Realizing 19.05% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells by Progressively Improving Charge Extraction and Suppressing Charge Recombination

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(13)

Published: Jan. 26, 2022

Improving charge extraction and suppressing recombination are critically important to minimize the loss of absorbed photons improve device performance polymer solar cells (PSCs). In this work, highly efficient PSCs demonstrated by progressively improving through combination side-chain engineering new nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs), adopting ternary blends, introducing volatilizable solid additives. The 2D side chains on BTP-Th induce a certain steric hindrance for molecular packing phase separation, which is mitigated fluorination BTP-FTh. Moreover, two crystalline molecules as second acceptor additive, respectively, into BTP-FTh-based host blend, crystallinity significantly improved blend morphology finely optimized. As expected, enhanced suppressed realized, contributing largely fill factor (FF) resultant devices. Accompanied open-circuit voltage (Voc ) short-circuit current density (Jsc ), record high power conversion efficiency (PCE) 19.05% realized finally.

Language: Английский

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Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells

Nature Energy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(8), P. 975 - 986

Published: June 12, 2024

Language: Английский

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A Vinylene‐Linker‐Based Polymer Acceptor Featuring a Coplanar and Rigid Molecular Conformation Enables High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells with Over 17% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(27)

Published: March 22, 2022

State-of-art Y-series polymer acceptors are typically based on a mono-thiophene linker, which can cause some twisted molecular conformations and thus limit the performance of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). Here, high-performance acceptor vinylene linkers is reported, leads to surprising changes in polymers' conformations, optoelectronic properties, enhanced photovoltaic performance. It found that thiophene or bithiophene (PY-T-γ PY-2T-γ) display significant twisting between end-groups linker units, while vinylene-based (PY-V-γ) exhibits more coplanar rigid conformation. As result, PY-V-γ demonstrates better conjugation tighter interchain stacking, results higher mobility reduced energetic disorder. Furthermore, detailed morphology investigations reveal PY-V-γ-based blend high domain purity fill factor its all-PSCs. With these, efficiency 17.1% achieved all-PSCs, highest reported for binary all-PSCs date. This work vinylene-linker superior unit build with chain conformation, beneficial aggregation efficient

Language: Английский

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Manipulating Charge Transfer and Transport via Intermediary Electron Acceptor Channels Enables 19.3% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 12(39)

Published: Aug. 21, 2022

Abstract Balancing and improving the open‐circuit voltage ( V oc ) short‐circuit current density J sc synergistically has always been critical point for organic photovoltaics (OPVs) to achieve high efficiencies. Here, this work adopts a ternary strategy regulate trade‐off between by combining symmetric‐asymmetric non‐fullerene acceptors that differ at terminals alkyl side chains build OPV (TOPV). It is noticed reduced energy disorder enhanced luminescence efficiency of TOPV enable mitigated loss higher . Meanwhile, third component, which distributed host donor–acceptor interface, acts as charge transport channel. The prolonged exciton lifetime, boosted mobility, depressed recombination promote obtain an improved Finally, with , delivers optimal 19.26% (certified 19.12%), representing one highest values reported so far.

Language: Английский

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19.10% Efficiency and 80.5% Fill Factor Layer‐by‐Layer Organic Solar Cells Realized by 4‐Bis(2‐Thienyl)Pyrrole‐2,5‐Dione Based Polymer Additives for Inducing Vertical Segregation Morphology

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 35(6)

Published: Nov. 22, 2022

The morphology plays a key role in determining the charge generation and collection process, thus impacting performances of organic solar cells (OSCs). limited selection pool additives to optimize OSCs, especially for emerging layer-by-layer (LbL) impeding improvements photovoltaic performances. Herein, new method using conjugated polymers as improving LbL-OSCs is reported. Four PH, PS, PF, PCl are developed with different side chains. These exhibit poor donor materials BHJ devices, due unsuitable energy level alignment unfavorable molecular interactions. By contrast, they can be served efficient PM6 fibril matrix facilitating penetration BTP-eC9 forming an intertwined D/A bicontinuous network vertical segregation. Such optimized by chain engineering, which enables progressive improvement separation collection. As result, adding small amount additive, contributes champion PCE 19.10% high FF 80.5%.

