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Solid additive tuning of polymer blend morphology enables non-halogenated-solvent all-polymer solar cells with an efficiency of over 17%

Journal Article · · Energy & Environmental Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ee01727j· OSTI ID:2422728
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  1. School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  2. Department of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, 100190 Beijing, China
  4. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  5. School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  6. School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-Optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China

The treatment of toluene solvent and DTT additive enables the PBQ6:PYF-T-o-based all-PSC devices with PCE up to 17.06%, which is one of the highest value in non-halogenated-processed all-PSCs to date.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
2422728
Journal Information:
Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 15; ISSN EESNBY; ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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