Quantitative relationships between film morphology, charge carrier dynamics, and photovoltaic performance in bulk-heterojunction binary <i>vs.</i> ternary acceptor blends
Weigang Zhu, Guoping Li, S. Mukherjee, Natalia E. Powers‐Riggs, Leighton O. Jones, Eliot Gann, R. Joseph Kline, Andrew A. Herzing, Jenna L. Logsdon, Lucas Q. Flagg, Charlotte L. Stern, Ryan M. Young, Kevin L. Kohlstedt, George C. Schatz, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Michael R. Wasielewski, Ferdinand S. Melkonyan, Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks
Abstract
TThe photovoltaic properties of binary and ternary blends of a polymer with molecular non-fullerene and fullerene acceptors are systematically investigated to provide morphology-charge dynamics–device performance design rules for future PSC development.
Topics & Concepts
Ternary operationMaterials sciencePhotovoltaic systemFullereneAcceptorHeterojunctionCharge (physics)Binary numberCharge carrierPolymer solar cellChemical physicsMorphology (biology)PolymerNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsEnergy conversion efficiencyCondensed matter physicsChemistryComposite materialComputer scienceOrganic chemistryPhysicsElectrical engineeringProgramming languageArithmeticBiologyQuantum mechanicsGeneticsMathematicsEngineeringOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsSemiconductor materials and interfaces