Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Integrated with a Low‐Temperature‐Annealed Sol‐Gel‐Derived ZnO Film as an Electron Transport Layer

Abstract

Highly efficient and air-stable inverted polymer solar cells are fabricated with a poly(2,7-carbazole) derivative (PCDTBT):fullerene derivative (PC70BM) active layer. Low-temperature-annealed sol-gel-derived zinc oxide (ZnO) and molybdenum oxide films are selected as the electron and hole transporting layers, respectively. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.3% is demonstrated, which is the highest reported to date for inverted polymer solar cells. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.