Photovoltaic Efficiency Enhancement by the Generation of an Embedded Silica-Like Passivation Layer along the P3HT/PCBM Interface Using an Asymmetric Block-Copolymer Additive

Abstract

A new approach to improve the power conversion efficiency of polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells is demonstrated by generating a silica-like passivation layer embedded along the three-dimensionally intertwined interfaces between the nanoscopic domains of P3HT and PCBM by addition of an aymmetric block copolymer containing a short organo-silica precursor.