Understanding Charge Transfer in Carbon Nanotube-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunctions

作者:Gong Maogang; Shastry Tejas A; Cui Qiannan; Kohlmeyer Ryan R; Luck Kyle A; Rowberg Andrew; Marks Tobin J; Durstock Michael F; Zhao Hui; Hersam Mark C*; Ren Shenqiang
来源:ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7(13): 7428-7435.
DOI:10.1021/acsami.5b01536

摘要

Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube/fullerene bulk heterojunctions exhibit unique optoelectronic properties highly suitable for flexible, efficient, and robust photovoltaics and photodetectors. We investigate charge-transfer dynamics in inverted devices featuring a polyethylenimine-coated ZnO nanowire array infiltrated with these blends and find that trap-assisted recombination dominates transport within the blend and at the active layer/nanowire interface. We find that electrode modifiers suppress this recombination, leading to high performance.