Mechanism study on organic ternary photovoltaics with 18.3% certified efficiency: from molecule to device

Li, Yaokai; Guo, Yuan; Chen, Zeng; Zhan, Lingling; He, Chengliang; Bi, Zhaozhao; Yao, Nannan; Li, Shuixing; Zhou, Guanqing; Yi, Yuanping; Yang, Yang (Michael); Zhu, Haiming; Ma, Wei; Gao, Feng; Zhang, Fengling; Zuo, Lijian; Chen, Hongzheng

doi:10.1039/d1ee02977k

Mechanism study on organic ternary photovoltaics with 18.3% certified efficiency: from molecule to device

Journal Article · 01 January 2022 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee02977k· OSTI ID:1982200

Li, Yaokai ^[1]; Guo, Yuan ^[2]; Chen, Zeng ^[3]; Zhan, Lingling ^[1]; He, Chengliang ^[1]; Bi, Zhaozhao ^[4]; ^[5]; Li, Shuixing ^[1]; Zhou, Guanqing ^[3]; ^[6]; ^[7]; Zhu, Haiming ^[3]; Ma, Wei ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[5]; Zuo, Lijian ^[8]; ^[1]

State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
School of Light Industry and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P. R. China
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-58183, Sweden
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Institute for Advanced Photonics, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China; Zhejiang University-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China

Our work presents a study on the working mechanism of ternary organic photovoltaic devices based on non-fullerene acceptors, focusing on the composition-dependent optoelectronic property variations in blend films and devices.

Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1982200

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 15, Issue 2; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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