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Critical Role of Molecular Electrostatic Potential on Charge Generation in Organic Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Yao Huifeng,
Qian Deping,
Zhang Hao,
Qin Yunpeng,
Xu Bowei,
Cui Yong,
Yu Runnan,
Gao Feng,
Hou Jianhui
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.201800015
Subject(s) - organic solar cell , fullerene , chemistry , photocurrent , acceptor , chemical physics , charge (physics) , nanotechnology , offset (computer science) , photovoltaics , photovoltaic system , optoelectronics , polymer , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , ecology , computer science , biology , programming language , condensed matter physics
Revealing the charge generation is a crucial step to understand the organic photovoltaics. Recent development in non‐fullerene organic solar cells (OSCs) indicates efficient charge separation even with negligible energetic offset between the donor and acceptor materials. These new findings trigger a critical question concerning the charge separation mechanism in OSCs, traditionally believed to result from sufficient energetic offset between the polymer donor and fullerene acceptor. We propose a new mechanism, which involves the molecular electrostatic potential, to explain efficient charge separation in non‐fullerene OSCs. Together with the new mechanism, we demonstrate a record efficiency of ~12% for systems with negligible energetic offset between donor and acceptor materials. Our analysis also rationalizes different requirement of the energetic offset between fullerene‐based and non‐fullerene OSCs, and paves the way for further design of OSC materials with both high photocurrent and high photovoltage at the same time.