Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects and improvement requirements of the prior art, the invention provides a method for preparing an alcohol-phase conductive polymer by solvent exchange, which comprises the steps of filling an anion solution into a semipermeable membrane and soaking the anion solution in alcohol, realizing solvent exchange by utilizing the selective permeability of the semipermeable membrane, and obtaining a PEDOT alcohol solution with adjustable high electric conductivity work function through post-treatment (adding other anions and alcohol). The electrode prepared by the alcohol phase conductive polymer has good wettability on various interfaces, does not need to additionally increase an anode interface modification layer, and can be well applied to various photoelectric devices, thereby solving the problem of the defect of the high work function electrode which can be prepared in solution in the photoelectric device at the present stage.
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of solvent exchange for preparing an alcohol phase conductive polymer comprising the steps of:
(1) Putting polyethylene dioxythiophene and an aqueous solution of a para-anion into a semipermeable membrane bag, and soaking the semipermeable membrane bag in a first alcohol solvent, wherein the polarity difference of the aqueous solvent and the first alcohol solvent causes the aqueous solvent to seep out of the semipermeable membrane bag, and the first alcohol solvent permeates into the semipermeable membrane bag, so that solvent exchange is realized;
(2) And adding a second solvent into the semipermeable membrane bag to uniformly disperse the polyethylene dioxythiophene, thereby obtaining the alcohol phase conductive polymer.
Preferably, the counter anion is at least one of polystyrene sulfonic acid, high-fluorine sulfonic acid ion polymer, sulfonated polyamide acid, sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate, fatty alcohol sulfate and sodium polystyrene sulfonate.
Preferably, in step (2), after the addition of the second solvent, the addition of other types of counter anions not present in the semipermeable membrane bag is also included.
Preferably, the ratio of the amount of polyethylene dioxythiophene to the amount of the substance to the anion in the aqueous solution is 1 (2.5-30).
Preferably, the first alcohol solvent described in step (1) and the second alcohol solvent described in step (2) are each independently selected from a C1-C10 aliphatic alcohol, a cycloaliphatic alcohol or an aromatic alcohol.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an alcohol phase conductive polymer prepared by any one of the methods.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided the use of the alcohol phase conductive polymer for the preparation of a film.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a film obtainable by said use.
Preferably, the film has a conductivity of 10 -4-103S cm-1 and a work function of 4.1 to 5.4eV.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided the use of said film, in particular in solar cell electrodes, solar cell hole transport layers, antistatic films, thermoelectric devices or light emitting diodes.
In general, compared with the prior art, the above technical solution conceived by the present invention mainly has the following technical advantages:
(1) The invention puts the conductive polyethylene dioxythiophene aqueous dispersion (PEDOT: para-anion) into the semipermeable membrane, and immerses the semipermeable membrane in alcohol solvent for permeation. Due to the polarity difference of the water solvent and the alcohol solvent, the speeds of the different solvents passing through the semipermeable membrane are different, so that the solvent exchange of PEDOT for anions is realized. In addition, by introducing two or more than two types of counter anions, the work function of the PEDOT-counter anionic alcohol solution can be adjusted, so that the PEDOT-counter anionic alcohol dispersion liquid with high work function and high conductivity can be realized. The electrode prepared by the alcohol phase conductive polymer has good wettability on various interfaces, does not need to additionally increase an anode interface modification layer, and can be well applied to various photoelectric devices, thereby solving the problem of the defect of high work function anode which can be prepared in solution in the photoelectric devices at the present stage.
(2) The obtained alcohol phase PEDOT electrode has good wettability and adjustable work function (4.1-5.4 eV), and the conductivity range of the film prepared by the prepared alcohol phase conductive polymer is 10 -4-103S cm-1. The alcohol phase conductive polymer is suitable for organic solar cells with different structures, and can be effectively used as a device anode without introducing an additional anode interface modification layer. Other application fields of the alcohol phase conductive polymer prepared by the invention include antistatic coating, light-emitting diode, thermoelectric material and the like.
