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September 19, 2025Advanced Energy Materials8 citations

Polymer‐Assisted Morphology Regulation Enables 18.3%–Efficiency in o‐Xylene Processed All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

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JWJia WangWZWenying ZhouWZWenkai Zhao

Key Points

  • An 18.3% efficiency was achieved using a simple morphology regulation strategy.
  • The incorporation of PM6 into the BTR-Cl:Y6 system enhances charge dynamics and device performance.
  • Devices demonstrated outstanding thickness insensitivity, retaining 96% of peak efficiency at 300 nm.
  • Flexible devices maintained high performance, achieving 14.9% efficiency after extensive bending cycles.

Abstract

Abstract All‐small‐molecule organic solar cells (ASM‐OSCs) offer advantages in structure definition and synthesis but suffer from morphology control challenges due to donor‐acceptor miscibility. Herein, a simple yet highly effective morphology regulation strategy is introduced by incorporating a small amount of polymer donor PM6 into the BTR‐Cl: Y6 binary system. The chain structure of PM6 further directs epitaxial growth of the BTR‐Cl phase, driving the formation of a continuous fibrillar network within the donor domains. Consequently, additive‐free and o‐xylene processed devices exhibit superior charge dynamics, significantly boosting short‐circuit current density and fill factor, achieving a champion efficiency of 18.3%—among the highest for non‐halogenated solvent processed small donor‐small acceptor dominated OSCs. Besides, introducing PM1 into the BTR‐Cl: Y6 system also achieved 18.0% PCE. Moreover, the devices also show exceptional thickness insensitivity—retaining 96% of peak efficiency even at 300 nm active‐layer thickness. Leveraging the advantage with non‐halogenated solvents, large‐area OSCs (13.5 cm 2 ) achieving 12.2% PCE are successfully fabricated. Flexible devices delivered 14.9% efficiency and maintained 92% initial PCE after 800 bending cycles, primarily attributed to PM6's long‐chain structure, enhancing the crack‐onset strain of the active layer. This work provides a facile morphology‐regulation strategy for high‐performance small donor‐small acceptor dominated OSCs.

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Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d466af31b076d99fa65371https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202504576
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