Fluorinated and hydrogenated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on anodes: Effects of SAM chemistry on device characteristics of polymer solar cells

He Wang; Jeffrey M. Mativetsky; Yi Ren; Enrique D. Gomez; Cherno Jaye; Jeffrey Schwartz; Daniel A. Fischer; Yueh Lin Loo

doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2014.09.010

Fluorinated and hydrogenated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on anodes: Effects of SAM chemistry on device characteristics of polymer solar cells

He Wang, Jeffrey M. Mativetsky, Yi Ren, Enrique D. Gomez, Cherno Jaye, Jeffrey Schwartz, Daniel A. Fischer, Yueh Lin Loo

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We adsorbed fluorinated-alkyl (F_mSAM) and hydrogenated-alkyl (H_mSAM) phosphonic acids with different molecular lengths on anodes of bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells. We found the fill factors and series resistances of devices having F_mSAMs to more steeply depend on molecular length than those having H_mSAMs. We attribute this phenomenon to the smaller tunneling decay factor of H_mSAM compared to F_mSAM, which is consistent with DFT calculations that reveal differences in the extents of electron density localization of the highest occupied molecular orbitals of these species.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3333-3340
Number of pages	8
Journal	Organic Electronics
Volume	15
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2014.09.010
State	Published - Nov 2014

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biomaterials
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Condensed Matter Physics
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