(3) The solvent exchange strategy provided by the invention is used for preparing the alcohol phase conductive polymer formula, so that the problem that the traditional commercial PEDOT is not wetted when an anionic aqueous solution is coated on a hydrophobic surface is solved. The alcohol dispersion liquid has smaller surface tension, and can be coated and processed on any surface to prepare a uniform conductive film.
(4) The solvent exchange strategy provided by the invention has simple process, can realize solvent exchange by directly carrying out osmotic treatment on anions on the aqueous phase PEDOT, and can obtain conductive solutions of various solvents, and the preparation process has no dependence on large-scale equipment and vacuum degree.
(5) The alcohol phase conductive polymer is prepared by the solvent exchange strategy provided by the invention, and the permeation rate can be controlled by controlling the permeation time and the volume of the solvent to be exchanged so as to realize the regulation and control of the alcohol content of the conductive solution formula.
(6) Due to the addition of different anions, covalent bonds with high dipoles are introduced, and dipoles are formed on the surface of the film when the solution is formed into a film, so that the work function of PEDOT to the anion dispersion liquid is increased. In the preparation of the solar cell, the higher work function is beneficial to the upward band bending and ohmic contact between the electrode and the organic semiconductor active layer at the interface, so that efficient hole collection is realized.
(7) The alcohol phase conductive polymer formula prepared by the solvent exchange strategy provided by the invention has adjustable work function and conductivity, and is suitable for different types of solar cells, antistatic films, thermoelectric devices, light-emitting diodes and bioelectronic devices.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In addition, the technical features of the embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not collide with each other.
FIG. 1 is a process of preparing an alcohol phase conductive polymer according to the solvent exchange strategy of the present invention. The invention relates to a method for preparing an alcohol phase conductive polymer by solvent exchange, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Putting polyethylene dioxythiophene and an aqueous solution of para anions into a semipermeable membrane bag, and soaking the semipermeable membrane bag into an alcohol solvent, wherein the polarity difference of the water solvent and the alcohol solvent causes the water solvent to seep out of the semipermeable membrane bag, and the alcohol solvent permeates into the semipermeable membrane bag, so that solvent exchange is realized;
(2) Adding alcohol into the semipermeable membrane bag, wherein the alcohol is the same as or different from the alcohol solvent in the step (1), so that the polyethylene dioxythiophene is uniformly dispersed, and the alcohol phase conductive polymer is obtained.
In some embodiments, the counter anion is at least one of polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSS), high-fluorosulfonic acid ionomer (PFSA), sulfonated polyamide acid (SPAA), sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS), fatty Alcohol Sulfate (FAS), and sodium polystyrene sulfonate (PSSNa)
In some embodiments, the semi-permeable membrane is a dialysis membrane made of regenerated cellulose, cellulose ester, PVDF, and MWCO cut-off of 100-50000 Da.
In some embodiments, the alcohol content can be achieved by controlling the permeation treatment time and the additional alcohol added, with a final alcohol content concentration of 5% to 99%.
In some embodiments, the commercial product PEDOT: PSS aqueous solution is selected from the group consisting of HSolar, pH500, 4083, pH1000, CH8000, etc.
In some embodiments, the conductivity of the thin film prepared by the alcohol phase conductive polymer formula is adjustable within 10 -4-103Scm-1, the work function is adjustable within 4.1-5.4eV, and the thin film can be prepared into a film by spin coating, knife coating, spraying and other processes, and can be used for preparing solar cell electrodes, solar cell hole transport layers, antistatic thin films, thermoelectric devices, light-emitting diodes and the like.
In some examples, conductive PEDOT-PSS ethanol dispersion [ NPG ASIA MATER 12,65 (2020) ] was prepared by ultrafiltration of commercially available pH1000 to remove water and adding ethanol as a dispersion, as compared to other forms of alcoholic PEDOT-PSS solutions. Due to the low dispersion concentration of the para-anionic PSS in the alcohol (below 5 mg/mL) in this formulation, it is difficult to obtain a stable PEDOT: PSS alcohol dispersion using PSS as the para-anion. The performance of the organic solar cell proves that the organic solar cell is not suitable for being applied to an anode of the organic solar cell.
