A generic green solvent concept boosting the power conversion efficiency of all-polymer solar cells to 11%

Li Z, Ying L, Zhu P, Zhong W, Li N, Liu F, Huang F, Cao Y (2019)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Book Volume: 12

Pages Range: 157-163

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1039/c8ee02863j

Abstract

Advances in organic photovoltaic technologies have always been closely associated with a deeper understanding of bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) microstructure morphology, which is generally governed by the ink-formulation based on a single solvent or solvent mixtures. The relatively slow progress in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) is mainly due to the significant difficulty in mastering their intricate BHJ morphology dealing with entanglements of polymer chains, limiting their performance typically to 8-10%. In this work, we demonstrate that the performance of all-PSCs can be further developed to a benchmark value of 11% by manipulating the BHJ morphology using a green solvent system based on cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME). The generic applicability of the superior ink-formulation is successfully validated in four different all-polymer solar cells, exhibiting great promise of advancing all-PSCs towards industrial production and commercialization.

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APA:

Li, Z., Ying, L., Zhu, P., Zhong, W., Li, N., Liu, F.,... Cao, Y. (2019). A generic green solvent concept boosting the power conversion efficiency of all-polymer solar cells to 11%. Energy and Environmental Science, 12(1), 157-163. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee02863j

MLA:

Li, Zhenye, et al. "A generic green solvent concept boosting the power conversion efficiency of all-polymer solar cells to 11%." Energy and Environmental Science 12.1 (2019): 157-163.

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