PEDOT:PSS top electrode prepared by transfer lamination using plastic wrap as the transfer medium for organic solar cells

•Conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS film is prepared by transfer lamination.•Plastic wrap is used as the transfer medium for PEDOT:PSS transfer.•The transferred PEDOT:PSS used as the top electrode of organic solar cells.•Solar cells exhibit averaged FF of 0.60 and PCE of 4.0%.

We report on the film preparation of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) by transfer lamination using plastic wrap as the transfer medium. Comparing with the commonly used polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) transfer medium, the plastic wrap is cheaper, easier to access and for mass production. The surface of plastic wrap is less hydrophobic than that of PDMS, aqueous PEDOT:PSS solution with 0.5 wt.% surfactant can wet the plastic wrap well. No plasma or ultraviolet ozone treatment is needed on the plastic wrap prior to the coating of PEDOT:PSS, while plasma treatment is necessary when PDMS is used transfer medium. That simplifies the fabrication process. Organic solar cells with the PEDOT:PSS top electrode transferred using plastic wrap transfer medium exhibit an averaged fill factor of 0.60 and an averaged power conversion efficiency of 4.0%, comparable to that of reference solar cells with PDMS as transfer medium for PEDOT:PSS transfer.

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