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Regioisomer‐Free Chlorinated Thiophene‐Based Ending Group for Thieno[3,2‐ b ]thiophene Central Unit‐Based Acceptor Enabling Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with High V oc Simultaneously
Author(s) -
Ni Shan-Shan,
Xu Xiaopeng,
Wang Jin-Liang,
Wan Shi-Sheng,
Liu Kai-Kai,
Bai Hai-Rui,
Yang Can,
Lv Guiqin,
Peng Qiang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
solar rrl
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.544
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2367-198X
DOI - 10.1002/solr.201900446
Subject(s) - thiophene , acceptor , polymer solar cell , organic solar cell , homo/lumo , materials science , crystallinity , chemistry , crystallography , molecule , polymer , organic chemistry , physics , condensed matter physics
A pair of pure regioisomeric acceptor–donor–acceptor (A–D–A) typed nonfullerene small molecule acceptors (NF‐SMAs) (4TTIC and 4TTIC‐Cl), containing a central thieno[3,2‐ b ]thiophene‐sp 3 hybridized “carbon‐bridge”‐based fused ring core unit and thiophene‐based IC or chlorinated thiophene‐based IC are synthesized for polymer solar cells (PSCs). Compared with 4TTIC , 4TTIC‐Cl not only achieves a red‐shifted absorption spectra and lower energy levels but also enhancement of molecular packing and crystallinity. The 4TTIC‐Cl ‐based blend films display higher and more balanced charge carrier mobilities, more favorable morphology, and more efficient exciton dissociation in comparison with the 4TTIC ‐based blend film. The optimized devices based on PBDB‐ST:4TTIC‐Cl deliver an impressively high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 13.11% and fill factor of 74%, much higher than that of the PBDB‐ST:4TTIC ‐based devices. Moreover, a small energy loss of ≈0.54 eV and a decent V oc of 0.88 V are simultaneously achieved for PBDB‐ST:4TTIC‐Cl ‐based devices. Noticeably, the PCE of 13.11% is the highest reported value for NF‐SMAs containing the central thieno[3,2‐ b ]thiophene unit with sp 3 hybridized carbon‐bridged cyclopentadiene fragments in binary PSCs. This study proves that introduction of less electron‐deficient thiophene‐based IC terminal group into thieno[3,2‐ b ]thiophene central core‐based SMAs is a very effective method for making high V oc and excellent PCE simultaneously.