Fine-Tuning the Energy Levels of a Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptor to Achieve a High Short-Circuit Current and a Power Conversion Efficiency over 12% in Organic Solar Cells

Kan, Bin; Zhang, Jiangbin; Liu, Feng; Wan, Xiangjian; Li, Chenxi; Ke, Xin; Wang, Yunchuang; Feng, Huanran; Zhang, Yamin; Long, Guankui; Friend, Richard H.; Bakulin, Artem A.; Chen, Yongsheng

doi:10.1002/adma.201704904

Title: Fine-Tuning the Energy Levels of a Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptor to Achieve a High Short-Circuit Current and a Power Conversion Efficiency over 12% in Organic Solar Cells

Journal Article · Mon Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201704904· OSTI ID:1537367

Kan, Bin ^[1]; Zhang, Jiangbin ^[2]; Liu, Feng ^[3]; Wan, Xiangjian ^[1]; Li, Chenxi ^[1]; Ke, Xin ^[1]; Wang, Yunchuang ^[1]; Feng, Huanran ^[1]; Zhang, Yamin ^[1]; Long, Guankui ^[1]; Friend, Richard H. ^[4];

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State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, The Centre of Nanoscale Science and Technology and Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071 China
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ UK; Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240 China
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ UK

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy (PHaSE); Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001087

OSTI ID:: 1537367

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 3; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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