Novel hole transporting poly(triphenyldiamine)s for application in hybrid solar cells

Claus Jaeger; Roland Bilke; Michael Heim; Dietrich Haarer; Harridas Karickal; Mukundan Thelakkat

doi:10.1117/12.416938

5 February 2001 Novel hole transporting poly(triphenyldiamine)s for application in hybrid solar cells

Claus Jaeger, Roland Bilke, Michael Heim, Dietrich Haarer, Harridas Karickal, Mukundan Thelakkat

Proceedings Volume 4108, Organic Photovoltaics; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.416938
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Dye-sensitized hybrid solar cells with a nanoporous TiO₂ layer and different organic hole conducting polymers have been investigated. These hole transport materials (HTM) with low glass temperature (T_g) are based on triphenyldiamines (TPD). To enhance the power conversion efficiency, the HTMs were doped. New low T_g TPD-based polymers were designed and synthesized with long alkoxyl groups as sidechains or in the backbone, respectively, to investigate the influence of the soft alkoxyl chains on the penetration behavior into the nanoporous layer which has been studied by SEM. The effect of the penetration depth and wetting of the dye sensitized TiO₂ layer by HTM on the solar cell efficiencies have been investigated by I-V- characteristics and steady-state measurements. To improve the penetration, the polymers were heated above T_g. The performance of the cell is decreasing probably due to degradation of the dye during thermal treatment. To enhance the conductivity of the hole transport materials, a Li salt has been used and this doped system was compared to a doped standard Gratzel cell with OMeTAD as HTM. Crystallization on the surface could be seen after storing the standard cell for some weeks.

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Claus Jaeger, Roland Bilke, Michael Heim, Dietrich Haarer, Harridas Karickal, and Mukundan Thelakkat "Novel hole transporting poly(triphenyldiamine)s for application in hybrid solar cells", Proc. SPIE 4108, Organic Photovoltaics, (5 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.416938

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