A simple approach is proposed to investigate donor/acceptor phase separation based on the J–V curves of corresponding electron-only devices under forward or revise bias.
The performance of simple one-step doctor-blading ITO-free inverted polymer solar cells is primarily influenced by the inherent interfacial buffer layer stratification purity rather than the fine donor/acceptor phase separation.
How to manipulate the phase separation and molecular arrangement to meet the need of efficient charge generation and extraction remains as the long-standing challenge in all-small-molecule organic solar cells (ASM-OSCs)....
Energy level alignments at the organic donor–acceptor interface cannot be predicted from cyclic voltammetry. Onsets for joint density of states and charge generation, reveal cases of energy uphill and – newly observed – downhill charge generation.