Journal
2D MATERIALS
Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/3/1/015003
Keywords
DFT; XPS; graphene; P3HT; organic; photovoltaics; open circuit voltage
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Funding
- European Union [604391]
- European Research Council (EU FP7 / ERC) [239578]
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J009857/1]
- Leverhulme Trust [RL-2012-001]
- EPSRC [EP/J009857/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J009857/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Functionalized graphene promises to become a key component of novel solar cell architectures, owing to its versatile ability to act either as transparent conductor, electron acceptor, or buffer layer. In spite of this promise, the solar energy conversion efficiency of graphene-based devices falls short of the performance of competing solution-processable photovoltaic technologies. Here we address the question of the maximum achievable open-circuit voltage of all-organic graphene: polymer solar cells using a combined theoretical/experimental approach, going from the atomic scale level to the device level. Our calculations on very large atomistic models of the graphene/polymer interface indicate that the ideal open-circuit voltage approaches one volt, and that epoxide functional groups can have a dramatic effect on the photovoltage. Our predictions are confirmed by direct measurements on complete devices where we control the concentration of functional groups via chemical reduction. Our findings indicate that the selective removal of epoxide groups and the use of ultradisperse polymers are key to achieving graphene solar cells with improved energy conversion efficiency.
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