Issue 13, 2015

Transparent and conductive polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite thin films with a “water-impermeable” property to significantly enhance stability of organic–inorganic hybrid solar cells

Abstract

We demonstrated for the first time that optically transparent and conductive polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite thin films were produced at 85 °C by mixing a sol–gel modified polysiloxane with the aqueous PEDOT:PSS solution. Polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite thin films were deposited by conventional solution-processed spin- or spray-coating methods, presenting superior water- and scratch-resistance. ∼100 Ω □−1 sheet resistance with ∼80% transmittance was obtained and was further reduced to 25 Ω □−1 by adding 90 nm ± 20 nm Ag nanowires to the solution. The p-type polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite thin films were then applied on n-type c-Si wafers to fabricate organic–inorganic Schottky hybrid photovoltaic devices, demonstrating a similar performance in power conversion efficiency as PEDOT:PSS. However, to the best of our knowledge our high conductive polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite c-Si hybrid photovoltaic devices presented the best stability among this type of devices under the ambient environment. Performance of our photovoltaic devices kept no degradation even if the devices were immersed in water without encapsulation for protection.

Graphical abstract: Transparent and conductive polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite thin films with a “water-impermeable” property to significantly enhance stability of organic–inorganic hybrid solar cells

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Nov 2014
Accepted
05 Jan 2015
First published
06 Jan 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 9650-9657

Transparent and conductive polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite thin films with a “water-impermeable” property to significantly enhance stability of organic–inorganic hybrid solar cells

H. Wang and V. Kumar, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 9650 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA14079F

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