Pressure‐Controlled Nanoimprint Lithography Achieves over 20% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2025

Abstract Nanoimprint lithography (NIL) offers unprecedented control over active layer morphology in organic solar cells (OSCs), yet optimal processing conditions remain critical for maximizing device performance. Here, pressure‐dependent NIL fabrication of ordered interdigitated heterojunction structures is demonstrated D18/L8‐BO‐based OSCs, achieving exceptional performance through systematic pressure optimization. At an 50 bar, devices exhibit record‐setting metrics: 20.08% power conversion efficiency, 27.34 mA cm −2 short‐circuit current density, and 80.34% fill factor. The NIL‐patterned layers form well‐defined, solvent‐resistant nanopillar arrays (8.7–29 nm height) with enhanced light‐harvesting capabilities. Detailed characterization reveals improved molecular ordering both donor acceptor phases, while advanced spectroscopy demonstrates accelerated charge transfer dynamics reduced exciton dissociation diffusion times. This pressure‐optimized strategy simultaneously enhances the optical, morphological, electronic properties establishing a promising pathway toward commercial‐scale photovoltaic technology.

Язык: Английский

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Extending Exciton Diffusion Length via an Organic‐Metal Platinum Complex Additive for High‐Performance Thick‐Film Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 6, 2025

The long exciton diffusion length (LD) plays an important role in promoting dissociation, suppressing charge recombination, and improving the transport process, thereby performance of organic solar cells (OSCs), especially thick-film OSCs. However, limited LD hinders further improvement device as film thickness increases. Here, organic-metal platinum complex, namely TTz-Pt, is synthesized served a solid additive into D18-Cl:L8-BO system. addition TTz-Pt enhanced crystallinity blends, reduced energy disorder, trap density, decreased non-radiative recombination binding energy, which conducive to prolonging TTz-Pt-treated film, facilitating dissociation process along with inhibiting recombination. Consequently, D18:L8-BO:IDIC (100 nm) exhibits champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) 20.12% (certified 19.54%), one highest PCEs reported for OSCs date. Remarkably, record-breaking PCE 18.84% yielded active layer 300 nm. Furthermore, superior universality This work provides simple universal approach extending by introducing complex achieve highly efficient

Язык: Английский

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A Novel Upside‐Down Thermal Annealing Method Toward High‐Quality Active Layers Enables Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 20%

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(47)

Опубликована: Окт. 9, 2024

Abstract The emerging non‐fullerene acceptors with low voltage losses have pushed the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) to ≈20% auxiliary morphology optimization. Thermal annealing (TA), as most widely adopted post‐treatment method, has been playing an essential role in realizing potential various material systems. However, procedure TA, i.e., way that TA is performed, almost identical among thousands OSC papers since ≈30 years ago other than changes temperature and time. Herein, a reverse thermal (RTA) technique developed, which can enhance dielectric constant active layer film, thereby producing smaller Coulomb capture radius (14.93 nm), meanwhile, forming moderate nano‐scale phase aggregation more favorable face‐on molecular stacking orientation. Thus, this method reduce decline open circuit conventional by achieving decreased radiative (0.334 eV) non‐radiative (0.215 recombination loss. RTA PM6:L8‐BO‐X device increases 19.91% (certified 19.42%) compared (18.98%). It shown exhibits superb universality 4 systems, revealing its dramatic be employed wide range OSCs.

Язык: Английский

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Suppressing Exciton–Vibration Coupling via Intramolecular Noncovalent Interactions for Low‐Energy‐Loss Organic Solar Cells

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 3, 2024

Minimizing energy loss is crucial for breaking through the efficiency bottleneck of organic solar cells (OSCs). The main mechanism can be attributed to non-radiative recombination (ΔEnr) that occurs due exciton-vibration coupling. To tackle this challenge, tuning intramolecular noncovalent interactions strategically utilized tailor novel fused ring electron acceptors (FREAs). Upon comprehensive analysis both theoretical and experimental results, approach effectively enhance molecular rigidity, suppress structural relaxation, reduce exciton reorganization energy, weakens coupling strength. Consequently, binary OSC device based on Y-SeSe, which features dual strong Se ⋅ O interactions, achieves an outstanding power conversion (PCE) 19.49 %, accompanied by extremely small ΔEnr 0.184 eV, much lower than those Y-SS Y-SSe devices with weaker interactions. These achievements not only set record selenium-containing OSCs, but also mark lowest reported value among high-performance devices. Furthermore, ternary blend showcases a remarkable PCE 20.51 one highest PCEs single-junction OSCs. This work demonstrates effectiveness in suppressing coupling, thereby achieving low-energy-loss high-efficiency

Язык: Английский

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Coplanar Dimeric Acceptors with Bathochromic Absorption and Torsion‐Free Backbones through Precise Fluorination Enabling Efficient Organic Photovoltaics with 18.63% Efficiency

