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@ARTICLE{Ronsin:911444,
author = {Ronsin, Olivier J. J. and Harting, Jens},
title = {{F}ormation of {C}rystalline {B}ulk {H}eterojunctions in
{O}rganic {S}olar {C}ells: {I}nsights from {P}hase-{F}ield
{S}imulations},
journal = {ACS applied materials $\&$ interfaces},
volume = {14},
number = {44},
issn = {1944-8244},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-04716},
pages = {49785–49800},
year = {2022},
abstract = {The performance of organic solar cells strongly depends on
thebulk-heterojunction (BHJ) morphology of the photoactive
layer. This BHJforms during the drying of the wet-deposited
solution, because of physicalprocesses such as
crystallization and/or liquid-liquid phase separation
(LLPS).However, the process-structure relationship remains
insufficiently understood.In this work, a recently
developed, coupled phase-field−fluid mechanicsframework is
used to simulate the BHJ formation upon drying. For the
firsttime, this allows to investigate the interplay between
all the relevant physicalprocesses (evaporation, crystal
nucleation and growth, liquid demixing,composition-dependent
kinetic properties), within a single coherent
theoreticalframework. Simulations for the model system
P3HT-PCBM are presented. Thecomparison with previously
reported in situ characterization of the drying structure is
very convincing: The morphology formationpathways,
crystallization kinetics, and final morphology are in line
with experimental results. The final BHJ morphology is a
subtlemixture of pure crystalline donor and acceptor phases,
pure and mixed amorphous domains, which depends on the
processparameters and material properties. The expected
benefit of such an approach is to identify physical design
rules for ink formulationand processing conditions to
optimize the cell’s performance. It could be applied to
recent organic material systems in the future.},
cin = {IEK-11},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-11-20140314},
pnm = {1215 - Simulations, Theory, Optics, and Analytics (STOA)
(POF4-121) / DFG project 449539983 - Prozess-Struktur
Relationen für die lösungsmittelbasierte organische
Photovoltaik},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1215 / G:(GEPRIS)449539983},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {36282868},
UT = {WOS:000878357400001},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.2c14319},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/911444},
}