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Spontaneous carrier generation and low recombination in high-efficiency non-fullerene solar cells

Guanqing Zhou, Ming Zhang, Jinqiu Xu, Yankang Yang, Tianyu Hao, Lei Zhu, Libo Zhou, Haiming Zhu, Yecheng Zou, Gang Wei,

Energy & Environmental Science · 2022 · 63 citations · 40 references

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The spontaneous carrier generation process was identified in the Y6 acceptor with moderate quantum yields and extremely low recombination in optimized blends, which result in high efficiency and morphology tolerance.

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