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Solutiona??Processed Polymer Solar Cells with over 17% Efficiency Enabled by an Iridium Complexation Approach
摘要： The commercially available PM6 as donor materials are used widely in highly efficient nonfullerene polymer solar cells (PSCs). In this work, different concentrations of iridium (Ir) complexes (0, 0.5, 1, 2.5, and 5 mol%) are incorporated carefully into the polymer conjugated backbone of PM6 (PM6-Ir0), and a set of π-conjugated polymer donors (named PM6-Ir0.5, PM6-Ir1, PM6-Ir2.5, and PM6-Ir5) are synthesized and characterized. It is demonstrated that the approach can rationally modify the molecular aggregations of polymer donors, effectively controlling the corresponding blend morphology and physical mechanisms, and finally improve the photovoltaic performance of the PM6-Irx-based PSCs. Among them, the best device based on PM6-Ir1:Y6 (1:1.2, w/w) exhibits outstanding power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 17.24% tested at Wuhan University and 17.32% tested at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as a certified PCE of 16.70%, which are much higher than that of the control device based on the PM6-Ir0:Y6 blend (15.39%). This work affords an effective approach for further break through the reported champion PCE of the binary PSCs.
关键词： iridium complexation,morphology,polymer solar cells,power conversion efficiency
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Effect of insertion of bathocuproine buffer layer at grating-structured cathodea??organic-layer interface in bulk-heterojunction solar cells
摘要： A grating-structured interface of a poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and n-type [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)-based bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaic (PV) cell was designed and fabricated to obtain a desirable thickness distribution of the deposited bathocuproine (BCP) buffer layer to efficiently utilize its potentials. As a master mold of the grating-structure, a commercially available recordable digital versatile disc (DVD-R) substrate was employed. The grating-structured surface of the P3HT:PCBM layer was successfully produced by duplication from a poly(dimethylsiloxane) secondary mold using the spin cast molding technique. From morphological observations of the grating-structured surface covered with vapor-deposited BCP, we roughly estimated the ratio of the BCP thickness at “walls” to that at “top” and “bottom” regions to be ～0.5. The grating-type BHJ PV cell with a 5-nm-thick BCP layer exhibited the maximum power-conversion efficiency (ηp) of 3.51%. Compared with the conventional flat-type BHJ PV cell with a 20-nm-thick BCP layer, the performance of the grating-type BHJ PV cell with a 20-nm-thick BCP layer was remarkably improved, owing to the contribution of the wall side contact, which provides a lower-barrier path of the electrons toward the cathode through the thinner BCP layer.
关键词： bathocuproine buffer layer,grating-structured interface,bulk-heterojunction solar cells,power-conversion efficiency
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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10.13% Efficiency Alla??Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Improving the Optical Absorption of Polymer Acceptors
摘要： All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) are one of the most promising flexible and wearable energy generators due to their excellent morphology stability and mechanical robustness. However, it has been limited light absorption capacity for most polymer acceptors that hinders the improvement of power conversion efficiency (PCE) of all-PSCs. Herein, by simultaneously increasing the conjugation of the acceptor unit and enhancing the electron-donating ability of the donor unit, a novel narrow-bandgap polymer acceptor PF3-DTCO based on a A-D-A-structured acceptor unit ITIC16 and a carbon-oxygen (C-O)-bridged donor unit DTCO was developed. Extended conjugation of the acceptor units from IDIC16 to ITIC16 result in a red-shifted absorption spectrum and improved absorption coefficient without significant LUMO level reduction. Moreover, in addition to further broadening the absorption spectrum by the enhanced intramolecular charge transfer effect, the introduction of C-O-bridges into donor unit improves the absorption coefficient and electron-mobility, as well as optimizes the morphology and molecular order of active layers. As a result, the PF3-DTCO achieved a higher PCE of 10.13% with a higher short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 15.75 mA cm-2 in all-PSCs compared to its original polymer acceptor PF2-DTC (PCE=8.95% and Jsc=13.82 mA cm-2). Our work provides a promising method to construct high-performance polymer acceptors with excellent optical absorption for efficient all-PSCs.