Example 1
The technological process of preparing alcohol phase conducting polymer with solvent exchange strategy includes loading 6mL of water phase PEDOT to PSS (PH 1000) in the mass ratio of 1 to 2.5 into cellulose semipermeable membrane with molecular weight cut-off of 500Da and soaking in 500mL of alcohol. The polarities of ethanol and water are 0.654,1.000 respectively, and the water molecules with high polarity pass through the semipermeable membrane faster than the ethanol molecules. After 35mins permeation, 90% water molecules permeate from the dialysis bag into ethanol solution, then 6mL of ethanol and 5wt% of ethylene glycol secondary doping agent are added into PEDOT: PSS, cavitation effect is generated in the liquid by using strong ultrasound, solid particles in the liquid are completely dispersed by using an ultrasonic cell grinder for 2h, and the ethanol phase polymer PEDOT: PSS solution (e-PH 1000) is obtained.
The film is formed by a spin coating method, and the alcohol phase PEDOT: PSS solution prepared by dynamic spin coating is coated on clean glass, wherein the spin coating speed is 800 revolutions per minute. And after spin coating is finished, annealing is carried out for 3 minutes at a temperature of 100 ℃ and the alcohol solvent is volatilized, so that the thickness of the obtained film is 160nm, and the square resistance is 100 ohm/sq. Taking an alcohol phase PEDOT: PSS film with a thickness of 160nm as an example, the transmittance curve is shown in FIG. 2 (a), and the work function test is 4.9eV is shown in FIG. 2 (b).
Example 2
The process for preparing the alcohol phase conductive polymer by using the solvent exchange strategy can be suitable for other polar alcohol solvents, the common polar solvent table is shown in table 1, and n-butanol is taken as an example to realize solvent exchange to prepare an n-butanol phase PEDOT-PSS solution, namely, 3mL of aqueous phase PEDOT-PSS (PH 1000) is filled into a cellulose ester semipermeable membrane with the molecular weight cut-off of 500Da, and the cellulose ester semipermeable membrane is soaked in 300mL of n-butanol solution. Water molecules with high polarities of 0.586,1.000 are respectively n-butanol and water, and pass through the semipermeable membrane faster than n-butanol molecules. And (3) penetrating for 15 minutes until 95% of water molecules penetrate into n-butanol from a dialysis bag, adding 3mL of n-butanol into PEDOT-PSS, and treating for 2 hours by adopting an ultrasonic cell grinder to ensure that solid particles in the liquid are completely dispersed in an n-butanol solvent to obtain a polymer PEDOT-PSS solution of an n-butanol phase.
The film is processed by a spin coating method, and the obtained n-butanol phase PEDOT: PSS solution is dynamically spin coated on clean glass, wherein the spin coating speed is 800 revolutions per minute. And after spin coating, annealing at 100 ℃ for 3 minutes to wait for the volatilization of the alcohol solvent, wherein the thickness of the obtained film is 170nm.
TABLE 1 polarity table of alcohol solvents
Example 3
The process for preparing the alcohol phase conductive polymer by the solvent exchange strategy can be applied to other types of semipermeable membranes, wherein the types of the semipermeable membranes are dialysis membranes made of regenerated cellulose, cellulose ester and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), and the molecular weight cut-off is varied from 100 Da to 50000 Da. Taking a cellulose ester semipermeable membrane with a molecular weight cutoff of 3000Da as an example, solvent exchange is realized to prepare an ethanol phase PEDOT/PSS solution, 6mL of water phase PEDOT/PSS (PH 1000) with a mass ratio of 1:2.5 is filled into the cellulose ester semipermeable membrane with a molecular weight cutoff of 3000Da, and the cellulose ester semipermeable membrane is soaked in 500mL of ethanol solution. And (3) penetrating 25 minutes until 88% of water molecules penetrate into ethanol from the dialysis bag, adding 6mL of ethanol into PEDOT (poly (styrene-co-acrylate)) PSS, and treating for 2 hours by adopting an ultrasonic cell grinder to ensure that solid particles in the liquid are completely dispersed in the ethanol solution to obtain an ethanol phase polymer PEDOT (poly (styrene-co-acrylate)) PSS solution.
