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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Organic Electronics
  • Photovoltaics

Background:

  • Nanoscale morphology is critical for exciton dissociation and charge transport in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs).
  • Optimizing BHJ morphology is key to improving OPV performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a novel vertically ordered BHJ structure in small molecular OPVs.
  • To investigate the effect of controlled morphology on device performance.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a weak epitaxial growth method to create vertically ordered BHJs.
  • Incorporated zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) as a continuous film and C60 as dispersed crystalline grains.
  • Controlled the size and distribution of C60 grains within the ZnPc film.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a highly ordered and continuous ZnPc thin film.
  • Dispersed C60 crystalline grains within the ZnPc matrix.
  • Demonstrated control over C60 grain size and distribution without disrupting ZnPc film order.
  • Observed a high fill factor in the fabricated OPVs.

Conclusions:

  • The vertically ordered BHJ structure significantly improves OPV performance.
  • The weak epitaxial growth method offers precise control over nanoscale morphology.
  • Achieved a power conversion efficiency exceeding 3% for small molecular OPVs with this architecture.