Simultaneous Improvements in Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells via a Symmetric‐Asymmetric Dual‐Acceptor Strategy

He, Chengliang; Shen, Qing; Wu, Baohua; Gao, Yuan; Li, Shuixing; Min, Jie; Ma, Wei; Zuo, Lijian; Chen, Hongzheng

doi:10.1002/aenm.202204154

Simultaneous Improvements in Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells via a Symmetric‐Asymmetric Dual‐Acceptor Strategy

Journal Article · Wed Apr 05 04:00:00 EDT 2023 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202204154· OSTI ID:2422723

He, Chengliang ^[1]; Shen, Qing ^[1]; Wu, Baohua ^[2]; Gao, Yuan ^[3]; Li, Shuixing ^[1]; Min, Jie ^[3]; Ma, Wei ^[2]; Zuo, Lijian ^[1]; ^[1]

State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization International Research Center for X Polymers Department of Polymer Science and Engineering 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
The Institute for Advanced Studies Wuhan University Wuhan 430072 P. R. China

Abstract

Simultaneously achieving improvements in power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability is the main task of the current development stage of organic solar cells (OSCs). This work reports a symmetry–asymmetry dual‐acceptor (SADA) strategy to construct ternary devices, which is found to be feasible for increasing both the PCE and the operational lifetime of OSCs. In this contribution, the symmetric acceptor L8‐BO and the asymmetric acceptor BTP‐S9 are blended in equal proportions with polymer donor PM6 for the consideration of absorption spectrum complementarity and cascade energetic alignment. In addition, the features of crystallinity and miscibility of the dual‐acceptor deliver optimized morphology lead to a high PCE of 18.84%. In addition, the asymmetric acceptor BTP‐S9 with a larger dipole moment shows tighter molecular stacking and longer crystal correlation length, which favor intrinsic molecular photostability, and further consolidate the operational lifetime of OSCs when coordinated with L8‐BO. This work demonstrates the efficacy of the SADA strategy for constructing efficient and stable OSCs.

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:: 2422723

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 13; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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