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Improving photovoltaic parameters of all-polymer solar cells through integrating two polymeric donors

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The incorporation of an additional component into the bulk-heterojunction light-harvesting layer of polymer solar cells has been considered as an effective strategy to enhance photovoltaic performance. Here we demonstrated that the photovoltaic parameters of all-polymer solar cells could be enhanced upon replacing a certain ratio of electron-donating polymer PTzBI-oF with a widely used wide-bandgap polymer donor PM6. The photoluminescent characterizations confirmed the Förster resonance energy transfer from incorporated PM6 to PTzBI-oF. Moreover, the combination of Fourier-transform photocurrent spectroscopy and electroluminescence external quantum efficiencies measurements demonstrated reduced non-radiative recombination energy loss upon the incorporation of PM6, resulting in a slightly enhanced open-circuit voltage of 0.88 V of the ternary cell regarding the binary PTzBI-oF:PFA1 device. The optimized ternary blend devices comprising of PTzBI-oF:PM6:PFA1 presented an impressively high power conversion efficiency of 16.3%, and the efficiency remains 15% on a device with an enlarged effective area of 1 cm2, demonstrating the great potential of these all-PSCs for potential applications.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21822505), Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (2017A030306011, 2019B030302007) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFA0705900).

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  1. Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Kang An, Feng Peng, Wenkai Zhong, Wanyuan Deng, Difei Zhang, Lei Ying, Hongbin Wu, Fei Huang & Yong Cao

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An, K., Peng, F., Zhong, W. et al. Improving photovoltaic parameters of all-polymer solar cells through integrating two polymeric donors. Sci. China Chem. 64, 2010–2016 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-021-1078-5

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