• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 030 (2024)
Bosen Zou1,†, Weiwei Wu1,†, Top Archie Dela Peña1,3,4,†, Ruijie Ma2,*..., Yongmin Luo3, Yulong Hai3, Xiyun Xie2, Mingjie Li4, Zhenghui Luo5,**, Jiaying Wu3,***, Chuluo Yang5, Gang Li1 and He Yan1,****|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry and Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao (GHM) Joint Laboratory for Photonic-Thermal-Electrical Energy Materials and Devices, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
  • 3The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Function Hub, Advanced Materials Thrust, NanshaGuangzhou 511400, People’s Republic of China
  • 4Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • 5Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01241-z Cite this Article
    Bosen Zou, Weiwei Wu, Top Archie Dela Peña, Ruijie Ma, Yongmin Luo, Yulong Hai, Xiyun Xie, Mingjie Li, Zhenghui Luo, Jiaying Wu, Chuluo Yang, Gang Li, He Yan. Step-by-Step Modulation of Crystalline Features and Exciton Kinetics for 19.2% Efficiency Ortho-Xylene Processed Organic Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 030 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    With plenty of popular and effective ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) construction strategies proposed and applied, its power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) have come to a new level of over 19% in single-junction devices. However, previous studies are heavily based in chloroform (CF) leaving behind substantial knowledge deficiencies in understanding the influence of solvent choice when introducing a third component. Herein, we present a case where a newly designed asymmetric small molecular acceptor using fluoro-methoxylated end-group modification strategy, named BTP-BO-3FO with enlarged bandgap, brings different morphological evolution and performance improvement effect on host system PM6:BTP-eC9, processed by CF and ortho-xylene (o-XY). With detailed analyses supported by a series of experiments, the best PCE of 19.24% for green solvent-processed OSCs is found to be a fruit of finely tuned crystalline ordering and general aggregation motif, which furthermore nourishes a favorable charge generation and recombination behavior. Likewise, over 19% PCE can be achieved by replacing spin-coating with blade coating for active layer deposition. This work focuses on understanding the commonly met yet frequently ignored issues when building ternary blends to demonstrate cutting-edge device performance, hence, will be instructive to other ternary OSC works in the future.
    Bosen Zou, Weiwei Wu, Top Archie Dela Peña, Ruijie Ma, Yongmin Luo, Yulong Hai, Xiyun Xie, Mingjie Li, Zhenghui Luo, Jiaying Wu, Chuluo Yang, Gang Li, He Yan. Step-by-Step Modulation of Crystalline Features and Exciton Kinetics for 19.2% Efficiency Ortho-Xylene Processed Organic Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 030
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