Language: Английский

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Benzo[d]thiazole Based Wide Bandgap Donor Polymers Enable 19.54% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Along with Desirable Batch‐to‐Batch Reproducibility and General Applicability

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(21)

Published: March 4, 2023

Abstract The limited selection pool of high‐performance wide bandgap (WBG) polymer donors is a bottleneck problem the nonfullerene acceptor (NFA) based organic solar cells (OSCs) that impedes further improvement their photovoltaic performances. Herein, series new WBG polymers, namely PH‐BTz, PS‐BTz, PF‐BTz, and PCl‐BTz, are developed by using bicyclic difluoro‐benzo[d]thiazole (BTz) as block benzo[1,2‐b:4,5‐b′]dithiophene (BDT) derivatives donor units. By introducing S, F, Cl atoms to alkylthienyl sidechains on BDT, resulting polymers exhibit lowered energy levels enhanced aggregation properties. fluorinated PBTz‐F not only exhibits low‐lying HOMO level, but also has stronger face‐on packing order results in more uniform fibril‐like interpenetrating networks related PF‐BTz:L8‐BO blend. A high‐power conversion efficiency (PCE) 18.57% achieved. Moreover, good batch‐to‐batch reproducibility general applicability. In addition, ternary blend OSCs host PBTz‐F:L8‐BO PM6 guest PCE 19.54%, which among highest values OSCs.

Language: Английский

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Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

Nature Reviews Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9(1), P. 46 - 62

Published: Dec. 15, 2023

Language: Английский

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Sequential Deposition of Multicomponent Bulk Heterojunctions Increases Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(12)

Published: Jan. 18, 2023

Constructing tandem and multi-blend organic solar cells (OSCs) is an effective way to overcome the absorption limitations of conventional single-junction devices. However, these methods inevitably require tedious multilayer deposition or complicated morphology-optimization procedures. Herein, sequential utilized as simple method fabricate multicomponent OSCs with a double-bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure active layer further improve photovoltaic performance. Two efficient donor-acceptor pairs, D18-Cl:BTP-eC9 PM6:L8-BO, are sequentially deposited form D18-Cl:BTP-eC9/PM6:L8-BO double-BHJ layer. In OSCs, light significantly improved, optimal morphology also retained without requiring more optimization involved in quaternary blends. Compared blend devices, energy loss (Eloss ) reduced by rationally matching each donor appropriate acceptor. Consequently, power conversion efficiency (PCE) improved from 18.25% for 18.69% PM6:L8-BO based binary 19.61% OSCs. contrast, D18-Cl:PM6:L8-BO:BTP-eC9 exhibited dramatically PCE 15.83%. These results demonstrate that strategy, relatively processing procedure, can potentially enhance device performance lead widespread use.

Language: Английский

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Dimerized small-molecule acceptors enable efficient and stable organic solar cells

Joule, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 7(2), P. 416 - 430

Published: Feb. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Multiphase Morphology with Enhanced Carrier Lifetime via Quaternary Strategy Enables High‐Efficiency, Thick‐Film, and Large‐Area Organic Photovoltaics

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 34(45)

Published: Sept. 15, 2022

With the continuous breakthrough of efficiency organic photovoltaics (OPVs), their practical applications are on agenda. However, thickness tolerance and upscaling in recently reported high-efficiency devices remains challenging. In this work, multiphase morphology desired carrier behaviors realized by utilizing a quaternary strategy. Notably, exciton separation, mobility, lifetime enhanced significantly, recombination energy loss (Eloss ) reduced, thus beneficial for higher short-circuit density (JSC ), fill factor (FF), open-circuit voltage (VOC system. Moreover, intermixing-phase size is optimized, which favorable constructing thick-film large-area devices. Finally, device with 110 nm-thick active layer shows an outstanding power conversion (PCE) 19.32% (certified 19.35%). Furthermore, (1.05 72.25 cm2 nm present PCEs 18.25% 12.20%, 305 film (0.0473 delivers PCE 17.55%, among highest values reported. The work demonstrates potential strategy OPVs promotes application future.

Language: Английский

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