关键词： optical absorption,all-polymer solar cells,polymer acceptor,carbon-oxygen-bridging,power conversion efficiency
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Effect of UV exposure of ITO/PEDOT:PSS substrates on the performance of inverted-type perovskite solar cells
摘要： We have fabricated inverted-type perovskite solar cells employing CH3NH3PbI3?xClx perovskite in the form of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/Perovskite/PCBM/Al. The effects of UV radiation on ITO/PEDOT:PSS substrates have been investigated for perovskite solar cells. ITO/PEDOT:PSS substrates were exposed to UV radiation for 5 to 15 min. The perovskite solar cells fabricated on UV-irradiated ITO/PEDOT:PSS substrates exhibited better performance as compared to those fabricated on substrates employing non-treated PEDOT:PSS. We used photovoltaic characterization, UV–VIS absorption, sheet resistance, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and external quantum efficiency (EQE) characterization techniques to investigate the effect of UV irradiation of ITO/PEDOT:PSS substrates on the performance of perovskite solar cells. The devices fabricated on ITO/PEDOT:PSS (UV irradiated for 10 min) exhibited the best device performance of all. We achieved a 9% increase in the overall power conversion efficiency for the devices fabricated on substrates exposed to UV radiation.
关键词： Power conversion efficiency,ITO,Perovskite solar cells,PEDOT:PSS,UV irradiation
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Efficient Exciton Dissociation Enabled by the End Group Modification in Non-Fullerene Acceptors
摘要： For organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, in order to overcome the larger Coulombic binding energy between holes and electrons, an extra driving force is required for efficient exciton dissociation. Here, we report two non-fullerene acceptors named IO-4H and IO-4F for OPV cells. By employing the polymer PBDB-TF as a donor, PBDB-TF:IO-4H-based device only shows a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 0.30% with a charge dissociation probability (Pdiss) of 13.3%. On the contrary, PBDB-TF:IO-4F-based device demonstrates a PCE of 7.85%, with a Pdiss of 81.3%. The photoelectric processes demonstrate that both devices have similar charge transport and charge recombination properties. The limitation of photovoltaic performance is the low exciton dissociation efficiency in the PBDB-TF:IO-4H-based device. The theoretical studies show the electrostatic potential (ESP) of IO-4H is negative in the end groups and similar to the ESP of PBDB-TF, while ESP of IO-4F is positive. PBDB-TF and the IO-4F may form a strong intermolecular electric field to assist the exciton dissociation. Our results suggest that increasing the ESP difference between donor and acceptor may be beneficial to promote exciton dissociation, thus improving photovoltaic performance.
关键词： organic photovoltaic,electrostatic potential,power conversion efficiency,exciton dissociation,non-fullerene acceptors
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Inorganic molecule-induced electron transfer complex for highly efficient organic solar cells
摘要： Interfacial engineering of electrode modification has been proved to be an effective approach for improving the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, compared to the advance in active layer, the study of interfacial modification is seriously lagging behind and the contribution of electrode modification to the PCE enhancement is marginalized. Herein, we synthesized a series of polynuclear metal-oxo clusters (PMCs) with gradually varied chemical composition and photoelectronic properties, by which an efficient and stable hole extraction layer was developed to enhance OSC efficiencies. The PCE of the OSC modified by PMC-4 was improved from 15.7% to 16.3% as compared to the PEDOT:PSS device. Moreover, PMC-4 can be fabricated through solution processing without any post-treatment, and the corresponding device shows improved long-term stability. As revealed for the first time, the strong oxidizing property of PMC can induce the formation of inorganic-organic electron transfer complex with a barrier-free interface for efficient hole extraction. Furthermore, experimental data and theoretical calculation results reveal that the molecular polarization of mixed-addenda PMCs can enhance the capacitance at the AIL/active layer interfaces. As a result, the mixed-addenda PMCs can be processed by blade-coating to make a large-area OSC of 1 cm2, and a certified PCE of 14.3% was achieved.
