Manipulating the Crystalline Morphology in the Nonfullerene Acceptor Mixture to Improve the Carrier Transport and Suppress the Energetic Disorder

Abstract

Mixtures of nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) are prepared to fine‐tune bulk heterojunction (BHJ) thin‐film morphologies. The acceptor phase resulting from these mixtures has unique physical properties with excellent optoelectronic processes that dictate the output of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. Remarkable short‐circuit current densities (JSC) and fill factors (FFs) are achieved due to the formation of better crystalline fibrils that suppress geminate recombination, leading to improved charge transport with enhanced crystallinity and aligned cascading energy levels confirm efficient exciton diffusion and dissociation, yielding more effective exciton recycling. The decreased Urbach energy and suppressed energetic disorder account for the improvement in the open‐circuit voltage (VOC). A maximum power conversion efficiency of 17.86% is obtained, underscoring the importance of using specific material interactions to produce a suitable morphology and manage energy loss, resulting in ideal organic solar cell (OSC) devices.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 05, 2021
Source ID
10.1002/smsc.202100092

Entities

People

  • Chaoqun Qiu
  • Feng Liu
  • Guanqing Zhou
  • Haiming Zhu
  • Jiajun Chen
  • Lei Zhu
  • Ming Zhang
  • Shifeng Leng
  • Thomas Paul Russell
  • Tianyu Hao
  • Xiaozhang Zhu
  • Xuan Su
  • Yecheng Zou
  • Yongming Zhang
  • Yufeng Jiang
  • Zhiwen Shi
  • Zichun Zhou

Organizations

  • Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • University of Massachusetts
  • Zhejiang University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics