Intermolecular Interactions, Morphology, and Photovoltaic Patterns in p-i-n Heterojunction Solar Cells With Fluorine-Substituted Organic Photovoltaic Materials

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During the layer-by-layer (LBL) processing of polymer solar cells (PSCs), the swelling and molecule interdiffusion are essential for achieving precise, controllable vertical morphology, and thus efficient PSCs. However, the influencing mechanism of material properties on morphology and correlated device performance has not been paid much attention. Herein, a series of fluorinated/non-fluorinated polymer donors (PBDB-T and PBDB-TF) and non-fullerene acceptors (ITIC, IT-2F, and IT-4F) are employed to investigate the performance of LBL devices. The impacts of fluorine substitution on the repulsion and miscibility between the donor and acceptor, as well as the molecular arrangement of the donor/acceptor and the vertical distribution of the LBL devices are systematically explored by the measurement of donor/acceptor Flory-Huggins interaction parameters, spectroscopic ellipsometry, and neutron reflectivity, respectively. With efficient charge transfer due to the ideal vertical and horizon morphology properties, devices based on PBDB-TF/IT-4F exhibit the highest fill factors (FFs) as well as champion power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). With this guidance, high-performance LBL devices with PCE of 17.2%, 18.5%, and 19.1% are obtained by the fluorinated blend of PBDB-TF/Y6, PBDB-TF/L8-BO, and D18/L8-BO respectively.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

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Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 20(2024), 13 vom: 27. März, Seite e2308165

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Qingduan [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Xiaolan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yun [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yuanjie [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shengjian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Li-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Zhixiong [VerfasserIn]
Zhan, Xiaozhi [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Biao [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Yue-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Fei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fluorinated
Journal Article
Layer‐by‐layer
Neutron reflectivity
Polymer solar cells
Vertical distribution

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/smll.202308165

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36459828X