Molecular interaction induced dual fibrils towards organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 20%

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Aug. 10, 2024

The nanoscale fibrillar morphology, featuring long-range structural order, provides abundant interfaces for efficient exciton dissociation and high-quality pathways effective charge transport, is a promising morphology high performance organic solar cells. Here, we synthesize thiophene terminated non-fullerene acceptor, L8-ThCl, to induce the fibrillization of both polymer donor host that surpasses 20% efficiency milestone After adding original weak less continuous nanofibrils donors, i.e. PM6 or D18, are well enlarged refined, whilst acceptor L8-BO also assembles into with enhanced order. By adapting layer-by-layer deposition method, order can be retained significantly boost power conversion efficiency, specific values 19.4% 20.1% PM6:L8-ThCl/L8-BO:L8-ThCl D18:L8-ThCl/L8-BO:L8-ThCl devices, latter being certified 20.0%, which highest reported so far single-junction

Language: Английский

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A dendritic hexamer acceptor enables 19.4% efficiency with exceptional stability in organic solar cells

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1)

Published: Jan. 20, 2025

Language: Английский

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Developed non-fullerene acceptors with modified BTPT-OD donor core: A DFT and TD-DFT methods to boost organic solar cell performances

Organic Electronics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 107226 - 107226

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Binary Organic Solar Cells with Exceeding 19% Efficiency via the Synergy of Polyfluoride Polymer and Fluorous Solvent

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(30)

Published: May 11, 2024

Rational molecular design and suitable device engineering are two important strategies to boost the efficiencies in organic solar cells (OSCs). Yet these approaches independently developed, while their synergy is believed be more productive. Herein, a branched polyfluoride moiety, heptafluoroisopropoxyl group, introduced into side chains of conjugated polymers for first time. Compared with conventional alkyl chain, this chain can endow resulting polymer namely PF7 highly packing order strong crystallinity owing polarization fluorine-induced interactions, good solubility moderate miscibility retained. As result, comprehensively outperforms state-of-the-art PM6 photovoltaic properties. More importantly, based on groups fluorous solvents, new post-treatment denoted as solvent vapor annealing (FSVA) proposed match PF7. Differing from existing post-treatments, FSVA selectively reorganize fluoropolymer molecules but less impact small blend films. By employing solvent, achieves remarkable efficiency 19.09%, which among best binary OSCs. The treatment exhibit excellent universality various OSCs different material combinations or architectures.

Language: Английский

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Multi‐Selenophene Strategy Enables Dimeric Acceptors‐Based Organic Solar Cells with over 18.5% Efficiency

Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(30)

Published: May 9, 2024

Abstract Dimeric acceptor (DMA) becomes a promising alternative to small‐molecular and polymeric acceptor‐based organic solar cells (OSCs) due its well‐defined chemical structure, high batch‐to‐batch reproducibility, low molecular diffusion properties. However, DMAs usually exhibit blueshifted absorptions, limiting their photon utilization abilities. Herein, multi‐selenophene strategies are adopted develop redshifted DMAs. From monomer (YSe) dimers (DYSe‐1 DYSe‐2), reduced electron reorganization energies exciton binding enable the efficient charge dynamics in DMAs‐based OSCs. Together with effective absorption extending ≈920 nm, DYSe‐1‐ DYSe‐2‐ based OSCs outstanding short‐circuit current densities ( J SC s) over 27 mA cm −2 , which best among Besides, compared YSe‐based device, both DMA‐based devices have higher electroluminescence quantum efficiencies thus reduce nonradiative recombination loss (ΔE 3 ), contributing energy losses. The resultant open‐circuit voltages V OC of ≈0.88 V, which, combining super values, lead power conversion 18.56% 18.22%, respectively. These results highlight great potential strategy for development performance.

Language: Английский

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Halogenated Dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline Units Constructed 2D‐Conjugated Guest Acceptors for 19% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(31)

Published: June 17, 2024

Abstract Halogenation of Y‐series small‐molecule acceptors (Y‐SMAs) is identified as an effective strategy to optimize photoelectric properties for achieving improved power‐conversion‐efficiencies (PCEs) in binary organic solar cells (OSCs). However, the effect different halogenation 2D‐structured large π‐fused core guest Y‐SMAs on ternary OSCs has not yet been systematically studied. Herein, four 2D‐conjugated (X‐QTP‐4F, including halogen‐free H‐QTP‐4F, chlorinated Cl‐QTP‐4F, brominated Br‐QTP‐4F, and iodinated I‐QTP‐4F) by attaching halogens into 2D‐conjugation extended dibenzo[ f , h ]quinoxaline are developed. Among these X‐QTP‐4F, Cl‐QTP‐4F a higher absorption coefficient, optimized molecular crystallinity packing, suitable cascade energy levels, complementary with PM6:L8‐BO host. Moreover, among PM6:L8‐BO:X‐QTP‐4F blends, PM6:L8‐BO:Cl‐QTP‐4F obtains more uniform size‐suitable fibrillary network morphology, well vertical phase distribution, thus boosting charge generation, transport, extraction, suppressing loss OSCs. Consequently, PM6:L8‐BO:Cl‐QTP‐4F‐based achieve 19.0% efficiency, which state‐of‐the‐art based superior devices host (17.70%) guests H‐QTP‐4F (18.23%), Br‐QTP‐4F (18.39%), I‐QTP‐4F (17.62%). The work indicates that promising gain efficient

