Proceedings of Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP24)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.iperop.2024.037
Publication date: 18th October 2023
Achieving a relatively high power-to-conversion efficiency (PCE) in all-polymer solar cells remains a significant challenge. Precisely controlling the phase separation between polymers to attain an ideal film morphology is a topic that requires in-depth exploration. Numerous studies have found that optimization through various processes, including the choice of porcessing solution, the use of additives, the method of film deposition, and the control of film thermal annealing procedures, can enhance device performance. In this work, it will focus on the selection of different porcessing solutions and the use of additives to regulate film morphology. By employing these two methods to control the film morphology and further improve the miscibility between polymers leads to a tighter and more regular polymer packing. Benefitting from the ideal film morphology, it facilitates efficient charge separation and conduction, reducing unnecessary charge carrier losses, and ultimately enhancing the overall efficiency. In this work, we introduce a strategy involving the use of a mixed solution. In addition to the original chloroform precursor solution, a high-boiling-point green solution have been incorporated. The addition of the high-boiling-point solution alters the overall volatility of the solution, thereby influencing the solution-to-film forming rate. This also leads to changes in the polymer domain size within the active layer. In addition to employing the aforementioned strategy, we have also added the common volatile solid additive DTT to polymer solution. In this work, we use a more efficient all-polymer blend system, PM6:PY-IT. The PM6:PY-IT devices based on all mixed solvent systems deliver a very high PCE of >17%.