Propeller-shaped acceptors for high-performance non-fullerene solar cells: Importance of the rigidity of molecular geometry

Wu, Qinghe; Zhao, Donglin; Yang, Jinghui; Sharapov, Valerii; Cai, Zhengxu; Li, Lianwei; Zhang, Na; Neshchadin, Andriy; Chen, Wei; Yu, Luping

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04287

Title: Propeller-shaped acceptors for high-performance non-fullerene solar cells: Importance of the rigidity of molecular geometry

Journal Article · Fri Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04287· OSTI ID:1352567

^[1]; Zhao, Donglin ^[1]; Yang, Jinghui ^[1]; Sharapov, Valerii ^[1];

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^[1]; Neshchadin, Andriy ^[1];

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The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)

This study describes the synthesis and application of βTPB6 and βTPB6-C as electron acceptors for organic solar cells. Compound βTPB6 contains four covalently bonded PDIs with a BDT-Th core at the β-position. The free rotation of PDIs renders βTPB6 with varying molecular geometries. The cyclization of βTPB6 yields βTPB6-C with high rigidity of the molecular geometry and enlarged conjugated skeleton. The inverted solar cells based on βTPB6-C and PTB7-Th as the donor polymer exhibited the highest efficiency of 7.69% with V_oc of 0.92 V, J_sc of 14.9 mAcm^–2, and FF of 0.56, which is 31% higher than that for βTPB6 based devices. The larger fraction of βTPB6-C and PTB7-Th than that of βTPB6:PTB7-Th in a blend film takes a face-on orientation packing pattern for π-systems that benefits the charge transport and hence higher PCE value than that for βTPB6:PTB7-Th. It was also found that a proper DIO:DPE additive further enhances this trend, which results in an increase of the PCE value for βTPB6-C:PTB7-Th while decreasing the PCE value for βTPB6:PTB7-Th.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Materials Sciences and Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); University of Chicago, Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1352567

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 3; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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