Printed Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with the Highest Efficiency of 9.5%

Lin, Yuanbao; Jin, Yingzhi; Dong, Sheng; Zheng, Wenhao; Yang, Junyu; Liu, Alei; Liu, Feng; Jiang, Yufeng; Russell, Thomas P.; Zhang, Fengling; Huang, Fei; Hou, Lintao

doi:10.1002/aenm.201701942

Title: Printed Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with the Highest Efficiency of 9.5%

Journal Article · Mon Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201701942· OSTI ID:1417715

Lin, Yuanbao ^[1]; Jin, Yingzhi ^[2]; Dong, Sheng ^[3]; Zheng, Wenhao ^[1]; Yang, Junyu ^[1]; Liu, Alei ^[1]; Liu, Feng ^[4]; Jiang, Yufeng ^[5]; Russell, Thomas P. ^[5]; Zhang, Fengling ^[6]; Huang, Fei ^[3];

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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials Siyuan Laboratory Physics Department Jinan University Guangzhou 510632 P. R. China
Biomolecular and Organic Electronics Department of Physics Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University SE‐581 83 Linköping Sweden
Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 P. R. China
Department of Physics and Astronomy Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials Siyuan Laboratory Physics Department Jinan University Guangzhou 510632 P. R. China, Biomolecular and Organic Electronics Department of Physics Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University SE‐581 83 Linköping Sweden

Abstract The current work reports a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 9.54% achieved with nonfullerene organic solar cells (OSCs) based on PTB7‐Th donor and 3,9‐bis(2‐methylene‐(3‐(1,1‐dicyanomethylene)‐indanone))‐5,5,11,11‐tetrakis(4‐hexylphenyl)‐dithieno[2,3‐ d :2′,3′‐ d ′]‐ s ‐indaceno[1,2‐ b :5,6‐ b ′]dithiophene) (ITIC) acceptor fabricated by doctor‐blade printing, which has the highest efficiency ever reported in printed nonfullerene OSCs. Furthermore, a high PCE of 7.6% is realized in flexible large‐area (2.03 cm ² ) indium tin oxide (ITO)‐free doctor‐bladed nonfullerene OSCs, which is higher than that (5.86%) of the spin‐coated counterpart. To understand the mechanism of the performance enhancement with doctor‐blade printing, the morphology, crystallinity, charge recombination, and transport of the active layers are investigated. These results suggest that the good performance of the doctor‐blade OSCs is attributed to a favorable nanoscale phase separation by incorporating 0.6 vol% of 1,8‐diiodooctane that prolongs the dynamic drying time of the doctor‐bladed active layer and contributes to the migration of ITIC molecules in the drying process. High PCE obtained in the flexible large‐area ITO‐free doctor‐bladed nonfullerene OSCs indicates the feasibility of doctor‐blade printing in large‐scale fullerene‐free OSC manufacturing. For the first time, the open‐circuit voltage is increased by 0.1 V when 1 vol% solvent additive is added, due to the vertical segregation of ITIC molecules during solvent evaporation.

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Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 8 Journal Issue: 13; ISSN 1614-6832

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