Enhancing organic photovoltaic performance with 3D-transport dual nonfullerene acceptors

Dai, Shuixing; Li, Mengyang; Xin, Jingming; Lu, Guanyu; Xue, Peiyao; Zhao, Yong; Liu, Yang; Sun, Mingliang; Yu, Liangmin; Tang, Zheng; Lu, Guanghao; Ma, Wei; Zhan, Xiaowei

doi:10.1039/d1ta09106a

Enhancing organic photovoltaic performance with 3D-transport dual nonfullerene acceptors

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2022 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta09106a· OSTI ID:1982226

Dai, Shuixing ^[1]; Li, Mengyang ^[2]; Xin, Jingming ^[3]; Lu, Guanyu ^[4]; Xue, Peiyao ^[5]; Zhao, Yong ^[1]; Liu, Yang ^[1]; ^[1]; Yu, Liangmin ^[6]; ^[2]; Lu, Guanghao ^[4]; Ma, Wei ^[3]; ^[5]

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China

Dual nonfullerene acceptors Y6:FINIC with 3D charge transport features are used to fabricate sequential-process heterojunction (SHJ) and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells, and the SHJ outperforms the BHJ.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1982226

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 10; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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