Fluorinated End Group Enables High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with Near-Infrared Absorption and Enhanced Device Efficiency over 14%Show others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Advanced Energy Materials, ISSN 1614-6832, E-ISSN 1614-6840, Vol. 11, no 4, article id 2003171Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Fluorination of end groups has been a great success in developing efficient small molecule acceptors. However, this strategy has not been applied to the development of polymer acceptors. Here, a dihalogenated end group modified by fluorine and bromine atoms simultaneously, namely IC-FBr, is first developed, then employed to construct a new polymer acceptor (named PYF-T) for all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). In comparison with its non-fluorinated counterpart (PY-T), PYF-T exhibits stronger and red-shifted absorption spectra, stronger molecular packing and higher electron mobility. Meanwhile, the fluorination on the end groups down-shifts the energy levels of PYF-T, which matches better with the donor polymer PM6, leading to efficient charge transfer and small voltage loss. As a result, an all-PSC based on PM6:PYF-T yields a higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 14.1% than that of PM6:PY-T (11.1%), which is among the highest values for all-PSCs reported to date. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of fluorination of end-groups in designing high-performance polymer acceptors, which paves the way toward developing more efficient and stable all-PSCs.
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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH , 2021. Vol. 11, no 4, article id 2003171
Keywords [en]
all‐ polymer solar cells; fluorinated end groups; polymer acceptors; polymers; solar cells
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-172368DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202003171ISI: 000598308200001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-172368DiVA, id: diva2:1515520
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Funding Agencies|MOST [2019YFA0705900]; Basic and Applied Basic Research Major Program of Guangdong Province [2019B030302007]; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetic Functional Materials [2019B121205002]; Shen Zhen Technology and Innovation Commission [JCYJ20170413173814007, JCYJ20170818113905024]; Hong Kong Research Grants CouncilHong Kong Research Grants Council [R6021-18, C6023-19G, 16309218, 16310019, 16303917]; Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission [ITC-CNERC14SC01, ITS/471/18]; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [91433202]
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