The film is processed by a spin coating method, and the alcohol phase PEDOT: PSS solution prepared by dynamic spin coating is coated on clean glass, wherein the spin coating speed is 800 revolutions per minute. And after spin coating, annealing at 100 ℃ for 3 minutes to wait for the volatilization of the alcohol solvent, wherein the thickness of the obtained film is 180nm.
Example 4
The solvent exchange strategy of the invention prepares an alcohol phase conductive polymer formula, namely adding 4mg/mL of high fluorine sulfonate ion Polymer (PFSA) into 6mL of alcohol phase PEDOT: PSS (e-PH 1000) solution prepared in example 1 as stirring doping for 1h for anions. The PEDOT is processed into a film by using a spin coating method, and the PEDOT is prepared by dynamic spin coating on clean glass, wherein the spin coating speed is 800 revolutions per minute. And after spin coating, annealing at 100 ℃ for 3 minutes to wait for the volatilization of the alcohol solvent, wherein the thickness of the obtained film is 150nm. The work function test is 5.4eV, which is 4.9eV higher than the original work function of the aqueous phase PEDOT: PSS (PH 1000) film. The conductivity of the alcohol phase conductive polymer of this formulation was tested to be 5.3X10 2 S/cm. The conductivity was calculated using the 150nm film and the conductivity test is shown in FIG. 3.
Example 5
The organic solar cell with the trans-structure is prepared by the alcohol phase conductive polymer formula prepared by the solvent exchange strategy, does not need a hole transport layer, and can be directly used as an anode.
(1) Solvent exchange strategy an alcohol phase conductive polymer formulation was prepared example 4 was repeated with the same procedure described.
(2) Preparation of organic solar cell with trans-Structure the device structure of the trans-organic solar cell is shown in (a) of FIG. 4, and is glass/ITO/PEI-Zn/PM6: BTP-eC9: PC 71 BM/e-PH1000. Wherein, ITO glass is a bottom electrode, PEI-Zn is an electron transport layer, PM6 is BTP-eC9, PC 71 BM is a photoactive layer, and e-PH1000 is a hole transport layer and a top electrode; the preparation method comprises the following steps:
The cut and patterned transparent electrode Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) glass was ultrasonically cleaned with deionized water (detergent), acetone, and isopropyl alcohol sequentially for 15mins. Spin-coating PEI-Zn electron transport layer on the cleaned ITO glass sheet, heating at 3500 rpm and 200 ℃ for 20mins, spin-coating PM6:BTP-eC9:PC 71 BM active layer solution (total concentration is 18.7mg/mL, mass ratio is 1:1:0.2, solvent is chloroform) on the substrate, rotating at 1500 rpm, annealing at 100 ℃ for 10mins, doctor-blade coating e-PH1000 solution, doctor-blade coating substrate temperature at 70 ℃, doctor-blade height at 150 μm, and doctor-blade coating speed at 15mm/s. The film prepared by e-PH1000 has conductivity of 5.3X10 2 S/cm and work function of 5.4eV.
The current density-voltage of the organic solar cell device prepared using the method of this example is as in (b) of fig. 4, voltage represents voltage, current density represents current density, small area (0.04 cm 2) device open circuit voltage V OC =0.81V, current density J SC=23.31mA/cm2, fill factor ff=0.74, efficiency pce=14.02%.
Example 6
The film prepared by the alcohol phase conductive polymer formula prepared by the solvent exchange strategy is directly used as a hole transport layer of a trans-organic solar cell.
