19.28% Efficiency and Stable Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Introducing an NIR-Absorbing Guest Acceptor

Qunping Fan, Ruijie Ma, Zhaozhao Bi, Xunfan Liao, Baohua Wu, Sen Zhang, Wenyan Su, Jin Fang, Chao Zhao, Cenqi Yan, Kai Chen, Yuxiang Li, Chao Gao, Gang Li, Wei Ma

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Abstract

Here, a near-infrared (NIR)-absorbing small-molecule acceptor (SMA) Y-SeNF with strong intermolecular interaction and crystallinity is developed by combining selenophene-fused core with naphthalene-containing end-group, and then as a custom-tailor guest acceptor is incorporated into the binary PM6:L8-BO host system. Y-SeNF shows a 65 nm red-shifted absorption compared to L8-BO. Thanks to the strong crystallinity and intermolecular interaction of Y-SeNF, the morphology of PM6:L8-BO:Y-SeNF can be precisely regulated by introducing Y-SeNF, achieving improved charge-transporting and suppressed non-radiative energy loss. Consequently, ternary polymer solar cells (PSCs) offer an impressive device efficiency of 19.28% with both high photovoltage (0.873 V) and photocurrent (27.88 mA cm−2), which is one of the highest efficiencies in reported single-junction PSCs. Notably, ternary PSC has excellent stability under maximum-power-point tracking for even over 200 h, which is better than its parental binary devices. The study provides a novel strategy to construct NIR-absorbing SMA for efficient and stable PSCs toward practical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2211385
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume33
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Feb 2023

Keywords

  • custom-tailor guest acceptors
  • polymer solar cells
  • power conversion efficiency
  • stability
  • ternary

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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