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Polymer Solar Cells: Incorporating Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g‐C 3 N 4 ) Quantum Dots into Bulk‐Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Leads to Efficiency Enhancement (Adv. Funct. Mater. 11/2016)
Author(s) -
Chen Xiang,
Liu Qing,
Wu Qiliang,
Du Pingwu,
Zhu Jun,
Dai Songyuan,
Yang Shangfeng
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201670070
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer solar cell , graphitic carbon nitride , heterojunction , quantum dot , polymer , optoelectronics , hybrid solar cell , energy conversion efficiency , nanotechnology , doping , solar cell , nitride , carbon fibers , carbon nitride , quantum efficiency , quantum dot solar cell , active layer , layer (electronics) , composite number , composite material , photocatalysis , organic chemistry , chemistry , thin film transistor , catalysis
Graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C 3 N 4 ) is applied in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells for the first time by doping g‐C 3 N 4 quantum dots (QDs) in the P3HT:PC 61 BM, PBDTTT‐C:PC 71 BM, or PTB7‐Th:PC 71 BM active layer. This results in obvious efficiency enhancement, as S. F. Yang and co‐workers show on page 1719. Thus, the novel application of g‐C 3 N 4 in energy conversion beyond the commonly used photocatalysts is demonstrated.