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dc.contributor.author | Ramirez, Ivan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Privitera, Alberto | - |
dc.contributor.author | Karuthedath, Safakath | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jungbluth, Anna | - |
dc.contributor.author | Benduhn, Johannes | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sperlich, Andreas | - |
dc.contributor.author | SPOLTORE, Donato | - |
dc.contributor.author | VANDEWAL, Koen | - |
dc.contributor.author | Laquai, Frederic | - |
dc.contributor.author | Riede, Moritz | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-02T11:50:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-02T11:50:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2021-03-02T10:20:01Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Nature Communications, 12 (1) (Art N° 471) | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/33814 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Stability is now a critical factor in the commercialization of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. Both extrinsic stability to oxygen and water and intrinsic stability to light and heat in inert conditions must be achieved. Triplet states are known to be problematic in both cases, leading to singlet oxygen production or fullerene dimerization. The latter is thought to proceed from unquenched singlet excitons that have undergone intersystem crossing (ISC). Instead, we show that in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells the photo-degradation of C-60 via photo-oligomerization occurs primarily via back-hole transfer (BHT) from a charge-transfer state to a C-60 excited triplet state. We demonstrate this to be the principal pathway from a combination of steady-state optoelectronic measurements, time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance, and temperature-dependent transient absorption spectroscopy on model systems. BHT is a much more serious concern than ISC because it cannot be mitigated by improved exciton quenching, obtained for example by a finer BHJ morphology. As BHT is not specific to fullerenes, our results suggest that the role of electron and hole back transfer in the degradation of BHJs should also be carefully considered when designing stable OPV devices. The commercialisation of organic photovoltaic technology calls for research on material degradation mechanisms. Ramirez et al. show that triplet excitons produced by back charge transfer can significantly impact the photo-stability of fullerene-based devices even in the absence of water and oxygen. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | We thank Dr. Olaf Zeika for TPDP synthesis, Dr. Josue Martinez-Hardigree for his insights on morphology, and Professor Natalie Banerji for her valuable advice with TA analysis. A.P. thanks Dr. William Myers and the Centre for Advanced ESR (CAESR) located in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Oxford (supported by EPSRC EP/L011972/1). I.R. thanks TU Dresden technicians for help with sample production and Dr. Frederik Nehm for help with device degradation. This work was supported by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Marie Sklodowska Curie Grant agreement number 722651 (SEPOMO) and by the COST Action MP1307 (StableNextSol). M.R. acknowledges funding from an EU FP7 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (number PCIG14-GA-2013-630864) and STFC Challenge Led Applied Systems Programe (CLASP, Grant number ST/L006294/1). This publication is based upon work supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under award number OSR-2018-CARF/CCF-3079. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | NATURE RESEARCH | - |
dc.rights | The Author(s) 2021. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/ | - |
dc.title | The role of spin in the degradation of organic photovoltaics | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
local.format.pages | 10 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Ramirez, I (corresponding author), Heliatek GmbH, Treidlerstr 3, D-01139 Dresden, Germany.; Riede, M (corresponding author), Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PU, England. | - |
dc.description.notes | ivan.ramirez@heliatek.com; moritz.riede@physics.ox.ac.uk | - |
dc.description.other | Ramirez, I (corresponding author), Heliatek GmbH, Treidlerstr 3, D-01139 Dresden, Germany. Riede, M (corresponding author), Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PU, England. ivan.ramirez@heliatek.com; moritz.riede@physics.ox.ac.uk | - |
local.publisher.place | HEIDELBERGER PLATZ 3, BERLIN, 14197, GERMANY | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 471 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41467-020-20601-6 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33473110 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000613566500006 | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Spoltore, Donato/0000-0002-2922-9293; Sperlich, | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Andreas/0000-0002-0850-6757; Karuthedath, Safakath/0000-0001-7568-2825; | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Vandewal, Koen/0000-0001-5471-383X; Benduhn, | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | Johannes/0000-0001-5683-9495; Laquai, Frederic/0000-0002-5887-6158 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2041-1723 | - |
local.provider.type | wosris | - |
local.uhasselt.uhpub | yes | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Ramirez, Ivan] Heliatek GmbH, Treidlerstr 3, D-01139 Dresden, Germany. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Privitera, Alberto; Jungbluth, Anna; Riede, Moritz] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PU, England. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Karuthedath, Safakath; Laquai, Frederic] King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol KAUST, Phys Sci & Engn Div PSE, KAUST Solar Ctr KSC, Thuwai 239556900, Saudi Arabia. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Benduhn, Johannes; Spoltore, Donato] Tech Univ Dresden, Dresden Integrated Ctr Appl Phys & Photon Mat IAP, Nothnitzer Str 61, D-01187 Dresden, Germany. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Benduhn, Johannes; Spoltore, Donato] Tech Univ Dresden, Inst Appl Phys, Nothnitzer Str 61, D-01187 Dresden, Germany. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Sperlich, Andreas] Julius Maximilian Univ Wurzburg, Expt Phys 6, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany. | - |
local.description.affiliation | [Vandewal, Koen] Hasselt Univ, Inst Mat Res IMO IMOMEC, Wetenschapspk 1, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | - |
local.uhasselt.international | yes | - |
item.contributor | Ramirez, Ivan | - |
item.contributor | Privitera, Alberto | - |
item.contributor | Karuthedath, Safakath | - |
item.contributor | Jungbluth, Anna | - |
item.contributor | Benduhn, Johannes | - |
item.contributor | Sperlich, Andreas | - |
item.contributor | SPOLTORE, Donato | - |
item.contributor | VANDEWAL, Koen | - |
item.contributor | Laquai, Frederic | - |
item.contributor | Riede, Moritz | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.fullcitation | Ramirez, Ivan; Privitera, Alberto; Karuthedath, Safakath; Jungbluth, Anna; Benduhn, Johannes; Sperlich, Andreas; SPOLTORE, Donato; VANDEWAL, Koen; Laquai, Frederic & Riede, Moritz (2021) The role of spin in the degradation of organic photovoltaics. In: Nature Communications, 12 (1) (Art N° 471). | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2022 | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 2041-1723 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 2041-1723 | - |
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