Organic/inorganic multilayer thin film encapsulation via initiated chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition for its application to organic solar cells

Bong Jun Kim; Donggeon Han; Seunghyup Yoo; Sung Gap Im

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.34, No.3, 892-897, March, 2017

DOI10.1007/s11814-016-0303-3 Export Citation

Organic/inorganic multilayer thin film encapsulation via initiated chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition for its application to organic solar cells

Bong Jun Kim, Donggeon Han¹, Seunghyup Yoo¹, and Sung Gap Im^†

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea

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A thin film encapsulation (TFE) was fabricated by alternating deposition of organic and inorganic layers via initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). A highly crosslinked organosilicone polymer, poly(1,3,5-trimethyl-1,3,5-trivinylcyclotrisiloxane) (pV3D3) was successfully adopted as the organic layer for the fabrication of TFE. The film formed a stable and smooth interface with ALD Al2O3 layer. The multilayer TFE consisting of pV3D3 and Al2O3 alternating layers exhibited outstanding optical transparency as well as excellent barrier property. Finally, the multilayer TFE was applied monolithically to organic solar cells (OSCs), and the shelf life of the cells was increased immensely, suggesting that the developed organic/inorganic multilayer TFE is an efficient barrier film for elongating the lifetime of organic electronics.

Keywords:Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD);Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD);Thin Film Encapsulation (TFE);Barrier;Organic Solar Cells (OSCs)

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