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Revealing Morphology Evolution in Highly Efficient Bulk Heterojunction and Pseudo‐Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells by Additives Treatment
Author(s) -
He Qiannan,
Sheng Wangping,
Zhang Ming,
Xu Guodong,
Zhu Peipei,
Zhang Huotian,
Yao Zhaoyang,
Gao Feng,
Liu Feng,
Liao Xunfan,
Chen Yiwang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.202003390
Subject(s) - crystallinity , materials science , organic solar cell , heterojunction , polymer solar cell , active layer , acceptor , morphology (biology) , chemical engineering , fullerene , nanotechnology , polymer , optoelectronics , layer (electronics) , solar cell , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry , condensed matter physics , thin film transistor , physics , biology , engineering , genetics
Additives treatment is as a very effective strategy to optimize bulk heterojunction (BHJ) morphology. However, the inherent working mechanism of this strategy still lacks systematical investigations in non‐fullerene‐acceptors‐based organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, a series of BHJ and pseudo‐planar heterojunction (PPHJ) OSCs using PM6 and IT‐4F as the electron donor/acceptor pair, are developed to unveil the promoting effect of solvent additive 1, 8‐diiodooctane (DIO) on active layer morphologies and device performance. The study clearly demonstrates that DIO can increase the crystallinity of IT‐4F significantly, while it has less impact on PM6. It is notable that a new efficiency‐determining crystalline balanced factor (CCL polymer /CCL acceptor ) is put forward, indicating that the more balanced CCL polymer /CCL acceptor results in more balanced charge mobility and much better short‐circuit current densities ( J sc ) and fill factors ( FF ) of OSCs. The PPHJ blend film of PM6/IT‐4F(DIO) exhibits enhanced crystallinity with more balanced CCL and favorable hierarchical distribution morphology, contributing to a champion efficiency of 13.70% with a record J sc of 20.98 mA cm −2 and a remarkable FF of 75.9%. This work not only reveals the underlying mechanism of DIO caused morphology evolution, but also achieves highly efficient PPHJ OSCs with superior thermal stability by elaborately controlling the morphology of PPHJ film.