Non-fullerene acceptor fibrils enable efficient ternary organic solar cells with 16.6% efficiency

B. Du; R.A.L. Jones; D.G. Lidzey

doi:10.1007/s11426-019-9681-8

Non-fullerene acceptor fibrils enable efficient ternary organic solar cells with 16.6% efficiency

B. Du, R.A.L. Jones, D.G. Lidzey

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Abstract

Optimizing the components and morphology within the photoactive layer of organic solar cells (OSCs) can significantly enhance their power conversion efficiency (PCE). A new A-D-A type non-fullerene acceptor IDMIC-4F is designed and synthesized in this work, and is employed as the third component to prepare high performance ternary solar cells. IDMIC-4F can form fibrils after solution casting, and the presence of this fibrillar structure in the PBDB-T-2F:BTP-4F host confines the growth of donors and acceptors into fine domains, as well as acting as transport channels to enhance electron mobility. Single junction ternary devices incorporating 10 wt% IDMIC-4F exhibit enhanced light absorption and balanced carrier mobility, and achieve a maximum PCE of 16.6% compared to 15.7% for the binary device, which is a remarkable efficiency for OSCs reported in literature. This non-fullerene acceptor fibril network strategy is a promising method to improve the photovoltaic performance of ternary OSCs.

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Journal	Science China. Chemistry
Early online date	12 Feb 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-019-9681-8
Publication status	Published - 2020

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