Efficient Quaternary Organic Solar Cells with Parallel‐Alloy Morphology

Bi, Zhaozhao; Zhu, Qinglian; Xu, Xianbin; Naveed, Hafiz Bilal; Sui, Xinyu; Xin, Jingming; Zhang, Lin; Li, Tengfei; Zhou, Ke; Liu, Xinfeng; Zhan, Xiaowei; Ma, Wei

doi:10.1002/adfm.201806804

Title: Efficient Quaternary Organic Solar Cells with Parallel‐Alloy Morphology

Journal Article · Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201806804· OSTI ID:1490111

Bi, Zhaozhao ^[1]; Zhu, Qinglian ^[1]; Xu, Xianbin ^[1]; Naveed, Hafiz Bilal ^[1]; Sui, Xinyu ^[2]; Xin, Jingming ^[1]; Zhang, Lin ^[1]; Li, Tengfei ^[3]; Zhou, Ke ^[1]; Liu, Xinfeng ^[2]; Zhan, Xiaowei ^[3];

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State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China
Division of Nanophotonics CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100191 China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education Peking University Beijing 100871 China

Abstract Two compatible donors (PBDB‐T and PTB7‐Th) and two miscible acceptors (ITIC and FOIC) are employed to deliver a parallel‐alloy morphology model in non‐fullerene‐based quaternary organic solar cells. PBDB‐T and PTB7‐Th form a parallel link with a slight adjustment of molecular packing into enhanced face‐on crystallites while ITIC disperses into discontinuous FOIC microcrystal regions to form continuous and ordered alloy‐like acceptor phases. Characterization of blend morphology highlights the parallel‐alloy model—enabled by the introduction of PBDB‐T and ITIC, which contributes to improved molecular packing and reduced domain size resulting in efficient charge generation and consistent transport channels. This successful parallel‐alloy quaternary blend morphology demonstrates an enhanced optical absorption, optimized domain size, and nanostructures toward simultaneous improvement in charge transfer and transport. Therefore, a power conversion efficiency of 12.52% is realized for a quaternary device which is 6% higher than the ternary device (PBDB‐T:PTB7‐Th:FOIC) and 12% higher than the binary device (PTB7‐Th:FOIC). Domination of quaternary devices over ternary and binary blends, which is another feasible way to realize highly efficient devices through further investigation of quaternary OSCs, is presented.

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Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Vol. 29 Journal Issue: 9; ISSN 1616-301X

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