Language: Английский

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Sensitive SWIR Organic Photodetectors with Spectral Response Reaching 1.5 µm

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36(41)

Published: Aug. 17, 2024

Abstract The performance of organic photodetectors (OPDs) sensitive to the short‐wavelength infrared (SWIR) light lags behind commercial indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) primarily due scarcity semiconductors with efficient photoelectric responses exceeding 1.3 µm. Limited by Energy‐gap law, ultralow‐bandgap usually suffer from severe non‐radiative transitions, resulting in low external quantum efficiency (EQE). Herein, a difluoro‐substituted quinoid terminal group (QC‐2F) exceptionally strong electron‐negativity is developed for constructing new non‐fullerene acceptor (NFA), Y‐QC4F an ultralow bandgap 0.83 eV. This subtle structural modification significantly enhances intermolecular packing order and density, enabling absorption onset up 1.5 µm while suppressing non‐radiation recombination films. SWIR OPDs based on achieve impressive detectivity ( D *) over 10 11 Jones 0.4 under 0 V bias, maximum 1.68 × 12 at 1.16 Furthermore, demonstrate competitive high‐quality imaging even 1.4 irradiation.

Language: Английский

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A Difluoro‐Methoxylated Ending‐Group Asymmetric Small Molecule Acceptor Lead Efficient Binary Organic Photovoltaic Blend

Small, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 16, 2024

Abstract Developing a new end group for synthesizing asymmetric small molecule acceptors (SMAs) is crucial achieving high‐performance organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Herein, an acceptor, BTP‐BO‐4FO, featuring difluoro‐methoxylated end‐group reported. Compared to its symmetric counterpart L8‐BO, BTP‐BO‐4FO exhibits upshifted energy level, larger dipole moment, and more sequential crystallinity. By adopting two representative widely available solvent additives (1‐chloronaphthalene (CN) 1,8‐diiodooctane (DIO)), the device based on PM6:BTP‐BO‐4FO photovoltaic blend demonstrates power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.62% with excellent open‐circuit voltage ( V OC ) 0.933 V, which surpasses optimal result L8‐BO. The PCE realizes best efficiencies binary OPVs SMAs groups. A series investigations reveal that optimized film similar molecular packing motif fibrillar phase distribution as PM6:L8‐BO (DIO) does, resulting in comparable recombination dynamics, thus, fill factor. Besides, it found possesses efficient charge generation, yields better – J SC balance. This study provides ending enables cutting‐edge SMA‐based OPVs, enriching material library shed light further design ideas.

Language: Английский

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Enhanced crystal network and charge transfer of non-fused ring electron acceptors via interchain interaction for efficient and stable organic solar cells

Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(14), P. 5137 - 5146

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This research provides valuable references for the design of electron acceptors addressing “efficiency-cost-stability” triangle, thus advancing commercialization organic solar cells (OSCs).

Language: Английский

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Thickness Insensitive Organic Solar Cells with High Figure‐of‐Merit‐X Enabled by Simultaneous D/A Interpenetration and Stratification

Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(35)

Published: June 14, 2024

Abstract Low cost and printing friendly fabrication of organic solar cells (OSCs) require thick‐film devices with simply structured photoactive molecules. Thus, achieving high power conversion efficiency (PCE) for non‐fused ring acceptor‐based thickness is great significance. Herein, by transforming traditional blend casting method to emerging sequential deposition (SD) method, D18:A4T‐16 active exhibits large improvement from 8.02% 14.75% in 300 nm thick devices. Systematic morphological photophysical characterizations showcase the effectiveness SD processing sufficient donor/acceptor interpenetration vertical stratification, which eliminates dilemma charge generation/transport films. Meanwhile, D18 bottom layer proven helpful realizing fast evaporation postdeposited poor solvent, resulting naturally thickened well‐regulated crystallization. Furthermore, a new index emphasize based on nonfused acceptors, called figure‐of‐merit‐X (FoM‐X), has been defined. The processed herein, nm, 500 800 thicknesses possess leading FoM‐X values.

Language: Английский

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