Research Article

Investigation of Thermal Instability of Additive-Based High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

Table 1

The - characteristics the OPV devices with the PBDTTT-C:PC71BM layers heated under different temperatures for 5 minutes.

 (V) (mA/cm2)FF (%)PCE (%) (max.)PCE (%) (min./avg.)

Without DIONon0.78110.8654.184.6 4.38/4.46
60°C0.77811.1253.554.634.39/4.57
70°C0.77811.352.364.64.51/4.53
80°C0.78111.1452.374.564.32/4.36
90°C0.77411.3352.324.594.35/4.4
100°C0.76710.6853.714.44.2/4.32

With 3% DIONon0.7113.8763.066.216.09/6.14
60°C0.71913.8861.166.116.03/6.07
70°C0.72413.6652.995.244.89/5.05
80°C0.72613.0751.944.934.83/4.9
90°C0.72613.0450.954.834.71/4.77
100°C0.72512.6848.244.434.13/4.26