(1) The technological process of preparing alcohol phase conducting polymer with solvent exchange strategy includes the steps of loading 6mL of water phase PEDOT to PSS (AI 4083) in the mass ratio of 1 to 6 into semi-transparent cellulose membrane with molecular weight cut-off of 500Da, and soaking in 500mL of isopropanol. The polarities of isopropanol and water are 0.546,1.000, respectively, and aqueous solutions with high polarities will preferentially permeate through the semipermeable membrane into the isopropanol solution. After 25 minutes of permeation, more than 93% of water molecules permeate into isopropanol from the dialysis bag, 6mL of isopropanol is added into PEDOT: PSS, and the cells are crushed for 2 hours to completely disperse in the isopropanol solution, so that an isopropanol-phase polymer PEDOT: PSS solution (e-4083) is obtained.
(2) The alcohol phase conductive polymer formula is prepared by a solvent exchange strategy, wherein e-4083 solution prepared by dynamic spin coating is coated on clean glass, and the spin coating speed is 3000 r/min. And after spin coating, annealing at 100 ℃ for 2 minutes to wait for the volatilization of the alcohol solvent, wherein the thickness of the obtained film is 40nm. The work function was 5.0eV and the conductivity was 4.0X10 -3 S/cm.
(3) Preparation of organic solar cell with trans-structure the device structure of the trans-organic solar cell is shown in (a) of FIG. 5, and is glass/ITO/PEI-Zn/PM6:Y6/e-4083/Ag. Wherein, ITO glass is a cathode layer, PEI-Zn is an electron transport layer, PM6:Y6 is a photoactive layer, e-4083 is a hole transport layer, and Ag is an anode layer. The preparation method comprises the following steps:
And sequentially ultrasonically cleaning the cut transparent electrode Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) glass with deionized water (detergent), acetone and isopropanol for 15 min. PEI-Zn electron transport layer solution was spin-coated on the cleaned ITO glass flake at 3500 rpm, followed by annealing at 150℃for 15mins. Spin-coating PM6:Y6 solution (total concentration is 17.8mg/ml, mass ratio is 1:1.2, solvent is chloroform) on the substrate, annealing at 100deg.C for 10min at 2500 rpm, spin-coating e-4083,3000 rpm on the active layer, and finally transferring the device into evaporation chamber, evaporating 70nm silver electrode under vacuum pressure of 2.6X10 -7 Torr.
The current density-voltage of the organic solar cell prepared using the method of this example is as shown in (b) of fig. 5, voltage represents voltage, current density represents current density, open circuit voltage V OC =0.82V, current density J SC=25.86mA/cm2, fill factor ff=0.72, and efficiency pce=15.27%.
Example 7
The invention relates to a method for preparing an antistatic coating by a film prepared from an alcohol phase conductive polymer by a solvent exchange strategy, which comprises the following steps:
(1) The procedure for preparing an alcohol phase conductive polymer according to the solvent exchange strategy of the present invention is repeated for example 4 in the same manner as described. The conductivity of the film prepared from the synthesized e-4083 was 4.0X10 -3 S/cm.
(2) The antistatic coating is prepared through ultrasonic cleaning glass of 2.5 x 7.5cm 2 with deionized water, acetone and isopropanol in turn for 15: 15femins. Clean glass is placed on a doctor blade coating table with the substrate temperature of 50 ℃, 50 mu L of alcohol phase conductive polymer is taken, the slit height is set to be 100 mu m, the doctor blade coating speed is 15mm/s, the positive and negative alternate doctor blade coating is carried out for 1 to 30 times under the doctor blade coating condition, the film thickness of a film obtained by the doctor blade coating is adjustable between 20 nm and 10,000nm, and the sheet resistance is adjustable between 10 7-1010 omega.
Example 8
The thin film prepared by the alcohol phase conductive polymer formula prepared by the solvent exchange strategy of the invention adopts a spin coating mode to prepare a thermoelectric device, and the method is as follows:
(1) Synthesis of alcohol phase conductive Polymer PEDOT: PSS solution example 1 was repeated in the same procedure as described, and the synthesized e-PH1000 solution produced a film having a conductivity of 6.3X10 2 S/cm.
