“Double-Gene” Small Molecule as Guest Component Promotes the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells Beyond 19.5 %
Jiawei Deng
Institute of Geriatrics, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi, PR China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
J. Deng, J. Liu and C. Jin contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorJiabin Liu
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
J. Deng, J. Liu and C. Jin contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorChengkai Jin
School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189 Jiangsu, PR China
J. Deng, J. Liu and C. Jin contributed equally to this work.
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Dr. Shaorong Huang
Institute of Geriatrics, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorShijing Zhang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorZhao Qin
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorJiaping Xie
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorLin Liu
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, 455002 Henan, PR China
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Prof. Dr. Lie Chen
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
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Prof. Yiwang Chen
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorJiawei Deng
Institute of Geriatrics, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi, PR China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
J. Deng, J. Liu and C. Jin contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorJiabin Liu
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
J. Deng, J. Liu and C. Jin contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorChengkai Jin
School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189 Jiangsu, PR China
J. Deng, J. Liu and C. Jin contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dr. Shaorong Huang
Institute of Geriatrics, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, 330006 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorShijing Zhang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorZhao Qin
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorJiaping Xie
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorLin Liu
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, 455002 Henan, PR China
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Prof. Dr. Lie Chen
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
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Prof. Yiwang Chen
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/, Film Energy Chemistry for Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory (FEC), Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031 Jiangxi, PR China
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Introduction of a guest component into the active layer is a simple yet effective approach to enhance the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Despite various guest components successfully employed in the OSCs, efficient guest components require deliberate design and ingenious inspiration, which still remains a big challenge for developing high performance OSCs. In this work, we propose a concept of “structural gene” engineering to create a new “double-gene” small molecule (L-DBDD) by simply combining the structures of both donor PM6 and acceptor L8-BO. L-DBDD inherit the features of both donor and acceptor, which naturally acts as a bridge between donor/acceptor (D/A) interfaces to strengthen D/A interactions and compatibility. Incorporation of this “double-gene” small molecule into the active layer can facilitate rapid charge dissociation and simultaneously optimize molecular packing for efficient charge transport. Consequently, the ternary OSC based on PM6 : L-DBDD : L8-BO blend achieves a top power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.51 %, significantly suppressing the binary control device (PCE=18.52 %). These results demonstrate that the design concept of “double-gene” small molecule by combination of the “structural gene” of donor and acceptor provides a simple and meaningful guideline for guest component-assisted highly efficient OSCs.
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