Compromising Charge Generation and Recombination of Organic Photovoltaics with Mixed Diluent Strategy for Certified 19.4% Efficiency

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 35(21)

Опубликована: Март 3, 2023

The ternary blend is demonstrated as an effective strategy to promote the device performance of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due dilution effect. While compromise between charge generation and recombination remains a challenge. Here, mixed diluent for further improving efficiency OPV proposed. Specifically, high-performance system with polymer donor, i.e., PM6, nonfullerene acceptor (NFA), BTP-eC9, diluted by diluents, which involve high bandgap NFA BTP-S17 low BTP-S16 (similar that BTP-eC9). better miscibility BTP-eC9 can dramatically enhance open-circuit voltage (VOC ), while maximizes or short-circuit current density (JSC ). interplay BTP-17 enables recombination, thus leading 19.76% (certified 19.41%), best among single-junction OPVs. Further analysis on carrier dynamics validates efficacy diluents balancing be attributed more diverse energetic landscapes improved morphology. Therefore, this work provides commercialization.

Язык: Английский

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π-Extended Nonfullerene Acceptor for Compressed Molecular Packing in Organic Solar Cells To Achieve over 20% Efficiency

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 146(17), С. 12011 - 12019

Опубликована: Апрель 19, 2024

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) suffer from a trade-off between efficient charge transport and suppressed nonradiative recombination due to the aggregation-induced luminance quenching of organic semiconductors. To resolve this grand challenge, π-extended nonfullerene acceptor (NFA) B6Cl with large voids among honeycomb network is designed introduced into photovoltaic systems. We find that presence small amount (i.e., 0.5 or 1 wt %) can compress molecular packing host L8-BO, leading shortened π–π stacking distance 3.59 3.50 Å (that will improve transport) together ordered alkyl chain inhibit energy loss C–C C–H bonds vibrations), as validated by high-energy X-ray scattering measurements. This morphology transformation ultimately results in simultaneously improved JSC, FF, VOC OPVs. As result, maximum PCEs PM6:L8-BO D18:L8-BO are increased 19.1 19.3% 19.8 20.2%, respectively, which highest values for single-junction The university increase performance OPVs further evidenced range polymer:NFA

Язык: Английский

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

Nature Reviews Materials, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(1), С. 46 - 62

Опубликована: Дек. 15, 2023

Язык: 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, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 35(21)

Опубликована: Март 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.

Язык: Английский

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

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 35(12)

Опубликована: Янв. 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.

Язык: Английский

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

Nature Communications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 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

Язык: 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, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 34(45)

Опубликована: Сен. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Solid Additive-Assisted Layer-by-Layer Processing for 19% Efficiency Binary Organic Solar Cells

Nano-Micro Letters, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 10, 2023

Morphology is of great significance to the performance organic solar cells (OSCs), since appropriate morphology could not only promote exciton dissociation, but also reduce charge recombination. In this work, we have developed a solid additive-assisted layer-by-layer (SAA-LBL) processing fabricate high-efficiency OSCs. By adding additive fatty acid (FA) into polymer donor PM6 solution, controllable pre-phase separation forms between and FA. This intermixed facilitates diffusion acceptor Y6 during LBL processing, due good miscibility fast-solvation FA with chloroform solution dripping. Interestingly, results in desired refined phase-separated domain vertical phase-separation structure better balance transport /collection dissociation. Consequently, binary single junction OSCs based on PM6:Y6 blend reach champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) 18.16% SAA-LBL which can be generally applicable diverse systems, e.g., PM6:L8-BO-based devices thick-film devices. The efficacy confirmed PM6:L8-BO, where record PCEs 19.02% 16.44% are realized for 100 250 nm active layers, respectively. work provides simple effective way control demonstrates promising methodology boosting industrial manufacturing

Язык: Английский

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Revealing the underlying solvent effect on film morphology in high-efficiency organic solar cells through combinedex situandin situobservations

Energy & Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(5), С. 2316 - 2326

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Here the aggregation behavior differences induced by solvent–material and material–material interactions are clearly revealed combined ex situ in morphology characterization studies on representative high-efficiency OPV systems.

Язык: Английский

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Refined molecular microstructure and optimized carrier management of multicomponent organic photovoltaics toward 19.3% certified efficiency

Energy & Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(5), С. 2262 - 2273

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Molecular microstructure and carrier management were optimized correlated, double-channel recombination suppression enabled a record certified efficiency of 19.3% for asymmetric acceptor-based organic photovoltaics.

Язык: Английский

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