Volatile and non-volatile additives for Polymer Solar cells from Fullerene to non-fullerene systems

Chia Lin Tsai; Kai En Hung; Han Cheng Lu; Chi Chun Tseng; Fong Yi Cao; Yen Ju Cheng

doi:10.1007/s10965-023-03784-6

Volatile and non-volatile additives for Polymer Solar cells from Fullerene to non-fullerene systems

Chia Lin Tsai, Kai En Hung, Han Cheng Lu, Chi Chun Tseng, Fong Yi Cao, Yen Ju Cheng^*

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Abstract

In recent years, the progress of polymer solar cells (PSCs) has been greatly improved, with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 19%. In addition to major breakthroughs in the development of p-type and n-type materials, device engineering related to active layer morphology control plays a key role in improving efficiency. External treatments such as additives, thermal/solvent annealing, and interlayer modification are widely used to manipulate donor-acceptor bulk heterojunction (BHJ) layers. Volatile and non-volatile additives are considered to be a simple, efficient and effective method to control the morphology of active layers during spin-coating film-forming process. This review will summarize common and successful additives for fullerene and non-fullerene based PSCs.

Original language	English
Article number	404
Journal	Journal of Polymer Research
Volume	30
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-023-03784-6
State	Published - Nov 2023

Keywords

Additives
Fullerene acceptors
Morphological stability
Non-fullerene acceptors
Non-volatile additive
Polymer solar cells
Volatile additive

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