Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics

Chemical Reviews, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 122(18), P. 14180 - 14274

Published: Aug. 5, 2022

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive materials development: (i) use poly(3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors (FAs) for optimizing bulk heterojunctions; (ii) development new donors to better match with FAs; (iii) non-fullerene (NFAs). The application NFAs an A–D–A configuration (where A = acceptor D donor) has enabled devices efficient charge generation small energy losses (Eloss < 0.6 eV), resulting in substantially higher power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) than FA-based devices. discovery Y6-type (Y6 2,2′-((2Z,2′Z)-((12,13-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,9-diundecyl-12,13-dihydro-[1,2,5]-thiadiazolo[3,4-e]-thieno[2″,3″:4′,5′]thieno-[2′,3′:4,5]pyrrolo-[3,2-g]thieno-[2′,3′:4,5]thieno-[3,2-b]indole-2,10-diyl)bis(methanylylidene))bis(5,6-difluoro-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-2,1-diylidene))dimalononitrile) A–DA′ D–A further propelled the PCEs go beyond 15% due smaller Eloss values (∼0.5 eV) external quantum efficiencies. Subsequently, Y6-series single-junction increased >19% may soon approach 20%. This review provides update recent progress OPV following aspects: developments novel donors, understanding structure–property relationships underlying mechanisms state-of-the-art OPVs, tasks underpinning commercialization such as device stability, module development, potential applications, high-throughput manufacturing. Finally, outlook prospects section summarizes remaining challenges technology.

Language: Английский

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Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

Science China Chemistry, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 65(2), P. 224 - 268

Published: Dec. 27, 2021

Language: Английский

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Low-Bandgap Non-fullerene Acceptors Enabling High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

ACS Energy Letters, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 6(2), P. 598 - 608

Published: Jan. 21, 2021

Great progress in organic solar cells (OSCs) has been recently achieved owing to the advent of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs). Indeed, low-bandgap NFAs ranging from 1.3 1.6 eV with broad absorption and easily tunable energy levels can utilize more radiation maintain a small voltage loss when paired suitable donors. Efficient OSCs are dependent on good compatibility between donor acceptor materials, active layer morphology control, device engineering. In this review, we summarize some design synthesis strategies for NFAs, achieving low bandgap high power conversion efficiency. We also propose solutions toward innovative materials engineering advance development applications OSCs.

Language: Английский

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Simple Non‐Fused Electron Acceptors Leading to Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 60(23), P. 12964 - 12970

Published: April 2, 2021

Abstract Despite the remarkable progress achieved in recent years, organic photovoltaics (OPVs) still need work to approach delicate balance between efficiency, stability, and cost. Herein, two fully non‐fused electron acceptors, PTB4F PTB4Cl, are developed via a two‐step synthesis from single aromatic units. The introduction of two‐dimensional chain halogenated terminals for these acceptors plays synergistic role optimizing their solid stacking orientation, thus promoting an elongated exciton lifetime fast charge‐transfer rate bulk heterojunction blends. As result, upon blending with PBDB‐TF polymer, has enabled single‐junction OPVs power conversion efficiencies 12.76 %, representing highest values among reported unfused so far.

Language: Английский

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Fine-tuning of side-chain orientations on nonfullerene acceptors enables organic solar cells with 17.7% efficiency

Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 14(6), P. 3469 - 3479

Published: Jan. 1, 2021

Regulating side-chain orientations of Y-series NFAs is a promising strategy to achieve favorable morphology, and high charge mobility solar cell performances, which enables high-performance devices with efficiency approaching 18%.

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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Regio‐Regular Polymer Acceptors Enabled by Determined Fluorination on End Groups for All‐Polymer Solar Cells with 15.2 % Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 60(18), P. 10137 - 10146

Published: Jan. 27, 2021

Abstract Polymerization sites of small molecule acceptors (SMAs) play vital roles in determining device performance all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs). Different from our recent work about fluoro‐ and bromo‐ co‐modified end group IC‐FBr (a mixture IC‐FBr1 IC‐FBr2), this paper, we synthesized purified two regiospecific substituted groups (IC‐FBr‐ o & IC‐FBr‐ m ), which were then employed to construct regio‐regular polymer named PYF‐T‐ , respectively . In comparison with its isomeric counterparts different conjugated coupling sites, exhibits stronger bathochromic absorption achieve better photon harvesting. Meanwhile, adopts more ordered inter‐chain packing suitable phase separation after blending the donor PM6, resulted suppressed charge recombination efficient transport. Strikingly, observed a dramatic difference between While devices based on PM6:PYF‐T‐ can yield power conversion efficiency (PCE) 15.2 %, only show poor efficiencies 1.4 %. This demonstrates success configuration‐unique fluorinated designing high‐performance regular acceptors, provides guidelines towards developing all‐PSCs efficiencies.

Language: Английский

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Recent progress in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors: materials to devices

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(7), P. 3255 - 3295

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

This review presents the recent progress in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors, with a wide coverage from material synthesis and processing to interface engineering, device structure, large-area fabrication, stability.

Language: Английский

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19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors

Joule, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. 835 - 851

Published: Jan. 30, 2024

Language: Английский

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Organic Solar Cells with Over 19% Efficiency Enabled by a 2D‐Conjugated Non‐Fullerene Acceptor Featuring Favorable Electronic and Aggregation Structures

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(32)

Published: May 27, 2023

The π-expansion of non-fullerene acceptors is a promising method for boosting the organic photovoltaic performance by allowing fine-tuning electronic structures and molecular packing. In this work, highly efficient solar cells (OSCs) are fabricated using 2D strategy to design new acceptors. Compared with quinoxaline-fused cores AQx-16, π-expanded phenazine-fused AQx-18 induce more ordered compact packing between adjacent molecules, affording an optimized morphology rational phase separation in blend film. This facilitates exciton dissociation inhibited charge recombination. Consequently, power conversion efficiency (PCE) 18.2% simultaneously increasing Voc , Jsc fill factor achieved AQx-18-based binary OSCs. Significantly, ternary devices via two-in-one alloy acceptor exhibit superior PCE 19.1%, one highest values ever reported OSCs, along high 0.928 V. These results indicate importance delicate regulation crystalline behaviors achieve performance, aimed at significantly promoting further development

Language: Английский

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