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ArticleNature communications2024

The role of interfacial donor-acceptor percolation in efficient and stable all-polymer solar cells.

Zhen Wang, Yu Guo, Xianzhao Liu, Wenchao Shu, Guangchao Han, Kan Ding, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Nan Zhang, Hin-Lap Yip, Yuanping Yi and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Zhen WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6788-1357
Yu GuoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-202X
Xianzhao LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-5087-9278
Wenchao ShuCAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian, Beijing, 100190, China.
Guangchao HanCAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian, Beijing, 100190, China.
Kan DingDepartment of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Subhrangsu MukherjeeDepartment of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Nan ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Hin-Lap YipDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5750-9751
Yuanping YiCAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian, Beijing, 100190, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0052-9364
Harald AdeDepartment of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1853-5471
Philip C Y ChowDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China. pcyc@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-503X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymerization of Y6-type acceptor molecules leads to bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells with both high power-conversion efficiency and device stability, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here we show that the exciton recombination dynamics of polymerized Y6-type acceptors (Y6-PAs) strongly depends on the degree of aggregation. While the fast exciton recombination rate in aggregated Y6-PA competes with electron-hole separation at the donor-acceptor (D-A) interface, the much-suppressed exciton recombination rate in dispersed Y6-PA is sufficient to allow efficient free charge generation. Indeed, our experimental results and theoretical simulations reveal that Y6-PAs have larger miscibility with the donor polymer than Y6-type small molecular acceptors, leading to D-A percolation that effectively prevents the formation of Y6-PA aggregates at the interface. Besides enabling high charge generation efficiency, the interfacial D-A percolation also improves the thermodynamic stability of the blend morphology, as evident by the reduced device "burn-in" loss upon solar illumination.

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