Finely modulated asymmetric nonfullerene acceptors enabling simultaneously improved voltage and current for efficient organic solar cells

Gao, Huanhuan; Wan, Xiangjian; Xuan, Ziyi; Ma, Wei; Xin, Jingming; Li, Chenxi; Chen, Yongsheng

doi:10.1039/d1tc03793e

Finely modulated asymmetric nonfullerene acceptors enabling simultaneously improved voltage and current for efficient organic solar cells

Journal Article · 01 January 2022 · Journal of Materials Chemistry C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc03793e· OSTI ID:1982229

Gao, Huanhuan ^[1]; ^[2]; Xuan, Ziyi ^[3]; Ma, Wei ^[3]; Xin, Jingming ^[3]; Li, Chenxi ^[2]; ^[2]

Xi'an Key Laboratory of High Performance Oil and Gas Field Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xian Shiyou University, Shaanxi, Xi’an 710065, China; Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

An asymmetric acceptor 5T-2C8-2Cl has been designed and an efficiency of 13.02% with simultaneously improvedJ_scandV_ochas been achieved.

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:: 1982229

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 10, Issue 7; ISSN 2050-7526

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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