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Toluene Processed All-Polymer Solar Cells with 18% Efficiency and Enhanced Stability Enabled by Solid Additive: Comparison between Sequential-Processing and Blend-Casting
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  • Guoping Zhang,
  • Chaoyue Zhao,
  • Liangxiang Zhu,
  • Lihong Wang,
  • Wenzhao Xiong,
  • Huawei Hu,
  • Qing Bai,
  • Yaping Wang,
  • Chen Xie,
  • Peng You,
  • He Yan,
  • Dan Wu,
  • Tao Yang,
  • Mingxia Qiu,
  • Shunpu Li,
  • Guangye Zhang
Guoping Zhang
Shenzhen Technology University
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Chaoyue Zhao
Shenzhen Technology University
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Liangxiang Zhu
Shenzhen Technology University
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Lihong Wang
Shenzhen Technology University
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Wenzhao Xiong
Donghua University
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Huawei Hu
Donghua University
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Qing Bai
Shenzhen Technology University
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Yaping Wang
Shenzhen Technology University
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Chen Xie
Shenzhen Technology University
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Peng You
Shenzhen Technology University
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He Yan
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Dan Wu
Shenzhen Technology University
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Tao Yang
Shenzhen Technology University
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Mingxia Qiu
Shenzhen Technology University
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Shunpu Li
Shenzhen Technology University
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Guangye Zhang
Shenzhen Technology University

Corresponding Author:zhangguangye@sztu.edu.cn

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Abstract

The emergence of polymerized small molecule acceptors (PSMAs) has significantly improved the performance of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). However, the pace of device engineering lacks behind that of materials development, so that a majority of the PSMAs have not fulfilled their potentials. Furthermore, most high-performance all-PSCs rely on the use of chloroform as the processing solvent. For instance, the recent high-performance PSMA named PJ1-γ, with high LUMO and HOMO levels, could only achieve a PCE of 16.1% with a high-energy-level donor (JD40) using chloroform. Herein, we present a methodology combining sequential processing (SqP) with the addition of 0.5%wt PC71BM as a solid additive (SA) to achieve an impressive efficiency of 18.0% for all-PSCs processed from toluene, an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent. Compared to the conventional blend-casting (BC) method whose best efficiency (16.7%) could only be achieved using chloroform, the SqP method significantly boosted the device efficiency using toluene as the processing solvent. In addition, the donor we employ is the classic PM6 that has deeper energy levels than JD40, which provides low energy loss for the device. We compare the results with another PSMA (PYF-T-o) with the same method. Finally, an improved photostability of the SqP devices with the incorporation of SA is demonstrated.
23 Jul 2023Submitted to Energy & Environmental Materials
07 Aug 2023Submission Checks Completed
07 Aug 2023Assigned to Editor
08 Aug 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
08 Aug 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
28 Aug 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
04 Sep 20231st Revision Received
05 Sep 2023Submission Checks Completed
05 Sep 2023Assigned to Editor
05 Sep 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
05 Sep 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
07 Sep 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
08 Sep 20232nd Revision Received
08 Sep 2023Submission Checks Completed
08 Sep 2023Assigned to Editor
08 Sep 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
08 Sep 2023Editorial Decision: Accept