1. Understanding the effect of N2200 on performance of J71: ITIC bulk heterojunction in ternary non-fullerene solar cells.
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Guo, Xuewen, Li, Danqin, Zhang, Yuexing, Jan, Ming, Xu, Jinqiu, Wang, Zhiquan, Li, Bo, Xiong, Shaobing, Li, Yanqing, Liu, Feng, Tang, Jianxin, Duan, Chungang, Fahlman, Mats, and Bao, Qinye
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SILICON solar cells , *SOLAR cells , *FULLERENES , *CRYSTALLINE polymers , *HETEROJUNCTIONS , *OPEN-circuit voltage , *HOLE mobility - Abstract
None-fullerene solar cells with ternary architecture have attracted much attention because it is an effective approach for boosting the device power conversion efficiency. Here, the crystalline polymer N2200 as the third component is integrated into J71:ITIC bulk heterojunction. A series of characterizations indicate that N2200 could increase photo-harvesting, balanced hole and electron mobilities, enhanced exciton dissociation, and suppressed charge recombination, which result in the comprehensive improvement of open circuit voltage, short circuit current and fill factor in the device. Moreover, after introduction of N2200, the morphology of the ternary active layer is optimized, and the film crystallinity is improved. This work demonstrates that adding a small quantity of high crystallization acceptor into non-fullerene donor: acceptor mixture is a promising strategy toward developing high-performance organic solar cells. Image 1 • The effect of the crystalline polymer N2200 as the third component into J71:ITIC bulk heterojunction was investigated. • The enhanced device efficiency was attributed to balanced charge mobilities, and enhanced exciton dissociation. • The morphology and crystallization of the ternary active layer were optimized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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