The Importance of Nonequilibrium to Equilibrium Transition Pathways for the Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells.

cold crystallization morphology evolution non-equilibrium states non-fullerene acceptors organic solar cells

Journal

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
ISSN: 1613-6829
Titre abrégé: Small
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101235338

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2022
Historique:
received: 13 02 2022
pubmed: 29 3 2022
medline: 29 3 2022
entrez: 28 3 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Controlled morphology of solution-processed thin films have realized impressive achievements for non-fullerene acceptor (NFA)-based organic solar cells (OSCs). Given the large set of donor-acceptor pairs, employing various processing conditions to realize optimal morphology for high efficiency and stable OSCs is a strenuous task. Therefore, comprehensive correlations between processing conditions and morphology evolution pathways have to be developed for efficient performance and stability of devices. Within the framework of the blend system, crystallization transitions of NFA molecules are tracked utilizing the first heating scan of differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement correlating with respective morphology evolution of blend films. Real-time dynamics measurements and morphology characterizations are combined to provide optimal morphology transition pathways as NFA molecules are shown to be released from the mixed-phase to form balanced ordered packing with variant processing conditions. Polymer:NFA films are fabricated using blade coating incorporating solvent additive or thermal annealing as processing conditions as a correlation is formulated between performance and stability of solar cells with morphology transition pathways. This work demonstrates the significance of processing condition-controlled transition pathways for the realization of optimal morphology leading to superior OSC devices.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35344263
doi: 10.1002/smll.202200608
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e2200608

Subventions

Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : 21704082
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : 21875182
Organisme : Key Scientific and Technological Innovation Team Project of Shaanxi Province
ID : 2020TD-002
Organisme : 111 project 2.0
ID : BP2018008
Organisme : RSoXS
Organisme : Advanced Light Source
Organisme : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Organisme : Office of Science
Organisme : Basic Energy Sciences
Organisme : U.S. Department of Energy
ID : DE-AC02-05CH11231
Organisme : Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project
ID : BP2018008
Organisme : Shaanxi Key Science and Technology Innovation Team Project
ID : 2020TD-002

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© 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Auteurs

Jingming Xin (J)

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.

Jirui Feng (J)

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.

Baojun Lin (B)

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.

Hafiz Bilal Naveed (HB)

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.

Jingwei Xue (J)

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.

Nan Zheng (N)

State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China.

Wei Ma (W)

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.

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