Abstract
Achieving high power conversion efficiency and good mechanical robustness is still challenging for the ultraflexible organic solar cells. Interlayers simultaneously having good mechanical robustness and good chemical compatibility with the active layer are highly desirable. In this work, we present an interlayer of Zn2+-chelated polyethylenimine (denoted as PEI-Zn), which can endure a maximum bending strain over twice as high as that of ZnO and is chemically compatible with the recently emerging efficient nonfullerene active layers. On 1.3 μm polyethylene naphthalate substrates, ultraflexible nonfullerene solar cells with the PEI-Zn interlayer display a power conversion efficiency of 12.3% on PEDOT:PSS electrodes and 15.0% on AgNWs electrodes. Furthermore, the ultraflexible cells show nearly unchanged power conversion efficiency during 100 continuous compression-flat deformation cycles with a compression ratio of 45%. At the end, the ultraflexible cell is demonstrated to be attached onto the finger joint and displays reversible current output during the finger bending-spreading.
Highlights
Achieving high power conversion efficiency and good mechanical robustness is still challenging for the ultraflexible organic solar cells
The ultraflexible Organic solar cells (OSC) are attractive for the integrated applications in intelligent robots, electronic skin, and Internet of Things[15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]
In 2011, the Bao group reported the stretchable OSCs on pre-stretched polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) active layer, obtaining a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.0%23
Summary
Achieving high power conversion efficiency and good mechanical robustness is still challenging for the ultraflexible organic solar cells. We present an interlayer of Zn2+-chelated polyethylenimine (denoted as PEI-Zn), which can endure a maximum bending strain over twice as high as that of ZnO and is chemically compatible with the recently emerging efficient nonfullerene active layers. It cannot be used to smoothen the rough surface of AgNWs. it is important to develop interlayers that can endure high mechanical strain and be simultaneously compatible with the nonfullerene active layers and flexible electrode to fabricate ultraflexible OSCs with high PCE and good mechanical robustness. We present a robust low–work function interlayer of Zinc ion (Zn2+) chelated PEI (denoted as PEI-Zn) for efficient ultraflexible nonfullerene OSCs. The PEI-Zn can endure a maximum bending strain over twice as high as that of ZnO. The cells show good mechanical durability during the continuous deformation cycling with a compression ratio of 45%
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