Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell Blends
Abstract The ever increasing library of materials systems developed for organic solar‐cells, including highly promising non‐fullerene acceptors and new, high‐efficiency donor polymers, demands the development of methodologies that i) allow fast screening of a large number of donor:acceptor combinati...
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| author | Artem Levitsky Giovanni Maria Matrone Aditi Khirbat Ilaria Bargigia Xiaolei Chu Oded Nahor Tamar Segal‐Peretz Adam J. Moulé Lee J. Richter Carlos Silva Natalie Stingelin Gitti L. Frey |
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| description | Abstract The ever increasing library of materials systems developed for organic solar‐cells, including highly promising non‐fullerene acceptors and new, high‐efficiency donor polymers, demands the development of methodologies that i) allow fast screening of a large number of donor:acceptor combinations prior to device fabrication and ii) permit rapid elucidation of how processing affects the final morphology/microstructure of the device active layers. Efficient, fast screening will ensure that important materials combinations are not missed; it will accelerate the technological development of this alternative solar‐cell platform toward larger‐area production; and it will permit understanding of the structural changes that may occur in the active layer over time. Using the relatively high‐efficiency poly[(5,6‐difluoro‐2,1,3‐benzothiadiazol‐4,7‐diyl)‐alt‐(3,3′′′‐di(2‐octyldodecyl)‐2,2′;5′,2′′;5′′,2′′′‐quaterthiophen‐5,5′′′‐diyl)] (PCE11):phenyl‐C61‐butyric acid‐methyl‐ester acceptor (PCBM) blend systems, it is demonstrated that by means of straight‐forward thermal analysis, vapor‐phase‐infiltration imaging, and transient‐absorption spectroscopy, various blend compositions and processing methodologies can be rapidly screened, information on promising combinations can be obtained, reliability issues with respect to reproducibility of thin‐film formation can be identified, and insights into how processing aids, such as nucleating agents, affect structure formation, can be gained. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1fa55384a4244f7af77563a83502ccf2022-12-22T01:37:55ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442020-08-01715n/an/a10.1002/advs.202000960Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell BlendsArtem Levitsky0Giovanni Maria Matrone1Aditi Khirbat2Ilaria Bargigia3Xiaolei Chu4Oded Nahor5Tamar Segal‐Peretz6Adam J. Moulé7Lee J. Richter8Carlos Silva9Natalie Stingelin10Gitti L. Frey11Department of Material Science and Engineering Technion—Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 3200003 IsraelDepartment of Materials and Centre of Plastic Electronics Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UKSchool of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USASchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USADepartment of Chemical Engineering University of California Davis CA 95616 USADepartment of Material Science and Engineering Technion—Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 3200003 IsraelDepartment of Chemical Engineering Technion—Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 3200003 IsraelDepartment of Chemical Engineering University of California Davis CA 95616 USAMaterials Science and Engineering Division National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg MD 20899 USASchool of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USASchool of Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USADepartment of Material Science and Engineering Technion—Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 3200003 IsraelAbstract The ever increasing library of materials systems developed for organic solar‐cells, including highly promising non‐fullerene acceptors and new, high‐efficiency donor polymers, demands the development of methodologies that i) allow fast screening of a large number of donor:acceptor combinations prior to device fabrication and ii) permit rapid elucidation of how processing affects the final morphology/microstructure of the device active layers. Efficient, fast screening will ensure that important materials combinations are not missed; it will accelerate the technological development of this alternative solar‐cell platform toward larger‐area production; and it will permit understanding of the structural changes that may occur in the active layer over time. Using the relatively high‐efficiency poly[(5,6‐difluoro‐2,1,3‐benzothiadiazol‐4,7‐diyl)‐alt‐(3,3′′′‐di(2‐octyldodecyl)‐2,2′;5′,2′′;5′′,2′′′‐quaterthiophen‐5,5′′′‐diyl)] (PCE11):phenyl‐C61‐butyric acid‐methyl‐ester acceptor (PCBM) blend systems, it is demonstrated that by means of straight‐forward thermal analysis, vapor‐phase‐infiltration imaging, and transient‐absorption spectroscopy, various blend compositions and processing methodologies can be rapidly screened, information on promising combinations can be obtained, reliability issues with respect to reproducibility of thin‐film formation can be identified, and insights into how processing aids, such as nucleating agents, affect structure formation, can be gained.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202000960bulk heterojunctionsmorphologyorganic electronicsphotovoltaic devicesscreening |
| spellingShingle | Artem Levitsky Giovanni Maria Matrone Aditi Khirbat Ilaria Bargigia Xiaolei Chu Oded Nahor Tamar Segal‐Peretz Adam J. Moulé Lee J. Richter Carlos Silva Natalie Stingelin Gitti L. Frey Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell Blends Advanced Science bulk heterojunctions morphology organic electronics photovoltaic devices screening |
| title | Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell Blends |
| title_full | Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell Blends |
| title_fullStr | Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell Blends |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell Blends |
| title_short | Toward Fast Screening of Organic Solar Cell Blends |
| title_sort | toward fast screening of organic solar cell blends |
| topic | bulk heterojunctions morphology organic electronics photovoltaic devices screening |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202000960 |
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