关键词： power conversion efficiency,hole extraction layer,polynuclear metal-oxo clusters,organic solar cells,interfacial engineering
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Higher open circuit voltage caused by chlorinated polymers endows improved efficiency of binary organic solar cell
摘要： Organic solar cell (OSC) has achieved great progress in the past few years. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) has stepped into a new stage due to the evolution of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs). The gap between lowest unoccupied molecular orbit of acceptor and highest occupied molecular orbit of donor (|ELUMOA-EHOMOD|) is proportional to the value of open circuit voltage (VOC). Applying two similar polymeric donors with different energy levels offers possibility of changing VOC without significantly impacting short circuit current (JSC) and fill factor (FF). Here we chose halogenated polymers PM6 and PM7 as donors to cope with a newly design asymmetric molecule TPIC-4Cl derived from IT-4Cl. As a result, the PM7:TPIC-4Cl device achieved a PCE of 15.1% than its PM6:TPIC-4Cl counterparts (14.4%), wherein the improvement of VOC from 0.855V to 0.885V contributed most. Our work proves the feasibility of improving photovoltaic performance of NFA OSCs by utilizing polymeric donors with similar structure yet different HOMOs. Besides, the PCE over 15% of OSCs involving no Y6 or its derivatives sheds light on another direction of OSC research.
关键词： gap tuning,power conversion efficiency,non-fullerene acceptor
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Design and Synthesis of Non-Fullerene Acceptors Based on Quinoxalineimide Moiety as the Central Building Block for Organic Solar Cells
摘要： Two new non-fullerene acceptors, namely QIP-4F and QIP-4Cl, contain a novel imide-functionalized quinoxaline (QI) moiety fused with thienylthiophene unit as the central building block, and chlorinated or fluorinated 2-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ylidene)malononitrile as end-capping groups, were designed and synthesized, respectively. An optimized device based on P2F-EHp:QIP-4Cl presented a power conversion efficiency of 13.3%, with an impressively high open-circuit voltage of 0.94 V. The results demonstrate the great potential of QI-containing fused units as central building blocks for high-performance acceptors.
关键词： quinoxalineimide,organic solar cells,power conversion efficiency,non-fullerene acceptors
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Charge-transport layer engineering in perovskite solar cells
摘要： Photovoltaic (PV) technology that directly converts the solar energy into electrical energy, is regarding as one of the most promising utilization technologies of renewable and clean energy sources. Nowadays, developing low-cost and highly efficient PV technology is a hot research topic both for academia and industry. In this context, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with metal halide perovskites [ABX3, A = CH3NH3+ (MA+), or CH(NH2)2+ (FA+), Cs+; B = Pb2+, Sn2+; X = Cl?, Br?, I?] as light harvesting material, is in the spotlight due to its easy fabrication process and high power conversion efficiency (PCE) [1,2]. To date, the certified PCE has been already pushed up to 25.2% (https://www.nrel.gov/pv/module-efficiency.html), making PSC an auspicious candidate for a new generation of photovoltaics. In future days, how to eliminate the non-essential charge carrier recombination in the device, further push the PCE approaching the Shockley-Queisser theoretical efficiency limit (~35%) and enhance the device stability, will be formidable challenges and the focus in the next stage of research work.
关键词： electron transport layer,hole transport layer,charge-transport layer,perovskite solar cells,power conversion efficiency
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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A Trifluoromethyl Group Modified Non-fullerene Acceptor Towards Improved Power Conversion Efficiency Over 13% in Polymer Solar Cells
摘要： Herein, we report a new molecule structure modification strategy for non-fullerene small molecule electron acceptors (NFAs) for solar cells through trifluoromethylation of end-capping groups. The synthesized trifluoromethylated acceptor ITCF3 exhibits narrower band gap, stronger light absorption, lower molecular energy levels and better electron transport property comparing to the reference NFA without trifluoromethyl group (ITIC). Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on ITCF3 combined with PM6 polymer donor exhibit a significantly improved power conversion efficiency of 13.3% comparing with ITIC-based device (8.4%). This work reveals great potential of trifluoromethylation in design of efficient photovoltaic acceptor materials.
关键词： power conversion efficiency,non-fullerene acceptor,trifluoromethyl group,organic solar cell,polymer
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57