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

Joule, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 8(3), С. 835 - 851

Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Stability of organic solar cells: toward commercial applications

Chemical Society Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 53(5), С. 2350 - 2387

Опубликована: Янв. 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.

Язык: Английский

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High‐Pressure Fabrication of Binary Organic Solar Cells with High Molecular Weight D18 Yields Record 19.65 % Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 62(50)

Опубликована: Окт. 26, 2023

In this work, inspired by the principles of a pressure cooker, we utilized high-pressure method to address processing challenges associated with high molecular weight polymers. Through approach, successfully dissolved D18 in chloroform at 100 °C within pressure-tight vial. The increased steam raised boiling point and dissolving capacity chloroform, enabling creation hybrid film superior properties, including more ordered arrangement, crystallinity, extended exciton diffusion length, improved phase morphology. Organic solar cells (OSCs) based on : L8-BO prepared using achieved an outstanding power conversion efficiency 19.65 %, setting new record for binary devices date. Furthermore, was applied fabricate OSCs other common systems, leading significant enhancements device performance. summary, research introduces universal materials, ultimately resulting highest performance reported organic cells.

Язык: Английский

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20.2% Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics Employing a π‐Extension Quinoxaline‐Based Acceptor with Ordered Arrangement

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(33)

Опубликована: Июнь 20, 2024

Organic solar cells, as a cutting-edge sustainable renewable energy technology, possess myriad of potential applications, while the bottleneck problem less than 20% efficiency limits further development. Simultaneously achieving an ordered molecular arrangement, appropriate crystalline domain size, and reduced nonradiative recombination poses significant challenge is pivotal for overcoming limitations. This study employs dual strategy involving development novel acceptor ternary blending to address this challenge. A non-fullerene acceptor, SMA, characterized by highly arrangement high lowest unoccupied orbital level, synthesized. By incorporating SMA guest in PM6:BTP-eC9 system, it observed that staggered liquid-solid transition donor facilitating crystallization ordering maintaining suitable size. Furthermore, optimized vertical morphology bimolecular recombination. As result, device achieved champion 20.22%, accompanied increased voltage, short-circuit current density, fill factor. Notably, stabilized 18.42% attained flexible devices. underscores synergistic approach integrating material innovation techniques optimizing bulk heterojunction photovoltaic performance.

Язык: Английский

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Electronic Configuration Tuning of Centrally Extended Non‐Fullerene Acceptors Enabling Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 19 %

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 62(42)

Опубликована: Авг. 26, 2023

In the molecular optimizations of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), extending central core can tune energy levels, reduce nonradiative loss, enhance intramolecular (donor-acceptor and acceptor-acceptor) packing, facilitate charge transport, improve device performance. this study, a new strategy was employed to synthesize featuring conjugation-extended electron-deficient cores. Among these, acceptor CH-BBQ, embedded with benzobisthiadiazole, exhibited an optimal fibrillar network morphology, enhanced crystallinity, improved generation/transport in blend films, leading power conversion efficiency 18.94 % for CH-BBQ-based ternary organic solar cells (OSCs; 18.19 binary OSCs) owing its delicate structure design electronic configuration tuning. Both experimental theoretical approaches were used systematically investigate influence on properties The modulation paves pathway engineering NFAs, propelling relevant research forward.

Язык: Английский

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Designing A–D–A Type Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptors with a Bulky 3D Substituent at the Central Donor Core to Minimize Non‐Radiative Losses and Enhance Organic Solar Cell Efficiency

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 63(33)

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

Designing and synthesizing narrow band gap acceptors that exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) strong crystallinity is a highly effective, yet challenging, approach to reducing non-radiative energy losses (▵E

Язык: Английский

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Step-by-Step Modulation of Crystalline Features and Exciton Kinetics for 19.2% Efficiency Ortho-Xylene Processed Organic Solar Cells

Nano-Micro Letters, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 23, 2023

