High-performance organic solar cells based on polymer donor/small molecule donor/nonfullerene acceptor ternary blends

Dai, Shuixing; Chandrabose, Sreelakshmi; Xin, Jingming; Li, Tengfei; Chen, Kai; Xue, Peiyao; Liu, Kuan; Zhou, Ke; Ma, Wei; Hodgkiss, Justin M.; Zhan, Xiaowei

doi:10.1039/C8TA11637G

High-performance organic solar cells based on polymer donor/small molecule donor/nonfullerene acceptor ternary blends

Journal Article · Mon Jan 28 23:00:00 EST 2019 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA11637G· OSTI ID:1490771

^[1]; Chandrabose, Sreelakshmi ^[2]; Xin, Jingming ^[3]; Li, Tengfei ^[1]; Chen, Kai ^[2]; Xue, Peiyao ^[1]; Liu, Kuan ^[1]; Zhou, Ke ^[3]; Ma, Wei ^[3]; Hodgkiss, Justin M. ^[2]; ^[1]

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871
MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6010, New Zealand
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

Polymer donor/small molecule donor/nonfullerene acceptor ternary organic solar cells afford efficiency of 13.1%, higher than that of the polymer donor/nonfullerene acceptor binary blend (12.1%).

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1490771

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 7; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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