Solution sequential deposited organic photovoltaics:From morphology control to large-area modules

Organic optoelectronic materials enable cutting-edge,low-cost organic photodiodes,including organic solar cells(OSCs)for energy conversion and organic photodetectors(OPDs)for image sensors.The bulk heterojunction(BHJ)structure,derived by blending donor and acceptor materials in a single solution,has dominated in the construction of active layer,but its morphological evolution during film formation poses a great challenge for obtaining an ideal nanoscale morphology to maximize exciton dissociation and minimize nongeminate recom-bination.Solution sequential deposition(SSD)can deliver favorable p–i–n vertical component distribution with abundant donor/acceptor interfaces and relatively neat donor and acceptor phases near electrodes,making it highly promising for excellent device performance and long-term stability.Focusing on the p–i–n structure,this review provides a systematic retrospect on regulating this morphology in SSD by summarizing solvent selection and additive strategies.These methods have been successfully implemented to achieve well-defined morphology in ternary OSCs,all-polymer solar cells,and OPDs.To provide a practical perspective,comparative studies of device stability with BHJ and SSD film are also discussed,and we review influential progress in blade-coating techniques and large-area modules to shed light on industrial production.Finally,challenging issues are out-lined for further research toward eventual commercialization.

A Heuristic Method for Vehicle Scheduling Problems

This paper presents a sequential optimum algorithm for vehicle schedulingproblem, which includes obtaining initial theoretical solution, adjustingsolution, forming initial routes and adjustins routes. This method can beapplied to general transportation problems with multiple depots and multiplevehicle types on complex network. In comparison with manual scheduling ofChengdu Transportation Company II, the result shows that this method isreasonable, feasible and applicable.

Control of vertical phase separation in high performance non-fullerene organic solar cell by introducing oscillating stratification preprocessing

Non-fullerene organic solar cell(NFOSC)has attracted tremendous attention due to their great potential for commercial applications.To improve its power conversion efficiency(PCE),generally,sequential solution deposition(SSD)methods have been employed to construct the graded vertical phase separation(VPS)of the bulk-heterojunction(BHJ)active layer for efficient exciton separation and charge transition.However,a variety of orthogonal solvents used in the SSD may lead to the unpredicted change in the BHJ morphology and introduce additional defects inside the BHJ bulk thus complicate the fabrication process.Here,a simple oscillating stratification preprocessing(OSP)is developed to facilitate the formation of graded VPS among the BHJ layer.As a result,a significant improvement is obtained in PCE from 10.96%to 12.03%,which is the highest value reported among PBDB-T:ITIC based NFOSC.