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Manipulating Aggregation Kinetics toward Efficient All-Printed Organic Solar Cells

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Junzhen Ren
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Jianqiu Wang
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Jiawei Qiao
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Zhihao Chen
郝晓涛 (Xiaotao Hao)
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张绍青 (Shaoqing Zhang)
侯剑辉 (Jianhui Hou)
DOI:10.1002/adma.202418353delete
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The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of all-printed organic solar cells (OSCs) remain inferior to those of spin-coated devices, primarily due to morphological variations within the bulk heterojunction processed via diverse coating/printing techniques. Herein, cyclohexyl is introduced as outer side chains to formulate a non-fullerene acceptor, BTP-Cy, aimed at modulating the molecular aggregation in solution and subsequent film formation kinetics during printing. Investigations demonstrate that BTP-Cy molecule with cyclohexyl side chains exhibits enhanced intermolecular pi-pi stacking, optimal solution aggregation size, and favorable phase separation. Consequently, PB3:FTCC-Br:BTP-Cy-based OSCs achieve remarkable PCEs of 20.2% and 19.5% via spin-coating and blade-coating, respectively. Furthermore, a 23.6 cm2 module exhibits a remarkable efficiency of 16.7%. This study offers a fresh perspective on tailoring the film formation kinetics of photoactive materials during printing through molecular design, paving a novel path to enhance the efficiency of all-printed OSCs.
Keywords:
blade coating
cyclohexyl
molecular design
morphology control
organic solar cells

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Advanced Materials
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Argonne Natl Lab
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