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Over 15.7% Efficiency of Ternary Organic Solar Cells by Employing Two Compatible Acceptors with Similar LUMO Levels
Author(s) -
Hu Zhenghao,
Yang Linqiang,
Gao Wei,
Gao Jinhua,
Xu Chunyu,
Zhang Xiaoli,
Wang Zhi,
Tang Weihua,
Yang Chuluo,
Zhang Fujun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.202000441
Subject(s) - ternary operation , organic solar cell , homo/lumo , open circuit voltage , materials science , energy conversion efficiency , active layer , short circuit , photovoltaic system , ternary complex , phase (matter) , ternary numeral system , voltage , layer (electronics) , optoelectronics , chemistry , polymer , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , molecule , physics , biology , composite material , enzyme , ecology , computer science , quantum mechanics , programming language , thin film transistor
Efficient organic solar cells (OSCs) are fabricated using polymer PM6 as donor, and IPTBO‐4Cl and MF1 as acceptors. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of IPTBO‐4Cl based and MF1 based binary OSCs individually arrive to 14.94% and 12.07%, exhibiting markedly different short circuit current density ( J SC ) of 23.18 mA cm −2 versus 17.01 mA cm −2 , fill factor (FF) of 72.17% versus 78.18% and similar open circuit voltage ( V OC ) of 0.893 V versus 0.908 V. The two acceptors, IPTBO‐4Cl and MF1, have similar lowest unoccupied molecular orbital levels, which is beneficial for efficient electron transport in the ternary active layer. The PCE of optimized ternary OSCs arrives to 15.74% by incorporating 30 wt% MF1 in acceptors, resulting from the simultaneously increased J SC of 23.20 mA cm −2 , V OC of 0.897 V, and FF of 75.64% in comparison with IPTBO‐4Cl based binary OSCs. The gradually increased FFs of ternary OSCs indicate the well‐optimized phase separation and molecular arrangement with MF1 as morphology regulator. This work may provide a new viewpoint for selecting an appropriate third component to achieve efficient ternary OSCs from materials and photovoltaic parameters of two binary OSCs.