Pristine reduced graphene oxide as an energy-matched auxiliary electron acceptor in nanoarchitectural metal oxidepoly(3-hexylthiophene) hybrid solar cell》.pdf

Journal of Power Sources 293 (2015) 246 e252 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Power Sources journal homepage: /l ocate/jpowsour Pristine reduced graphene oxide as an energy-matched auxiliary electron acceptor in nanoarchitectural metal oxide/poly(3-hexylthiophene) hybrid solar cell Hsun-Wei Cho a, Wen-Pin Liao a, Wan-Hsien Lin b, Masahiro Yoshimura b, Jih-Jen Wu a, * a Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan b Promotion Center for Global Materials Research (PCGMR), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan h i g h l i g h t s RGOs are added in the active layer of nanostructured metal oxide/P3HT solar cell. Photovoltaic performance of the hybrid cell is enhanced by the addition of RGOs. Charge separation and electron transport are enhanced with the addition of RGOs. Energy matching among P3HT, RGOs, and ZnO NPs in the hybrid cell is demonstrated. The RGOs perform as an auxiliary electron acceptor in the hybrid solar cell. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this work, pristine reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets are added in the nanoarchitectural TiO2 Received 20 March 2015 nanorod (NR)-ZnO nanoparticle (NP)/P3HT hybrid polymer solar cells. With the addition of RGOs, the Received in revised form enhancement of the charge separation and the decrease of the electron lifetime in the nanoarchitectural 30 April 2015 metal oxide/P3HT hybrid are determined