(2) The specific preparation process of the thermoelectric device comprises the step of sequentially ultrasonically cleaning glass with deionized water (detergent), acetone and isopropanol for 15min, wherein the glass is 2.5X5cm 2. E-PH1000 solution was spin-coated on the cleaned glass sheet at 800 rpm and heated on a 100℃hot plate for 10 minutes after spin-coating was completed. Silver paste with the smearing area of 2.5 multiplied by 0.2cm 2 at the two ends of the film is led out as an electrode.
The thermoelectric device temperature difference-voltage curve prepared by the method is shown in fig. 6, and the seebeck coefficient of the thermoelectric device is 28.63 mu V/K by fitting the curve.
Example 9
According to the comparative example of the method for preparing the alcohol phase conductive polymer by solvent exchange, 6mL of aqueous phase PEDOT-PSS (PH 1000) with the mass ratio of 1:2.5 is placed in an ultrafiltration container, a vacuum pump is used for extracting the solvent from the aqueous phase PEDOT-PSS (PH 1000), a semipermeable membrane with the molecular weight of 10000Da is used for sealing the ultrafiltration container, the solvent is removed by utilizing the pressure difference between two sides of the membrane, and 6mL of ethanol is added into the solvent to prepare the PEDOT-PSS ethanol dispersion, the PEDOT has obviously larger aggregation, and larger solid particles in the ethanol solution are difficult to eliminate even though an ultrasonic cell grinder is also used for 2 hours. And then, adding Ethylene Glycol (EG) to dope to improve conductivity, and preparing the organic solar cell with a trans-structure by using the prepared solution, wherein the device structure of the trans-organic solar cell is glass/ITO/PEI-Zn/PM6:BTP-eC9:PC 71 BM/PEDOT:PSS. Wherein, ITO glass is the bottom electrode, PEI-Zn is as electron transport layer, PM6: BTP-eC9 PC 71 BM is used as a photoactive layer, PEDOT PSS is used as a hole transport layer and a top electrode, and the preparation method is as follows:
The cut and patterned transparent electrode Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) glass was ultrasonically cleaned with deionized water (detergent), acetone, and isopropyl alcohol sequentially for 15mins. Spin-coating PEI-Zn electron transport layer on the cleaned ITO glass sheet, heating at 3500 rpm and then 200 ℃ for 20mins, spin-coating PM6:BTP-eC9:PC 71 BM active layer solution (total concentration of 18.7mg/mL, mass ratio of 1:1:0.2, solvent of chloroform) on the above substrate at 1500 rpm, and annealing at 100 ℃ for 10mins. The substrate temperature of the blade coating was 90℃and the blade height was 150 μm and the blade coating speed was 15mm/s when the PEDOT: PSS alcohol dispersion was blade coated. The conductivity of the prepared film is 6.2X10 2 S/cm, and the work function is 4.9eV.
The voltage of the organic solar cell device prepared by the method of the example represents the voltage, the current density represents the current density, the device open circuit voltage V OC =0.65V of a small area (0.04 cm 2), the current density J SC=21.15mA/cm2, the fill factor ff=0.54, and the efficiency pce=7.42%. The PEDOT-PSS ethanol dispersion liquid obtained by the ultrafiltration method is applied to the anode of the organic solar cell, and has poor performance. The reason for this is mainly that here the dispersion concentration of anionic PSS in alcohol is low (below 5 mg/mL), so that direct addition of an alcohol solvent thereto while removing PEDOT: PSS aqueous solvent tends to cause large aggregation, and even the same ultrasonic cell disruption treatment solution as in the previous example 3 is difficult to obtain a uniform non-aggregated PEDOT: PSS alcohol dispersion, and therefore it is not suitable as an electrode of an organic solar cell. In addition, this process relies on ultrafiltration and evacuation equipment, which is disadvantageous for lightweight production.
In general, the method for preparing the alcohol-phase conductive polymer by solvent exchange provided by the invention has the advantages of simple process, easiness in processing, compatibility of the prepared alcohol-phase conductive polymer solution with various processing surfaces and processing processes, and good application prospect in devices such as organic solar cells, antistatic coatings, thermoelectric devices and the like.
It will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description is merely a preferred embodiment of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention, but any modifications, equivalents, improvements or alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.