Effective Regulation of Morphologies and Exciton-Generation Process Enables Quasi-Planar All-Polymer Organic Solar Cells Exceed 18% Efficiency
By
Wang, JY (Wang, Jiaying) [1] ; Chen, TQ (Chen, Tianqi) [1] ; Zhao, WK (Zhao, Wenkai) [1] ; Tang, X (Tang, Xian) [2] ; Bai, YY (Bai, Yuyang) [1] ; Zhou, WY (Zhou, Wenying) [1] ; Long, GK (Long, Guankui) [1] ; Ji, XY (Ji, Xinyi) [1] ; Lu, GH (Lu, Guanghao) [2] ; Feng, WY (Feng, Wanying) [3] , [4] , [5] ; Wan, XJ (Wan, Xiangjian) [3] , [4] , [5] ; Kan, B (Kan, Bin) [1] ; Chen, YS (Chen, Yongsheng) [3] , [4] , [5]
DOI
10.1002/adfm.202414941
Early Access
SEP 2024
Indexed
2024-10-01
Document Type
Article; Early Access
Abstract
Disordered polymer chain entanglements within all-polymer blends limit the formation of optimal donor-acceptor phase separation, and thus the performance of all-polymer organic solar cells (all-PSCs). Considering the challenge and importance of morphology regulation in all-PSCs, a diluted layer-by-layer (N-LBL) strategy is thereby adopted to fine-tuning the properties of all-polymer blends. When comparing the traditional PM6:PY-IT based bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) film and PM6/PY-IT layer-by-layer (LBL) film, the N-LBL film, which is prepared from diluted PM6 (with 3% PY-IT) bottom layer and diluted PY-IT (with 6% PM6) top layer, displayed a clearer bi-continuous fibrillar network and a higher exciton generation process. Benefiting from these unique characters, the all-PSC consisting the N-LBL active layer exhibited a short-circuit current density over 26 mA cm-2 and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.33%, which are both higher than those of BHJ (16.88%) and LBL (17.13%) devices. Moreover, the universality of the dilution strategy in other all-polymer blends (PM6 and PY-DT, PM6 and PY-FT-o) is also demonstrated with unanimously improved device performance. This work underscores the effectiveness of the diluted layer-by-layer method in tuning the morphologies and charge dynamics for high-performance all-PSCs.
The diluted layer-by-layer (N-LBL) strategy is employed to fabricate all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). Such film-forming strategy combined the advantage of traditional bulk-heterojunction and LBL methods, and thus exhibited suitable donor-acceptor interfaces and optimal photon utilization behaviors. Consequently, a high short-circuit current density over 26 mA cm-2 and promising power conversion efficiencies of 18.33% are realized for N-LBL prepared all-PSCs.