Kim, Joo-Hyun Sin, Dong Hun Kim, Haena Jo, Sae Byeok Lee, Hansol Han, Joong Tark Cho, Kilwon 2024-01-19T20:00:43Z 2024-01-19T20:00:43Z 2021-09-02 2019-06-05 1944-8244 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/119890 Size-selected graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets were used to modify the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) morphology and electrical properties of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. The GO nanosheets were prepared with sizes ranging from several hundreds of nanometers to micrometers by using a physical sonication process and were then incorporated into PTB7:PC71BM photoactive layers. Different GO sizes provide varied portions of the basal plane where aromatic sp(2)-hybridized regions are dominant and edges where oxygenated functional groups are located; thus, GO size distributions affect the GO dispersion stability and morphological aggregation of the BHJ layer. Electron delocalization by sp(2)-hybridization and the electron-withdrawing characteristics of functional groups p-dope the photoactive layer, giving rise to increasing carrier mobilities. Hole and electron mobilities are maximized at GO sizes of several hundreds of nanometers. Consequently, non-geminate recombination is significantly reduced by these facilitated hole and electron transports. The addition of GO nanosheets decreases the recombination order of non-geminate recombination and increases the generated carrier density. This reduction in the non-geminate recombination contributes to an increased power conversion efficiency of PTB7:PC71BM OPV devices as high as 9.21%, particularly, by increasing the fill factor to 70.5% in normal devices and 69.4% in inverted devices. English American Chemical Society INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY 13-PERCENT EFFICIENCY MORPHOLOGY CONTROL POLYMER HOLE ELECTRON ACCEPTOR FILMS TRANSPARENT ENHANCEMENT Improved Charge Transport and Reduced Non-Geminate Recombination in Organic Solar Cells by Adding Size-Selected Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Article 10.1021/acsami.8b22073 1 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v.11, no.22, pp.20183 - 20191 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 22 20183 20191 scie scopus 000470938500057 2-s2.0-85066922974 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology - Other Topics Materials Science Article INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY 13-PERCENT EFFICIENCY MORPHOLOGY CONTROL POLYMER HOLE ELECTRON ACCEPTOR FILMS TRANSPARENT ENHANCEMENT graphene oxide nanosheet graphene oxide size bulk heterojunction organic solar cell p-dope carrier mobility charge transport non-geminate recombination