Completely Non-Fused Low-Cost Acceptor Enables Organic Photovoltaic Cells with 17 % Efficiency

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To meet the industrial requirements of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, it is imperative to accelerate the development of cost-effective materials. Thiophene-benzene-thiophene central unit-based acceptors possess the advantage of low synthetic cost, while their power conversion efficiency (PCE) is relatively low. Here, by incorporating a para-substituted benzene unit and 1st-position branched alkoxy chains with large steric hindrance, a completely non-fused non-fullerene acceptor, TBT-26, was designed and synthesized. The narrow band gap of 1.38 eV ensures the effective utilization of sunlight. The favorable phase separation morphology of TBT-26-based blend film facilitates the efficient exciton dissociation and charge transport in corresponding OPV cell. Therefore, the TBT-26-based small-area cell achieves an impressive PCE of 17.0 %, which is the highest value of completely non-fused OPV cells. Additionally, we successfully demonstrated the scalability of this design by fabricating a 28.8 cm2 module with a high PCE of 14.3 %. Overall, our work provides a practical molecular design strategy for developing high-performance and low-cost acceptors, paving the way for industrial applications of OPV technology.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - (2024) vom: 24. März, Seite e202403753

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Ni [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhihao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Junzhen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wenxuan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Lijiao [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Low cost
Molecular design
Non-fused acceptor
Organic photovoltaic cell
Power conversion efficiency

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Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/anie.202403753

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NLM370126351