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Two Well‐Miscible Acceptors Work as One for Efficient Fullerene‐Free Organic Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Yu Runnan,
Zhang Shaoqing,
Yao Huifeng,
Guo Bing,
Li Sunsun,
Zhang Hao,
Zhang Maojie,
Hou Jianhui
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201700437
Subject(s) - materials science , organic solar cell , ternary operation , fullerene , acceptor , copolymer , polymer solar cell , thiophene , absorption spectroscopy , absorption (acoustics) , band gap , chemical engineering , open circuit voltage , polymer , solar cell , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , voltage , composite material , chemistry , optics , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language , condensed matter physics
High‐performance ternary organic solar cells are fabricated by using a wide‐bandgap polymer donor (bithienyl‐benzodithiophene‐alt‐fluorobenzotriazole copolymer, J52) and two well‐miscible nonfullerene acceptors, methyl‐modified nonfullerene acceptor (IT‐M) and 2,2′‐((2 Z ,2′ Z )‐((5,5′‐(4,4,9,9‐tetrakis(4‐hexylphenyl)‐4,9‐dihydros‐indaceno[1,2‐ b :5,6‐ b ′]dithiophene‐2,7‐diyl)bis(4‐((2‐ethylhexyl)oxy)thiophene‐5,2‐diyl))bis(methanylylidene))bis(3‐oxo‐2,3‐dihydro‐1 H ‐indene‐2,1‐diylidene))dimalononitrile (IEICO). The two acceptors with complementary absorption spectra and similar lowest unoccupied molecular orbital levels show excellent compatibility in the blend due to their very similar chemical structures. Consequently, the obtained ternary organic solar cells (OSC) exhibits a high efficiency of 11.1%, with an enhanced short‐circuit current density of 19.7 mA cm −2 and a fill factor of 0.668. In this ternary system, broadened absorption, similar output voltages, and compatible morphology are achieved simultaneously, demonstrating a promising strategy to further improve the performance of ternary OSCs.