<p>Organic solar cells (OSCs) are promising clean-energy technologies, yet their performance is still constrained by interfacial energy losses and charge recombination. Engineering efficient interfacial layers that regulate exciton dissociation and charge transport are therefore essential for further improving device performance. Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub>x</sub> MXene combines metallic conductivity, tunable surface chemistry, and strong light–matter interactions, offering a promising interfacial platform for organic optoelectronic devices. These properties hold great promise for forming efficient interfacial charge transport pathways with organic semiconductors, thereby enhancing exciton dissociation efficiency and suppressing interfacial charge recombination, ultimately improving the power conversion efficiency of OSCs. Here, we investigate a series of ultrafast physical processes at the interface between Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub>x</sub> MXene and the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT), including plasmon-induced phonon thermal effects, exciton dissociation, and charge transfer following photoexcitation. Bilayer films comprising either P3HT or P3HT: [6,6]-phenyl-C<sub>61</sub>-butyric acid methyl ester (PC<sub>61</sub>BM) were combined with Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub>x</sub> MXene using a floating-film method. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy reveals that exciton‑dominated energy transfer at the MXene/P3HT interface accelerates the ground‑state bleaching (GSB) recovery of P3HT. In contrast, at the MXene/P3HT:PC<sub>61</sub>BM interface, charge transfer predominates, leading to a slower GSB recovery. These findings provide mechanistic insight into ultrafast exciton relaxation and charge-transfer processes at MXene/organic semiconductor interfaces, suggesting the potential of Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub>x</sub> MXene as an interfacial layer for organic optoelectronic devices.</p>

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Ultrafast carrier dynamics at the interface of Ti3C2Tx MXene/P3HT composite films

  • Jiqi Liang,
  • Licheng Liang,
  • Xiaoyang Weng,
  • Junfeng Liu,
  • Xiaoxiao Yu,
  • Ruiqi Chen,
  • Qingqing Yang,
  • Fei Liang

摘要

Organic solar cells (OSCs) are promising clean-energy technologies, yet their performance is still constrained by interfacial energy losses and charge recombination. Engineering efficient interfacial layers that regulate exciton dissociation and charge transport are therefore essential for further improving device performance. Ti3C2Tx MXene combines metallic conductivity, tunable surface chemistry, and strong light–matter interactions, offering a promising interfacial platform for organic optoelectronic devices. These properties hold great promise for forming efficient interfacial charge transport pathways with organic semiconductors, thereby enhancing exciton dissociation efficiency and suppressing interfacial charge recombination, ultimately improving the power conversion efficiency of OSCs. Here, we investigate a series of ultrafast physical processes at the interface between Ti3C2Tx MXene and the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT), including plasmon-induced phonon thermal effects, exciton dissociation, and charge transfer following photoexcitation. Bilayer films comprising either P3HT or P3HT: [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) were combined with Ti3C2Tx MXene using a floating-film method. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy reveals that exciton‑dominated energy transfer at the MXene/P3HT interface accelerates the ground‑state bleaching (GSB) recovery of P3HT. In contrast, at the MXene/P3HT:PC61BM interface, charge transfer predominates, leading to a slower GSB recovery. These findings provide mechanistic insight into ultrafast exciton relaxation and charge-transfer processes at MXene/organic semiconductor interfaces, suggesting the potential of Ti3C2Tx MXene as an interfacial layer for organic optoelectronic devices.