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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Evaporation Kinetics Engineering Suppressed Bimolecular Recombination in All-Polymer Solar Cells.

Dinglong Feng, Le Mei, Chao Li, Yuang Fu, Heng Liu, Luhang Xu, Pok Fung Chan, Zhixiang Yang, Yiming Wang, Chun-Jen Su and 8 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dinglong FengDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Le MeiInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chao LiDepartment of Chemistry and Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Yuang FuDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Heng LiuDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Luhang XuDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Pok Fung ChanDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Zhixiang YangAdvanced Materials Thrust, Function Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yiming WangState Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chun-Jen SuNational Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
U-Ser JengNational Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Patrick Wai-Keung FongDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Lijian ZuoState Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0338-1198
Gang LiDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Research Institute of Smart Energy (RISE), Photonic Research Institute (PRI), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8399-7771
He YanDepartment of Chemistry and Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-8308
Jiaying WuAdvanced Materials Thrust, Function Hub, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-2903
Xian-Kai ChenInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8580-7246
Xinhui LuDepartment of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1908-3294

Funding

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee 14304723Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee N_CUHK459/24
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) combine the synthetic tunability of non-fullerene acceptor systems with intrinsic mechanical and thermal robustness of polymer active layers, yet their performance remains limited by pronounced bimolecular recombination, leading to insufficient fill factors (FFs) compared to polymer:small-molecule counterparts. Here, we introduce Phenanthrene (Ph) as a donor-selective morphology regulator in the benchmark all-PSC system. Capacitance spectroscopy reveals that bimolecular recombination dominates the recombination landscape and that Ph nearly halves the Langevin reduction factor, resulting in substantial improvement in FFs. Multiscale characterization, together with in situ optical spectroscopy and all-atom molecular-dynamics simulations, collectively show that, in contrast to 1-chloronaphthalene (1-CN, which remains in the film) and 2-methylnaphthalene (2-MN, which evaporates rapidly), Ph exhibits moderate evaporation kinetics during annealing. This enables enhanced donor crystallinity together with sufficient time and space for acceptor crystallization into fractal networks with increased fractal dimension, thereby reducing donor-acceptor interfacial area. As a result, Ph-assisted binary and ternary all-PSCs achieve power conversion efficiencies of 18.74% and 19.35%, respectively. By explicitly correlating additive molecular structure and evaporation kinetics with multiscale morphology and recombination pathways, this work establishes rational selection rules for volatile solid additives and provides a general strategy to suppress bimolecular recombination in high-performance all‑PSCs.

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acceptoramorphous solidchemical engineeringcrystallinitycrystallizationmaterials sciencepolymerspectroscopyternary operation

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PMID42606033
PMCPMC13479588

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