High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on Face-On Stacked Polymer Blends with Low Interfacial Tension

Abstract

We report highly efficient all-polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiencies of over 4.5% by highly intermixed blends of PTB7-Th donor and P­(NDI2OD-T2) acceptor polymers. The low interfacial tension and the face-on π–π stackings of the all-polymer blends afforded desired nanophase morphology, which facilitates efficient charge transport from the active layer to each electrode. In addition, the incorporation of 1,8-diiodooctane additives was able to tune the degree of crystallinity and orientation of P­(NDI2OD-T2) acceptors, resulting in remarkable enhancement of electron mobility, external quantum efficiency, and <i>J</i>_SC values