Advanced Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 20, 2025

Abstract Giant dimeric acceptors (GDAs), a sub‐type of acceptor materials for organic solar cells (OSCs), have garnered much attention due to the synergistic advantages their monomeric and polymeric acceptors, forming well‐defined molecular structure with giant weight high efficiency stability. In this study, first time, two new GDAs, DYF‐V DY2F‐V are designed synthesized OSC operation, by connecting one vinylene linker mono‐/di‐fluorinated end group on Y‐series monomers, respectively. After fluorination, both exhibit bathochromic absorption denser packing modes stronger intramolecular charge transfer effect torsion‐free backbones. Through precise DYF‐V‐based devices highest performance 18.63% among GDA‐based OSCs, outperforming its non‐fluorinated counterpart, DY‐V‐based ones (16.53%). Theoretical morphological results demonstrate that proper fluorination in strengthens intra/intermolecular interactions enhanced crystallinity, superior phase segregation, less energy disorder, which is beneficial fast exciton dissociation, rapid carrier transport, suppressed recombination. The work demonstrates GDAs rigid coplanar backbones effective broader photon harvesting, packing, robust stability OSCs.

Язык: Английский

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A systematic investigation on pyridine derived solid additives inducing fibrillar morphology for highly efficient organic solar cells with over 20 % efficiency

Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 164, С. 100977 - 100977

Опубликована: Март 18, 2025

Язык: Английский

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An n‐Doped Organic Cross‐Linked Electron Transport Layer with High Electrical Conductivity for High‐Efficiency Tandem Organic Photovoltaics

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 24, 2025

Abstract With merits of good solution processability, intrinsic flexibility, etc, organic/organic interconnecting layers (ICLs) are highly desirable for tandem organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Herein, an n‐doped cross‐linked electron transport layer (ETL), named c‐NDI‐Br:PEI is developed, via a simple in situ quaternization reaction between bromopentyl‐substituted naphthalene diimide derivative (NDI‐Br) and polyethylenimine (PEI). Due to strong self‐doping, films exhibit high electrical conductivity (0.06 S cm −1 ), which important efficient hole reombination ICL OPVs. In addition, the ETLs show work function modulation ability, solvent‐resistance. The above features enable as ETL not only single‐junction OPVs, but also devices without any metal ICL. Under solar radiation, device with achieves power conversion efficiency (PCE) 18.18%, surpassing ZnO‐based (17.09%). homo‐ hetero‐tandem m‐PEDOT:PSS:c‐NDI‐Br:PEI remarkable PCEs 19.06% 20.06%, respectively. 808 nm laser radiation photon flux 57 mW −2 , homo‐tandem presents superior PCE 38.5%. This study provides new constructing all‐solution‐processed ICL, can be integrated flexible wearable devices.

Язык: Английский

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Triplet State Suppression for Energy Loss Reduction in 20% Nonhalogenated Solvent Processed Binary Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 16, 2025

Abstract Boosting power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) has been restricted by its undesirably high energy loss, especially for those nonhalogenated solvent‐processed ones. Here,a dichloro‐methoxylated terminal group in an asymmetric small molecular acceptor design, which realizes a significantly reduced non‐radiative loss (0.179 eV) compared to symmetric counterpart (0.202 eV), is reported. Consequently, the device improved up 20% PM6:BTP‐eC9‐4ClO, without sacrificing photon harvest or charge transport ability control system PM6:BTP‐eC9. Further characterizations reveal BTP‐eC9‐4ClO's blend film demonstrates suppressed triplet state formation, enabled enhanced electron delocalization. In addition, BTP‐eC9‐4ClO found be thermally stabler than BTP‐eC9, and thus providing stability, whose T80 value reaches > 7800 h under 80 °C anneal N 2 via linear extrapolation. This work represents state‐of‐the‐art performance binary OSCs with certified results (19.45%).

Язык: Английский

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Dual Additive‐Assisted Layer‐by‐Layer Processing for 19.59% Efficiency Quasi‐Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 22, 2024

Abstract The ideal vertical phase separation active layer morphology is crucial for the photoelectric conversion of organic solar cells. In this work, a layer‐by‐layer sequential deposition method used to prepare D18/L8‐BO‐based cells and dual additives strategy adopted construct layer. Additive DIM regulates crystallization D18 layer, additive DIO induces L8‐BO diffuse into interior form composition distribution with large donor/acceptor interpenetrated regions. improvement induced by promote exciton generation dissociation, shorten charge transfer distance, improve carrier dynamics. With improved transport performance suppressed recombination, short‐circuit current density fill factor D18/L8‐BO quasi‐bulk heterojunction are simultaneously, power efficiency boosted significantly from 18.21% 19.59%. Moreover, photovoltaic further verified in D18/Y6 PM6/L8‐BO‐based cells, which implies generalizability additive‐assisted ‐sequential method.

Язык: Английский

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The Critical Isomerization Effect of Core Bromination on Nonfullerene Acceptors in Achieving High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells with Low Energy Loss

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 30, 2024

Highly efficient nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) for organic solar cells (OSCs) with low energy loss (E

Язык: Английский

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