Abstract With plenty of popular and effective ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) construction strategies proposed applied, its power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) have come to a new level over 19% in single-junction devices. However, previous studies are heavily based chloroform (CF) leaving behind substantial knowledge deficiencies understanding the influence solvent choice when introducing third component. Herein, we present case where newly designed asymmetric small molecular acceptor using fluoro-methoxylated end-group modification strategy, named BTP-BO-3FO with enlarged bandgap, brings different morphological evolution performance improvement effect on host system PM6:BTP-eC9, processed by CF ortho-xylene ( o -XY). detailed analyses supported series experiments, best PCE 19.24% for green solvent-processed OSCs is found be fruit finely tuned crystalline ordering general aggregation motif, which furthermore nourishes favorable charge generation recombination behavior. Likewise, can achieved replacing spin-coating blade coating active layer deposition. This work focuses commonly met yet frequently ignored issues building blends demonstrate cutting-edge device performance, hence, will instructive other OSC works future.

Язык: Английский

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Constructing Multiscale Fibrous Morphology to Achieve 20% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells by Mixing High and Low Molecular Weight D18

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(41)

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

This study underscores the significance of precisely manipulating morphology active layer in organic solar cells (OSCs). By blending polymer donors D18 with varying molecular weights, a multiscale interpenetrating fiber network structure within is successfully created. The introduction 10% low weight (LW-D18) into high (HW-D18) produces MIX-D18, which exhibits an extended exciton diffusion distance and orderly stacking. Devices utilizing MIX-D18 demonstrate superior electron hole transport, improves dissociation, enhances charge collection efficiency, reduces trap-assisted recombination compared to other two materials. Through use nonfullerene acceptor L8-BO, remarkable power conversion efficiency (PCE) 20.0% achieved. methodology, integrates favorable attributes polymers, opens new avenue for enhancing performance OSCs.

Язык: Английский

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Embedded Host/Guest Alloy Aggregations Enable High‐Performance Ternary Organic Photovoltaics

Advanced Materials, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 35(51)

Опубликована: Июль 31, 2023

The ternary strategy has been intensively studied to improve the power conversion efficiencies of organic photovoltaics. Thereinto, location guest component plays a critical role, but few reports have devoted this concern. Hereon, distribution LA1 as acceptor in variety scenarios is reported and dominating driving forces managing operating modes are outlined. Governed by appropriate relationship compatibility, crystallinity, surface energies between host acceptors, well interfacial interactions donor dual most molecules permeate into internal phases, forming embedded host/guest alloy-like aggregations. characteristic distributions greatly optimize morphologies, maximize energy transfer, enhance exciton/charge behaviors. Particularly, PM6:IT-4F:LA1 cells afford high efficiency 15.27% with impressive fill factors (FF) over 81%. popularization studies further verify superiority LA1-involved alloy structures, Y6-family component, an outstanding 19.17% received. results highlight importance systems shed light on governing distributing guests cells.

Язык: Английский

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Solid Additive‐Assisted Selective Optimization Strategy for Sequential Deposited Active Layers to Construct 19.16% Efficiency Binary Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 34(13)

Опубликована: Дек. 21, 2023

Abstract Volatile solid (VS)‐additives are regarded as an effective tool to manipulate morphology of sequential deposited (SD) active layers for improving power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) organic solar cells (OSCs), while the independent effect VS‐additives on donor and acceptor is often overlooked. Herein, a new VS‐additive named 2‐(2‐methoxyphenyl)benzo[ b ]thiophene (BTO) synthesized applied in SD binary PM6/L8‐BO layers. Introducing it into bottom PM6 layer (PM6 + ), BTO has low volatility longer volatilization distance, which prolongs interaction time between L8‐BO /L8‐BO film, leading over‐aggregated L8‐BO. While inserting top (L8‐BO fast evaporation excellent dipole help enhance molecular absorption, crystallinity, ordered packing system. Therefore, optimized with proper phase separation achieved increase exciton dissociation charge transfer properties, restrain recombination energy loss OSCs, yielding impressive PCE over 19%. Furtherly, using D18 instead PM6, SD‐systems offer record‐high 19.16%. The developed selective optimization strategy provides deep insight working mechanism boosting OSCs.

Язык: Английский

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