Controllable Photoelectric Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Application in Organic Solar Cells

Wen-Sheng Zhao; Xin-Xin Li; Han Zha; Yong-Zhen Yang; Ling-Peng Yan; Qun Luo; Xu-Guang Liu; Hua Wang; Chang-Qi Ma; Bing-She Xu

doi:10.1007/s10118-021-2637-5

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Controllable Photoelectric Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Application in Organic Solar Cells

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- Controllable Photoelectric Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Application in Organic Solar Cells
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 40, Issue 1, Pages: 7-20(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  b.College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  c.Printed Electronics Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suzhou 215123, China
  d.Ministry of Education and College of Textile Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Jinzhong 030600, China
- Author bio：
  
  yyztyut@126.com (Y.Z.Y.)
  yanlingpeng@tyut.edu.cn (L.P.Y.)
- Funds：
  
  This work was financially supported by Chinese Academy of Science (No. YJKYYQ20180029), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22075315 and 61904121), Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (No. 2020M681756) and Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering.
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-021-2637-5
  CLC：
- Received：15 June 2021，
  
  Revised：2021-8-2，
  
  Accepted：10 August 2021，
  
  Online First：04 November 2021，
  
  Published：01 January 2022
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Zhao, W. S.; Li, X. X.; Zha, H.; Yang, Y. Z.; Yan, L. P.; Luo, Q.; Liu, X. G.; Wang, H.; Ma, C. Q.; Xu, B. S. Controllable photoelectric properties of carbon dots and their application in organic solar cells. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 7–20

Wen-Sheng Zhao, Xin-Xin Li, Han Zha, et al. Controllable Photoelectric Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Application in Organic Solar Cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(1): 7-20.
Zhao, W. S.; Li, X. X.; Zha, H.; Yang, Y. Z.; Yan, L. P.; Luo, Q.; Liu, X. G.; Wang, H.; Ma, C. Q.; Xu, B. S. Controllable photoelectric properties of carbon dots and their application in organic solar cells. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 7–20 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2637-5.

Wen-Sheng Zhao, Xin-Xin Li, Han Zha, et al. Controllable Photoelectric Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Application in Organic Solar Cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(1): 7-20. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-021-2637-5.

摘要

Abstract

Organic solar cells are a current research hotspot in the energy field because of their advantages of lightness

translucency

roll to roll printing and building integration. With the rapid development of small molecule acceptor materials with high-performance

the efficiency of organic solar cells has been greatly improved. Further improving the device efficiency and stability and reducing the cost of active layer materials will contribute to the industrial development of organic solar cells. As a novel type of carbon nanomaterials

carbon dots gradually show great application potential in the field of organic solar cells due to their advantages of low preparation cost

non-toxicity and excellent photoelectric performance. Firstly

the synthesis and classification of carbon dots are briefly introduced. Secondly

the photoelectric properties of carbon dots and their adjusting

including adjustable surface energy level structure

good film-forming performance and up/down conversion characteristics are summarized. Thirdly

based on these intrinsic properties

the feasibility and advantages of carbon dots used in organic solar cells are discussed. Fourthly

the application progress of carbon dots in the active layer

hole transport layer

electron transport layer

interface modification layer and down-conversion materials of organic solar cells is also reviewed. Finally

the application progress of carbon dots in organic solar cells is prospected. Several further research directions

including in-depth exploration of the controllable preparation of carbon dots and their application in the fields of interface layer and up/down conversion for improving efficiency and stability of device are pointed out.

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