an interfacial hole-transporting layer for organic solar cells

Terho Kololuoma; Salima Alem; Jiangping Lu; Neil Graddage; Ye Tao

doi:10.1117/12.2079270

Flexo printed sol-gel derived vanadium oxide films as an interfacial hole-transporting layer for organic solar cells

Terho Kololuoma
, Salima Alem
, Jiangping Lu
, Neil Graddage
, Ye Tao

National Research Council Canada (NRC)

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In this paper we report on the synthesis and development of vanadium oxide precursor flexographic ink for the printing of hole-transporting layers in organic solar cells. For the synthesis of vanadium oxide inks, a sol-gel methodology was utilized. By modifying the vanadium alkoxide precursor with a right type of coordinating ligands a stable and flexoprintable ink has been successfully developed. Flexo-printing afforded smooth and uniform vanadium oxide sol-gel films on top of PCDTBT:PC₇₀BM films. The conversion of the synthesized sol-gel film into a corresponding vanadium oxide layer was followed by DSC/TGA and XPS analyses. The inks were used for the fabrication of inverted organic solar cells by flexo-printing. Power conversion efficiencies ranging between 3.5 % and 4.5 % were achieved, which are slightly lower than the reference cells using vacuum-deposited MoO₃ as the hole-transporting layers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Oxide-based Materials and Devices VI
Publisher	International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079270
Publication status	Published - 2015
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	SPIE Photonics West 2015 - San Fracisco, United States Duration: 7 Feb 2015 → 12 Feb 2015

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Series	Proceedings of SPIE
Volume	9364
ISSN	0277-786X

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Conference	SPIE Photonics West 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Fracisco
Period	7/02/15 → 12/02/15

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Kololuoma, T, Alem, S, Lu, J, Graddage, N & Tao, Y 2015, Flexo printed sol-gel derived vanadium oxide films as an interfacial hole-transporting layer for organic solar cells. in Oxide-based Materials and Devices VI., 93640K, International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 9364, SPIE Photonics West 2015, San Fracisco, California, United States, 7/02/15. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079270

Flexo printed sol-gel derived vanadium oxide films as an interfacial hole-transporting layer for organic solar cells. / Kololuoma, Terho; Alem, Salima; Lu, Jiangping et al.
Oxide-based Materials and Devices VI. International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE, 2015. 93640K (Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 9364).

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