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Abstract

The tuning of vertical morphology is critical and challenging for organic solar cells (OSCs). In this work, a high open‐circuit voltage (VOC) binary D18‐Cl/L8‐BO system is attained while maintaining the high short‐circuit current (JSC) and fill factor (FF) by employing 1,4‐diiodobenzene (DIB), a volatile solid additive. It is suggested that DIB can act as a linker between donor or/and acceptor molecules, which significantly modifies the active layer morphology. The overall crystalline packing of the donor and acceptor is enhanced, and the vertical domain sizes of phase separation are significantly decreased. All these morphological changes contribute to exciton dissociation, charge transport, and collection. Therefore, the best‐performing device exhibits an efficiency of 18.7% with a VOC of 0.922 V, a JSC of 26.6 mA cm−2, and an FF of 75.6%. As far as it is known, the VOC achieved here is by far the highest among the reported OSCs with efficiencies over 17%. This work demonstrates the high competence of solid additives with two iodine atoms to tune the morphology, particularly in the vertical direction, which can become a promising direction for future optimization of OSCs.

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Title
Pushing the Efficiency of High Open‐Circuit Voltage Binary Organic Solar Cells by Vertical Morphology Tuning
Author
Cai, Guilong 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Zeng, Chen 2 ; Xia, Xinxin 1 ; Li, Yuhao 1 ; Wang, Jiayu 3 ; Liu, Heng 1 ; Sun, PingPing 4 ; Li, Chao 5 ; Ma, Ruijie 5 ; Zhou, Yaoqiang 6 ; Chi, Weijie 7 ; Zhang, Jianqi 8 ; Zhu, Haiming 2 ; Xu, Jianbin 6 ; He, Yan 5 ; Zhan, Xiaowei 3 ; Lu, Xinhui 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 
 State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Chemistry of High‐Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 
 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China 
 School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore 
 Department of Chemistry and Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research, Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, China 
 Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 
 Fluorescence Research Group, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore 
 CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China 
Section
Research Articles
Publication year
2022
Publication date
May 2022
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
e-ISSN
21983844
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2664713231
Copyright
© 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.