{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Liu X"],"funding":["Department of Science and Technology, Hubei Provincial People's Government","Department of Science and Technology, Hubei Provincial People's Government"],"pagination":["e2402158"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11462292"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(37)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Sol-gel processed zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most widely used electron transport layers (ETLs) in inverted organic solar cells (OSCs). The high annealing temperature (≈200 °C) required for sintering to ensure a high electron mobility however results in severe damage to flexible substrates. Thus, flexible organic solar cells based on sol-gel processed ZnO exhibit significantly lower efficiency than rigid devices. In this paper, an indium-doping approach is developed to improve the optoelectronic properties of ZnO layers and reduce the required annealing temperature. Inverted OSCs based on In-doped ZnO (IZO) exhibit a higher efficiency than those based on ZnO for a range of different active layer systems. For the PM6:L8-BO system, the efficiency increases from 17.0% for the pristine ZnO-"],"journal":["Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)"],"pubmed_title":["In-Doped ZnO Electron Transport Layer for High-Efficiency Ultrathin Flexible Organic Solar Cells."],"pmcid":["PMC11462292"],"funding_grant_id":["2023BAB109"],"pubmed_authors":["Ren X","Xia Z","Zhang D","Zhu Y","Liao X","Huang H","Cheng Y","Liu X","Yang X","Jiang Z","Ren L","Tan W","Huang W","Lu J","Ji Y","McNeill C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"In-Doped ZnO Electron Transport Layer for High-Efficiency Ultrathin Flexible Organic Solar Cells.","description":"Sol-gel processed zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most widely used electron transport layers (ETLs) in inverted organic solar cells (OSCs). The high annealing temperature (≈200 °C) required for sintering to ensure a high electron mobility however results in severe damage to flexible substrates. Thus, flexible organic solar cells based on sol-gel processed ZnO exhibit significantly lower efficiency than rigid devices. In this paper, an indium-doping approach is developed to improve the optoelectronic properties of ZnO layers and reduce the required annealing temperature. Inverted OSCs based on In-doped ZnO (IZO) exhibit a higher efficiency than those based on ZnO for a range of different active layer systems. For the PM6:L8-BO system, the efficiency increases from 17.0% for the pristine ZnO-","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Oct","modification":"2026-07-14T19:42:01.101Z","creation":"2025-04-04T01:14:45.591Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11462292","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38923280"],"doi":["10.1002/advs.202402158"]}}