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A real-time study of the benefits of co-solvents in polymer solar cell processing
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The photoactive layer of organic solar cells consists of a nanoscale blend of electron-donating and electron-accepting organic semiconductors. Controlling the degree of phase separation between these components is crucial to reach efficient solar cells. In solution-processed polymer–fullerene solar cells, small amounts of co-solvents are commonly used to avoid the formation of undesired large fullerene domains that reduce performance. There is an ongoing discussion about the origin of this effect. To clarify the role of co-solvents, we combine three optical measurements to investigate layer thickness, phase separation and polymer aggregation in real time during solvent evaporation under realistic processing conditions. Without co-solvent, large fullerene-rich domains form via liquid–liquid phase separation at ~20 vol% solid content. Under such supersaturated conditions, co-solvents induce polymer aggregation below 20 vol% solids and prevent the formation of large domains. This rationalizes the formation of intimately mixed films that give high-efficient solar cells for the materials studied. Controlling the mix of electron-donating and electron-accepting organic semiconductors is crucial for improving solar cell efficiency. Here, the authors show how the addition of small amounts of co-solvents prevents the formation of fullerene-rich domains that reduce the performance of these devices
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Metadata
- Authors
- van Franeker, J. J., Turbiez, M., Li, W., Wienk, M. M., & Janssen, R. A. J.
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2015-02-06
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6229-6229
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2058905661
- Cited by
- 324
- References
- 30
- FWCI
- 26.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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