Journal
JOULE
Volume 3, Issue 5, Pages 1328-1348Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2019.03.020
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- ONR [N000141712204]
- KAUST's Center Partnership Fund [3321]
- NSF [CBET-1639429]
- EPSRC [EP/M005143/1]
- EC FP7 Project SC2 [610115]
- Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- State of North Carolina
- National Science Foundation
- EPSRC [EP/M005143/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Although non-fullerene small molecular acceptors (NF-SMAs) are dominating current research in organic solar cells (OSCs), measurements of thermodynamics drivers and kinetic factors determining their morphological stability are lacking. Here, we delineate and measure such factors in crystallizable NF-SMA blends and discuss four model systems with respect to their meta-stability and degree of vitrification. We determine for the first time the amorphous-amorphous phase diagram in an NF-SMA system and show that its deep quench depth can result in severe burn-in degradation. We estimate the relative phase behavior of four other materials systems. Additionally, we derive room-temperature diffusion coefficients and conclude that the morphology needs to be stabilized by vitrification corresponding to diffusion constants below 10(-22) cm(2)/s. Our results show that to achieve stability via rationalmolecular design, the thermodynamics, glass transition temperature, diffusion properties, and related structure-function relations need to be more extensively studied and understood.
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