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Regiospecific Incorporation of Acetylene Linker in High‐Electron Mobility Dimerized Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells with High Efficiency (18.8%) and Long 1‐Sun Lifetime (> 5000 h)

Journal Article · · Advanced Energy Materials
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  1. Department of Chemistry and RINS Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 Republic of Korea; Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao 266101 China
  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
  3. Energy Materials Research Center Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) Daejeon 34114 Republic of Korea
  4. Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology and ERI Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 Republic of Korea
  5. Department of Chemistry and RINS Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 Republic of Korea

Abstract

The commercialization of organic solar cells (OSCs) requires both high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and long‐term stability. However, the lifetime of the OSCs containing small‐molecule acceptors (SMA) should be significantly enhanced. In this study, a series of planarity‐controlled is developed, high electron mobility dimerized SMAs (DSMAs) and realize OSCs with high‐performance (PCE = 18.8%) and high‐stability (t80%lifetime = 5380 h under 1‐Sun illumination). An acetylene linker with a planar triple bond is designed for dimerization of SMA units to afford the high backbone planarity necessary to achieve high crystallinity and electron mobility. To further engineer the molecular conformation and electron mobility of the DSMAs, different regioisomers of a Y‐based SMA are dimerized to yield three regioisomerically distinct DSMAs, denoted as DYA‐I, DYA‐IO, and DYA‐O, respectively. It is found that the crystallinity, electron mobility, and glass transition temperature of the DSMAs gradually increase in the order of DYA‐O, DYA‐IO, and DYA‐I, which, in turn, enhance the PCE and device stability of the resulting OSCs; DYA‐O (PCE = 16.45% andt80%lifetime = 3337 h) < DYA‐IO (PCE = 17.54% andt80%lifetime = 4255 h) < DYA‐I (PCE = 18.83% andt80%lifetime = 5380 h).

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:
2422717
Journal Information:
Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 34 Vol. 13; ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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