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Boosting the Efficiency of Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells via a Simple Cathode Modification Method.

Siyi DingRuijie MaTao YangGuangye ZhangJunli YinZhenghui LuoKai ChenZongcheng MiaoTao LiuHe YanDongfeng Xue
Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces (2021)
This work demonstrates a simple yet effective method to significantly improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of highly efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells by mixing two electron transport materials. The new electron transport layer shows an energy level better aligned with the active layer and an improved morphology that could reduce the active layer-electrode contact. These improvements lead to enhanced charge extraction, better charge selectivity, suppressed exciton recombination, and finally a boosted PCE in the PM6:Y6-based solar cells. When applied in conjunction with the non-halogenated solvent-processed PM6:PY-IT-based active layer, the mixed ETL also gives rise to a leading result for binary all-polymer solar cells (PCE of >16%) with a concurrent increase in VOC, JSC, and FF.
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