Volume 42, Issue 24 pp. 3559-3566
Comprehensive Report

Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Novel Medium Bandgap Guest Acceptor

Yongdie Meng

Yongdie Meng

College of Chemistry, Key Lab of Environment-Friendly Chemistry and Application (Ministry of Education), Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105 China

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Luting Tang

Luting Tang

College of Chemistry, Key Lab of Environment-Friendly Chemistry and Application (Ministry of Education), Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105 China

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Manjun Xiao

Corresponding Author

Manjun Xiao

College of Chemistry, Key Lab of Environment-Friendly Chemistry and Application (Ministry of Education), Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105 China

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Wenjing Zhou

Wenjing Zhou

College of Chemistry, Key Lab of Environment-Friendly Chemistry and Application (Ministry of Education), Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105 China

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Nana Li

Nana Li

College of Chemistry, Key Lab of Environment-Friendly Chemistry and Application (Ministry of Education), Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105 China

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710049 China

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Jianchao Jia

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Jianchao Jia

Institute of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510665 China

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Tao Jia

Corresponding Author

Tao Jia

School of Optoelectronic Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510665 China

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Wenyan Su

Wenyan Su

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710054 China

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Zhaozhao Bi

Zhaozhao Bi

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710049 China

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Wenhong Peng

Wenhong Peng

School of Materials Engineering, Changzhou Vocational Institute of Industry Technology, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164 China

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Baobing Fan

Baobing Fan

Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077 China

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Alex K.-Y. Jen

Alex K.-Y. Jen

Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077 China

Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077 China

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Wei Ma

Wei Ma

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710049 China

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Qunping Fan

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Qunping Fan

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710049 China

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First published: 04 November 2024
Citations: 3

Comprehensive Summary

Near-infrared (NIR)-absorbing polymerized small molecule acceptors (PSMAs) based on a Y-series backbone (such as PY-IT) have been widely developed to fabricate efficient all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). However, medium-bandgap PSMAs are often overlooked, while they as the third component can be expected to boost power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of all-PSCs, mainly due to their up-shifted lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level, complimentary absorption, and diverse intermolecular interaction compared to the NIR-absorbing host acceptor. Herein, an IDIC-series medium-bandgap PSMA (P-ITTC) is developed and introduced as the third component into D18/PY-IT host, which can not only form complementary absorption and cascade energy level, but also finely optimize active layer morphology. Therefore, compared to the D18/PY-IT based parental all-PSCs, the ternary all-PSCs based on D18/PY-IT:P-ITTC obtain an increased exciton dissociation, charge transport, carrier lifetime, as well as suppressed charge recombination and energy loss. As a result, the ternary all-PSCs achieve a high PCE of 17.64% with a photovoltage of 0.96 V, both of which are among the top values in layer-by-layer typed all-PSCs. This work provides a method for the design and selection of the medium-bandgap third component to fabricate efficient all-PSCs.

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