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We developed a film-forming processing method for morphology control and organic solar cells (OSCs) optimization. In this protocol, the processing solvent inside a wet active layer is removed by dripping a soaking solvent that is selectively soluble for the processing solvents onto the wet active layer film. By this method, OSCs based on diketopyrrolopyrrole containing copolymers: [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester blend were fabricated. Devices processed by this treatment show a significantly increased efficiency by a factor of 3 compared to devices fabricated by the traditional spin-coating method (from 1.03% to 3.2%), which is mainly attributed to morphology improvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]