Unveiling the Electronic State Interplay at the DBP/4P-NPD Interface in Organic Solar Cells
Mariam Ahmad a, Mehrad Ahmadpour a, Dylan Amelot b, Hervé Cruguel b, Nadine Witkowski b, Morten Madsen a
a Syddansk Universitet, SDU NanoSyd, Mads Clausen Institute, Alsion, 2, Sønderborg, Denmark
b Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, France, Place Jussieu, 4, Paris, France
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of Online nanoGe Fall Meeting 20 (OnlineNFM20)
#NewOPV20. Non-fullerene Electron acceptors Within Organic Photovoltaics
Online, Spain, 2020 October 20th - 23rd
Organizers: Vida Engmann and Morten Madsen
Poster, Mariam Ahmad, 243
Publication date: 4th October 2020
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We investigate the surface and interface of the small organic semiconductor tetraphenyldibenzoperiflanthene (DBP), which can be used as an electron donor in organic photovoltaic devices and N,N′-di-1-naphthalenyl-N,N′-diphenyl [1,1′:4′,1″:4″,1‴-quaterphenyl]-4,4‴-diamine (4P-NPD), which is known as a blue emitter in OLEDs [1] but surprisingly has shown to  enhance device performance when implemented as an exciton blocking layer in organic solar cells. We have used XPS at two large scale synchrotron facilities (SOLEIL and BESSY) to explore the core levels, valence bands and work functions of DBP, 4P-NPD and the DBP/4P-NPD interface. Furthermore, we have used NEXAFS at SOLEIL to investigate the LUMO levels of DBP, 4P-NPD and the interface. Electronic modifications at the interface have been deciphered showing absence of interfacial states while evidencing band bending of the 4P-NPD layer. This could explain the improvement observed for OPV efficiency.

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