Unidirectional Sidechain Engineering to Construct Dual-Asymmetric Acceptors for 19.23 % Efficiency Organic Solar Cells with Low Energy Loss and Efficient Charge TransferShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ISSN 1433-7851, E-ISSN 1521-3773, Vol. 62, no 36, article id e202308307Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Achieving both high open-circuit voltage (V-oc) and short-circuit current density (J(sc)) to boost power-conversion efficiency (PCE) is a major challenge for organic solar cells (OSCs), wherein high energy loss (E-loss) and inefficient charge transfer usually take place. Here, three new Y-series acceptors of mono-asymmetric asy-YC11 and dual-asymmetric bi-asy-YC9 and bi-asy-YC12 are developed. They share the same asymmetric D(1)AD(2) (D-1=thieno[3,2-b]thiophene and D-2=selenopheno[3,2-b]thiophene) fused-core but have different unidirectional sidechain on D-1 side, allowing fine-tuned molecular properties, such as intermolecular interaction, packing pattern, and crystallinity. Among the binary blends, the PM6 : bi-asy-YC12 one has better morphology with appropriate phase separation and higher order packing than the PM6 : asy-YC9 and PM6 : bi-asy-YC11 ones. Therefore, the PM6 : bi-asy-YC12-based OSCs offer a higher PCE of 17.16 % with both high V-oc and J(sc), due to the reduced E-loss and efficient charge transfer properties. Inspired by the high V-oc and strong NIR-absorption, bi-asy-YC12 is introduced into efficient binary PM6 : L8-BO to construct ternary OSCs. Thanks to the broadened absorption, optimized morphology, and furtherly minimized E-loss, the PM6 : L8-BO : bi-asy-YC12-based OSCs achieve a champion PCE of 19.23 %, which is one of the highest efficiencies among these annealing-free devices. Our developed unidirectional sidechain engineering for constructing bi-asymmetric Y-series acceptors provides an approach to boost PCE of OSCs.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH , 2023. Vol. 62, no 36, article id e202308307
Keywords [en]
Charge Transfer; Dual-Asymmetric Acceptors; Energy Loss; Organic Solar Cells; Sidechain Engineering
National Category
Theoretical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-196626DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308307ISI: 001037872400001PubMedID: 37463122OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-196626DiVA, id: diva2:1788619
Note
Funding Agencies|NSFC [22209131, 22005121, 21875182, 52173023]; National Key Research and Development Program of China [2022YFE0132400]; Key Scientific and Technological Innovation Team Project of Shaanxi Province [2020TD-002]; 111 project 2.0 [BP0618008]; Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the US Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
2023-08-162023-08-162024-04-04Bibliographically approved