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Hydrogen and nitrogen codoping of anatase TiO2 for efficiency enhancement in organic solar cells

Hydrogen and nitrogen codoping of anatase TiO2 for efficiency enhancement in organic solar cells
Hydrogen and nitrogen codoping of anatase TiO2 for efficiency enhancement in organic solar cells

TiO2 has high chemical stability, strong catalytic activity and is an electron transport material in organic solar cells. However, the presence of trap states near the band edges of TiO2 arising from defects at grain boundaries significantly affects the efficiency of organic solar cells. To become an efficient electron transport material for organic photovoltaics and related devices, such as perovskite solar cells and photocatalytic devices, it is important to tailor its band edges via doping. Nitrogen p-type doping has attracted considerable attention in enhancing the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2 under visible light irradiation while hydrogen n-type doping increases its electron conductivity. DFT calculations in TiO2 provide evidence that nitrogen and hydrogen can be incorporated in interstitial sites and possibly form NiHi, NiHO and NTiHi defects. The experimental results indicate that NiHi defects are most likely formed and these defects do not introduce deep level states. Furthermore, we show that the efficiency of P3HT:IC60BA-based organic photovoltaic devices is enhanced when using hydrogen-doping and nitrogen/hydrogen codoping of TiO2, both boosting the material n-type conductivity, with maximum power conversion efficiency reaching values of 6.51% and 6.58%, respectively, which are much higher than those of the cells with the as-deposited (4.87%) and nitrogen-doped TiO2 (4.46%).

2045-2322
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Vasilopoulou, Maria, Kelaidis, Nikolaos, Polydorou, Ermioni, Soultati, Anastasia, Davazoglou, Dimitris, Argitis, Panagiotis, Papadimitropoulos, Giorgos, Tsikritzis, Dimitris, Kennou, Stella, Auras, Florian, Georgiadou, Dimitra G., Christopoulos, Stavros Richard G. and Chroneos, Alexander (2017) Hydrogen and nitrogen codoping of anatase TiO2 for efficiency enhancement in organic solar cells. Scientific Reports, 7 (1), [17839]. (doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18051-0).

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Abstract

TiO2 has high chemical stability, strong catalytic activity and is an electron transport material in organic solar cells. However, the presence of trap states near the band edges of TiO2 arising from defects at grain boundaries significantly affects the efficiency of organic solar cells. To become an efficient electron transport material for organic photovoltaics and related devices, such as perovskite solar cells and photocatalytic devices, it is important to tailor its band edges via doping. Nitrogen p-type doping has attracted considerable attention in enhancing the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2 under visible light irradiation while hydrogen n-type doping increases its electron conductivity. DFT calculations in TiO2 provide evidence that nitrogen and hydrogen can be incorporated in interstitial sites and possibly form NiHi, NiHO and NTiHi defects. The experimental results indicate that NiHi defects are most likely formed and these defects do not introduce deep level states. Furthermore, we show that the efficiency of P3HT:IC60BA-based organic photovoltaic devices is enhanced when using hydrogen-doping and nitrogen/hydrogen codoping of TiO2, both boosting the material n-type conductivity, with maximum power conversion efficiency reaching values of 6.51% and 6.58%, respectively, which are much higher than those of the cells with the as-deposited (4.87%) and nitrogen-doped TiO2 (4.46%).

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 November 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 December 2017
Published date: December 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 439648
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439648
ISSN: 2045-2322
PURE UUID: 89d2db58-5881-47a4-a0c1-9822d01c46cb
ORCID for Dimitra G. Georgiadou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2620-3346

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Date deposited: 29 Apr 2020 16:30
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:55

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Author: Maria Vasilopoulou
Author: Nikolaos Kelaidis
Author: Ermioni Polydorou
Author: Anastasia Soultati
Author: Dimitris Davazoglou
Author: Panagiotis Argitis
Author: Giorgos Papadimitropoulos
Author: Dimitris Tsikritzis
Author: Stella Kennou
Author: Florian Auras
Author: Stavros Richard G. Christopoulos
Author: Alexander Chroneos

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