Isomerization strategy on a non-fullerene guest acceptor for stable organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency

Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(7), P. 3119 - 3127

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Isomeric non-fullerene acceptor guest with large π-conjugation skeleton is used to construct stable organic solar cells efficiencies over 19%.

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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Stability of organic solar cells: toward commercial applications

Chemical Society Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53(5), P. 2350 - 2387

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted a great deal of attention in the field clean energy due to their advantages transparency, flexibility, low cost and light weight. Introducing them market enables seamless integration into buildings windows, while also supporting wearable, portable electronics internet-of-things (IoT) devices. With development photovoltaic materials optimization fabrication technology, power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) OSCs rapidly improved now exceed 20%. However, there is significant lack focus on material stability device lifetime, causing severe hindrance commercial applications. In this review, we carefully review important strategies employed improve over past three years from perspectives design engineering. Furthermore, analyze discuss current progress terms air, light, thermal mechanical stability. Finally, propose future research directions overcome challenges achieving highly stable OSCs. We expect that will contribute solving problem OSCs, eventually paving way for applications near future.

Language: Английский

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Geometry design of tethered small-molecule acceptor enables highly stable and efficient polymer solar cells

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: May 22, 2023

With the power conversion efficiency of binary polymer solar cells dramatically improved, thermal stability small-molecule acceptors raised main concerns on device operating stability. Here, to address this issue, thiophene-dicarboxylate spacer tethered are designed, and their molecular geometries further regulated via thiophene-core isomerism engineering, affording dimeric TDY-α with a 2, 5-substitution TDY-β 3, 4-substitution core. It shows that processes higher glass transition temperature, better crystallinity relative its individual acceptor segment isomeric counterpart TDY-β, more stable morphology donor. As result, based delivers 18.1%, most important, achieves an extrapolated lifetime about 35000 hours retaining 80% initial efficiency. Our result suggests proper geometry design, can achieve both high

Language: Английский

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Unique assembly of giant star-shaped trimer enables non-halogen solvent-fabricated, thermal stable, and efficient organic solar cells

Joule, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 7(10), P. 2386 - 2401

Published: Sept. 20, 2023

Language: Английский

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Oligomerized Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptors for Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 62(46)

Published: July 12, 2023

Abstract Organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted wide research attention in the past decades. Very recently, oligomerized fused‐ring electron acceptors (OFREAs) emerged as a promising alternative to small‐molecular/polymeric acceptor‐based OSCs due their unique advantages such well‐defined structures, batch reproducibility, good film formation, low diffusion coefficient, and excellent stability. So far, rapid advances been made development of OFREAs consisting directly/rigidly/flexibly linked oligomers fused ones. In this Minireview, we systematically summarized recent progress OFREAs, including structural diversity, synthesis approach, molecular conformation packing, long‐term Finally, conclude with future perspectives on challenges be addressed potential directions. We believe that Minireview will encourage novel for OSC applications.

Language: Английский

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On the Conformation of Dimeric Acceptors and Their Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency over 18 %

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 62(45)

Published: June 29, 2023

The determination of molecular conformations oligomeric acceptors (OAs) and their impact on packing are crucial for understanding the photovoltaic performance resulting polymer solar cells (PSCs) but have not been well studied yet. Herein, we synthesized two dimeric acceptor materials, DIBP3F-Se DIBP3F-S, which bridged segments Y6-derivatives by selenophene thiophene, respectively. Theoretical simulation experimental 1D 2D NMR spectroscopic studies prove that both dimers exhibit O-shaped other than S- or U-shaped counter-ones. Notably, this conformation is likely governed a distinctive "conformational lock" mechanism, arising from intensified intramolecular π-π interactions among terminal groups within dimers. PSCs based deliver maximum efficiency 18.09 %, outperforming DIBP3F-S-based (16.11 %) ranking highest efficiencies OA-based PSCs. This work demonstrates facile method to obtain OA highlights potential high-performance

Language: Английский

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Ductile Oligomeric Acceptor‐Modified Flexible Organic Solar Cells Show Excellent Mechanical Robustness and Near 18% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(44)

Published: Aug. 22, 2023

High power conversion efficiency (PCE) and mechanical robustness are key requirements for wearable applications of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, almost all highly efficient photoactive films comprising polymer donors (PD ) small molecule acceptors (SMAs) mechanically brittle. In this study, (PCE = 17.91%) robust (crack-onset strain [COS] 11.7%) flexible OSCs fabricated by incorporating a ductile oligomeric acceptor (DOA) into the PD :SMA system, representing most to date. The photophysical, mechanical, photovoltaic properties D18:N3 with different DOAs characterized. By introducing DOA DOY-C4 longer alkyl linker lower polymerization, D18:N3:DOY-C4-based exhibit significantly higher PCE (17.91%) 50% COS (11.7%) than D18:N3-based device 17.06%, 7.8%). based on D18:N3:DOY-C4 retain 98% initial after 2000 consecutive bending cycles, showing greater stability reference (maintaining 89% PCE). After careful investigation, it is hypothesized that enhancement in mainly due formation tie chains or entanglement ternary blend films. These results demonstrate have great potential achieving high-performance OSCs.

Language: Английский

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A Pyrene‐Fused Dimerized Acceptor for Ternary Organic Solar Cells with 19% Efficiency and High Thermal Stability

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 63(1)

Published: Nov. 21, 2023

A pyrene-fused dimerized electron acceptor has been successfully synthesized and subsequently incorporated as the third component in ternary organic solar cells (OSCs). Diverging from traditional acceptors with a linear configuration, this novel displays distinctive "butterfly-like" structure, comprising two Y-acceptors wings fused pyrene-based backbone. The extended π-conjugated backbone electron-donating nature of pyrene enable new to show low solubility, elevated glass transition temperature (Tg ), low-lying frontier energy levels. Consequently, seamlessly integrates into OSCs, enhancing transporting properties, reducing non-radiative voltage loss, elevating open-circuit voltage. These merits have enabled OSCs an exceptional efficiency 19.07%, marked improvement compared 17.6% attained binary OSCs. More importantly, high Tg exhibited by helps stabilize morphology photoactive layer thermal-treated at 70 °C, retaining 88.7% over 600 hours. For comparison, experience decline 73.7% after same duration. results indicate that design incorporation unit is promising strategy development for

Language: Английский

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What We have Learnt from PM6:Y6

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 36(20)

Published: Aug. 25, 2023

Abstract Over the past three years, remarkable advancements in organic solar cells (OSCs) have emerged, propelled by introduction of Y6—an innovative A‐DA'D‐A type small molecule non‐fullerene acceptor (NFA). This review provides a critical discussion current knowledge about structural and physical properties PM6:Y6 material combination relation to its photovoltaic performance. The design principles PM6 Y6 are discussed, covering charge transfer, transport, recombination mechanisms. Then, authors delve into blend morphology degradation mechanisms before considering commercialization. state art is presented, while also discussing unresolved contentious issues, such as energetics, pathways free generation, role triplet states recombination. As such, this aims provide comprehensive understanding potential for further development field cells. By addressing both successes challenges associated with system, contributes ongoing research efforts toward achieving more efficient stable

Language: Английский

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