Highly efficient ternary solar cells with reduced non-radiative energy loss and enhanced stability via two compatible non-fullerene acceptorsShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN 2050-7488, E-ISSN 2050-7496, Vol. 10, no 29, p. 15605-15613Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A ternary strategy by introducing a third component into a binary host system has been proven to be a simple and promising method to boost the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, a high efficient ternary OSC is fabricated, wherein, a non-fullerene acceptor, namely MOIT-M, is introduced as a third component into the PM6:BTP-eC9 blend. MOIT-M possesses good complementary absorption spectra and aligned cascade energy levels with the host binary blend, which benefits light harvesting, exciton dissociation, and charge transport. Moreover, MOIT-M exhibits good miscibility with BTP-eC9, forming a well-mixed phase, which improves molecular packing for better charge transport and optimizes ternary blend morphology. Notably, the incorporation of MOIT-M suppresses non-radiative recombination, leading to reduced non-radiative energy losses (Delta E-nr). As a result, the ternary OSC exhibits a significantly increased PCE of 18.5% with a lower Delta E-nr of 0.21 eV in comparison with the control binary PM6:BTP-eC9 device with a PCE of 17.4% and a Delta E-nr of 0.24 eV. In addition, the ternary OSC displays better storage stability compared to the PM6:BTP-eC9 system. This work indicates that a ternary strategy via combining two compatible small molecule acceptors is effective to simultaneously improve the efficiency and stability of OSCs.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY , 2022. Vol. 10, no 29, p. 15605-15613
National Category
Energy Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-187517DOI: 10.1039/d2ta03941aISI: 000823802400001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-187517DiVA, id: diva2:1690220
Note
Funding Agencies|National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51973146]; Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation [BK20190099]; Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science Technology; Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions; China Scholarship Council
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