Plasmon-induced slow aging of exciton generation and dissociation for stable organic solar cells
Fast degradation is a major issue with organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Integrating plasmonics with OPVs has improved their efficiency; however, the stability effects are unknown. We demonstrate that plasmonic effects can improve the lifetime and efficiency. The aging effects on charge carrier generation and transport are investigated. Confocal time-resolved photoluminescence of Au nanoparticle (NP) doped polymer blend was performed to understand the plasmonic effects on excited-state dynamics. Hot exciton generation is observed directly at the Au-NP surface, which contributed to achieving a nearly perfect exciton dissociation yield. We found that slow aging of the plasmonic effect and the hot…
Origin of enhanced efficiency and stability in diblock copolymer-grafted Cd-free quantum dot-based light-emitting diodes
The efficiency and operational lifetime of quantum dot (QD) based light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are essentially affected by the electron–hole charge balance. Although various methods have been reported to improve the charge balance, these methods cause issues at the same time, such as increasing a driving voltage and complicating a device structure. In this work, we introduce hybrid InP/ZnSeS/ZnS QDs, in which the oleic acid ligands are substituted with semiconducting diblock copolymer units possessing hole-transporting carbazole groups, to facilitate hole injection and to reduce electron leakage. As a result, the efficiency and the operational lifetime were improved by 1.4-fold and 4-fold,…