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@ARTICLE{Huang:622090,
author = {Huang, Tzu-Yen and Le Brun, Anton P. and Sochor, Benedikt
and Wu, Chun-Ming and Bulut, Yusuf and Müller-Buschbaum,
Peter and Roth, Stephan V. and Yang, Yanzhao},
title = {{N}anometer-{T}hick {ITIC} {B}ulk {H}eterojunction {F}ilms
as {N}on-{F}ullerene {A}cceptors in {O}rganic {S}olar
{C}ells},
journal = {ACS applied nano materials},
volume = {7},
number = {15},
issn = {2574-0970},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publications},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-00176},
pages = {17588-17595},
year = {2024},
note = {Waiting for fulltext},
abstract = {The nanomorphology of bulk heterojunctions (BHJs) plays a
critical role in determining the performance of
non-fullerene organic solar cells (OSCs). Thermal annealing
is commonly used to reorganize the donor and acceptor phases
within the BHJs. In this study, we investigate the vertical
morphology of BHJ blend films incorporating the
poly[(5,6-difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazol-4,7-diyl)-alt-(3,3‴-di(2-octyldodecyl)-2,2′;5′,2″;5″,2‴-quaterthiophen-5,5‴-diyl)]
(PffBT4T-2OD) polymer as the donor and
3,9-bis(2-methylene-(3-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-indanone))-5,5,11,11-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-dithieno[2,3-d:2′,3′-d′]-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene
(ITIC) as the acceptor. Neutron reflectivity patterns and
scattering length density profiles reveal that the surface
of the BHJ films became diffuse when the annealing
temperature was above 150 °C. We further find that
mitigated agglomeration of PffBT4T-2OD side chains exhibits
minimal impact on morphology post-annealing. Instead, ITIC
molecules trigger aggregations, accompanied by interface
diffusion and increased film roughness. X-ray scattering
confirms a 5-fold increase in aggregated ITIC nanodomains
after annealing. Our findings highlight that unstable ITIC
phases dominate the BHJ morphology of thin films, leading to
the thermal instability of OSCs. This study enhances our
understanding of the BHJ morphology and offers insights into
improving the performance of energy conversion devices.},
cin = {DOOR ; HAS-User / FS-SMP / FS-PET-D},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)FS-SMP-20171124 /
I:(DE-H253)FS-PET-D-20190712},
pnm = {632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional
Materials (POF4-632) / 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) /
DFG project G:(GEPRIS)390776260 - EXC 2089: e-conversion
(390776260) / SINE2020 - World class Science and Innovation
with Neutrons in Europe 2020 – SINE2020 (654000)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 /
G:(GEPRIS)390776260 / G:(EU-Grant)654000},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P03-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001277938500001},
doi = {10.1021/acsanm.4c02865},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/622090},
}