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Heterogeneous Nucleating Agent for High-Boiling-Point Nonhalogenated Solvent-Processed Organic Solar Cells and Modules
Soochow Univ, Peoples R China.
Soochow Univ, Peoples R China.
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Electronic and photonic materials. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1008-5832
Soochow Univ, Peoples R China.
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2024 (English)In: Advanced Materials, ISSN 0935-9648, E-ISSN 1521-4095, Vol. 36, no 27, article id 2402350Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

High-boiling-point nonhalogenated solvents are superior solvents to produce large-area organic solar cells (OSCs) in industry because of their wide processing window and low toxicity; while, these solvents with slow evaporation kinetics will lead excessive aggregation of state-of-the-art small molecule acceptors (e.g. L8-BO), delivering serious efficiency losses. Here, a heterogeneous nucleating agent strategy is developed by grafting oligo (ethylene glycol) side-chains on L8-BO (BTO-BO). The formation energy of the obtained BTO-BO; while, changing from liquid in a solvent to a crystalline phase, is lower than that of L8-BO irrespective of the solvent type. When BTO-BO is added as the third component into the active layer (e.g. PM6:L8-BO), it easily assembles to form numerous seed crystals, which serve as nucleation sites to trigger heterogeneous nucleation and increase nucleation density of L8-BO through strong hydrogen bonding interactions even in high-boiling-point nonhalogenated solvents. Therefore, it can effectively suppress excessive aggregation during growth, achieving ideal phase-separation active layer with small domain sizes and high crystallinity. The resultant toluene-processed OSCs exhibit a record power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.42% (certificated 19.12%) with excellent operational stability. The strategy also has superior advantages in large-scale devices, showing a 15.03-cm2 module with a record PCE of 16.35% (certificated 15.97%). The heterogeneous nucleating agent (BTO-BO) is developed to suppress the excessive aggregation of L8-BO in high-boiling-point nonhalogenated solvents processing, achieving the active layer with high crystallinity and nano-scaled phase separation morphology. The resultant OSCs achieve record power conversion efficiencies of 19.42% (0.062-cm2) and 16.35% (15. 03-cm2) with excellent operational stabilities. image

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH , 2024. Vol. 36, no 27, article id 2402350
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high-boiling-point nonhalogenated solvent; large-area modules; nucleation and growth kinetics; organic solar cells; stability
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Physical Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-202477DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402350ISI: 001196944200001PubMedID: 38554138Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85189637613OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-202477DiVA, id: diva2:1851637
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Funding Agencies|National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents [BX20220221]; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2023M732530]; Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) the Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials Design and Synthesis for Biomedical Function, Soochow University; Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the US Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]; [52325307]; [52273188]; [22309129]; [22075194]

Available from: 2024-04-15 Created: 2024-04-15 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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