An Optimized Fibril Network Morphology Enables High‐Efficiency and Ambient‐Stable Polymer Solar Cells

Song, Jiali; Ye, Linglong; Li, Chao; Xu, Jinqiu; Chandrabose, Sreelakshmi; Weng, Kangkang; Cai, Yunhao; Xie, Yuanpeng; O'Reilly, Padraic; Chen, Kai; Zhou, Jiajia; Zhou, Yi; Hodgkiss, Justin M.; Liu, Feng; Sun, Yanming

doi:10.1002/advs.202001986

Title: An Optimized Fibril Network Morphology Enables High‐Efficiency and Ambient‐Stable Polymer Solar Cells

Journal Article · Sun Jul 26 04:00:00 UTC 2020 · Advanced Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001986 · OSTI ID:1643179

Song, Jiali ^[1]; Ye, Linglong ^[1]; Li, Chao ^[1]; Xu, Jinqiu ^[2]; Chandrabose, Sreelakshmi ^[3]; Weng, Kangkang ^[1]; Cai, Yunhao ^[1]; Xie, Yuanpeng ^[1]; O'Reilly, Padraic ^[4]; Chen, Kai ^[3]; Zhou, Jiajia ^[1]; Zhou, Yi ^[5]; Hodgkiss, Justin M. ^[3]; Liu, Feng ^[2];

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School of Chemistry Beihang University Beijing 100191 P. R. China
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Victoria University of Wellington Wellington 6010 New Zealand
Molecular Vista Inc. 6840 Via Del Oro, Suite 110 San Jose CA 95119 USA
Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Soochow University Suzhou 215123 P. R. China

Abstract Morphological stability is crucially important for the long‐term stability of polymer solar cells (PSCs). Many high‐efficiency PSCs suffer from metastable morphology, resulting in severe device degradation. Here, a series of copolymers is developed by manipulating the content of chlorinated benzodithiophene‐4,8‐dione (T1‐Cl) via a random copolymerization approach. It is found that all the copolymers can self‐assemble into a fibril nanostructure in films. By altering the T1‐Cl content, the polymer crystallinity and fibril width can be effectively controlled. When blended with several nonfullerene acceptors, such as TTPTT‐4F, O‐INIC3, EH‐INIC3, and Y6, the optimized fibril interpenetrating morphology can not only favor charge transport, but also inhibit the unfavorable molecular diffusion and aggregation in active layers, leading to excellent morphological stability. The work demonstrates the importance of optimization of fibril network morphology in realizing high‐efficiency and ambient‐stable PSCs, and also provides new insights into the effect of chemical structure on the fibril network morphology and photovoltaic performance of PSCs.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1643179

Journal Information:: Advanced Science, Journal Name: Advanced Science Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 7; ISSN 2198-3844

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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