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Title: Achieving Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Improved Intermolecular Interaction and Open-Circuit Voltage

Journal Article · · Advanced Materials
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  1. Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing (P. R. China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing (P. R. China)
  2. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  3. Hebei Univ. of Engineering, Handan (P. R. China)
  4. Korea Univ., Seoul (Republic of Korea)
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Here, a new acceptor–donor–acceptor-structured nonfullerene acceptor ITCC (3,9-bis(4-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-3-methylene-2-oxo-cyclopenta[b]thiophen)-5,5,11,11-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-dithieno[2,3-d':2,3-d'] -s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b']-dithiophene) is designed and synthesized via simple end-group modification. ITCC shows improved electron-transport properties and a high-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level. A power conversion efficiency of 11.4% with an impressive V OC of over 1 V is recorded in photovoltaic devices, suggesting that ITCC has great potential for applications in tandem organic solar cells.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1436630
Journal Information:
Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 29; ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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