Small-Molecule Acceptor with Unsymmetric Substituents and Fused Rings for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells with Enhanced Mobility and Reduced Energy Losses

Li, Zechen; Kong, Xiaolei; Chen, Zeng; Angunawela, Indunil; Zhu, Haiming; Li, Xiaojun; Meng, Lei; Ade, Harald; Li, Yongfang

doi:10.1021/acsami.2c17235

Small-Molecule Acceptor with Unsymmetric Substituents and Fused Rings for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells with Enhanced Mobility and Reduced Energy Losses

Journal Article · 08 November 2022 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c17235· OSTI ID:2422726

Li, Zechen ^[1]; ^[1]; Chen, Zeng ^[2]; Angunawela, Indunil ^[3]; ^[2]; Li, Xiaojun ^[4]; ^[1]; Ade, Harald ^[3]; ^[5]

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China; School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Key Laboratory of Excited State Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, P. R. China
Department of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China; School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, P. R. China; Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China

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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:: 2422726

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 46 Vol. 14; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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