Solvent Tuning of the Active Layer Morphology of Non-Fullerene Based Organic Solar CellsShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Solar RRL, E-ISSN 2367-198X, Vol. 6, no 6, article id 2101084Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Non-fullerene acceptor (NFA)-based organic solar cells have made tremendous progress in recent years. For the neat NFA system PBDB-T:ITIC, the film morphology and crystallinity are tailored by the choice of the solvent used for spin coating the active layers. Three different chlorinated solvents, chlorobenzene (CB), chloroform, and dichlorobenzene, are compared and the obtained active layer morphology is correlated with the optoelectronic properties and the device performance. The small domain sizes in the case of CB are most beneficial for the device performance, whereas the largest number or size of face-on PBDB-T crystallites is not causing the highest power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). In addition, when using CB, the number of edge-on crystallites is highest and the distances between neighboring domains are small. The smoothest blend films are realized with CB, which exhibit correlated roughness with their substrates and no large aggregates have formed in these blend films. Thus, CB offers the best way to balance the aggregation and crystallization kinetics in the active layer and enables the highest PCE values.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley , 2022. Vol. 6, no 6, article id 2101084
Keywords [en]
GISAXS, morphology, non-fullerene acceptors, organic solar cells, solvents, Chlorine compounds, Crystallinity, Crystallites, Crystallization kinetics, Fullerenes, Organic solvents, Active Layer, Blend films, Device performance, Film crystallinity, Film morphology, Gi-SAXS, High power conversion, Layer morphology, Non-fullerene acceptor, Power conversion efficiencies
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-321183DOI: 10.1002/solr.202101084ISI: 000759624000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85125108964OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-321183DiVA, id: diva2:1709530
Note
QC 20221109
2022-11-092022-11-092022-11-09Bibliographically approved