Molecular Design of Fully Nonfused Acceptors for Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells

The nonfused thiophene-benzene-thiophene (TBT) unit offers advantages in obtaining low-cost organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials due to its simple structure. However, OPV cells, including TBT-based acceptors, exhibit significantly lower energy conversion efficiencies. Here, we introduce a novel approach involving the design and synthesis of three TBT-based acceptors by substituting different position-branched side chains on the TBT unit. In comparison to TBT-10 and TBT-11, TBT-13, which exclusively incorporates α-position branched side chains with a large steric hindrance, demonstrates a more planar and stable conformation. When blended with the donor PBQx-TF, TBT-13-based blend film achieves favorable π-π stacking and aggregation characteristics, resulting in excellent charge transfer performance in the corresponding device. Due to the simultaneous enhancements in short-circuit current density and fill factor, the TBT-13-based OPV cell obtains an outstanding efficiency of 16.1%, marking the highest value for the cells based on fully nonfused acceptors. Our work provides a practical molecular design strategy for high-performance and low-cost OPV materials.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 146(2024), 13 vom: 03. Apr., Seite 9205-9215

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Englisch

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Yang, Ni [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
An, Cunbin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhihao [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yafei [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Xiao-Tao [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/jacs.4c00090

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NLM370128753