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Reduced Non-radiative Recombination Energy Loss Enabled Efficient Polymer Solar Cells via Tuning Alkyl Chain Positions on Pendent Benzene Units of Polymers
摘要： Non-radiative recombination energy loss (ΔE3) plays a key role in enhancing device efficiencies for polymer solar cells (PSCs). Up to now, there is no clear resolution for reducing ΔE3 via molecular design. Herein, we report two conjugated polymers, PBDB-P-p and PBDB-P-m, which are integrated from benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene (BDT) with alkylthio chain substituted at para- or meta- position on pendent benzene and benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c′]dithiophene-4,8-dione (BDD). Two polymers have different temperature-dependent aggregation properties, but similar molecular energy levels. When BO-4Cl was used as acceptor to fabricate PSCs, the device of PBDB-P-p:BO-4Cl displayed a maximal power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 13.83%, while the best device of PBDB-P-m:BO-4Cl exhibited a higher PCE of 14.12%. The close JSCs and FFs in both PSCs are attributed to their formation of effective nanoscale phase-separation as confirmed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements. We find that the PBDB-P-m-based device has one order of magnitude higher of electroluminescence quantum efficiency (EQEEL) than that in PBDB-P-p-based one, which could arise from the relatively weak aggregation in PBDB-P-m-based film. Thus, the PBDB-P-m-based device has a remarkably enhanced VOC of 0.86 V in contrast to 0.80 V in PBDB-P-p-based device. This study offers a feasible structural optimization way on the alkylthio side chain substitute position on the conjugated polymer to enhance VOC by reducing non-radiative recombination energy loss in resulting PSCs.
关键词： polymer solar cells,open-circuit voltage,non-radiative recombination energy loss,polymer donor,alkylthio substituted position
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Highly efficient ternary polymer solar cell with two non-fullerene acceptors
摘要： Polymer solar cells (PSCs) based on binary and ternary active layers were built using PBDB-T polymer as donor and two non-fullerene acceptors (MPU2 and MPU3) with different DPP cores and terminal units but different conjugation length. The studied binary PSCs showed PCE (power conversion efficiency) values of 8.22% (PBDB-T:MPU2) and 9.77% (PBDB-T:MPU3). The VOC measured using the MPU3-based acceptor was higher than that obtained using MPU2 – this difference is attributed to a higher LUMO energy level of MPU3. MPU2 and MPU3 present complementary absorptions in the wavelength range where PBDB-T exhibits a poor absorption, thus the combination of these materials offers great potential for the fabrication of ternary PSCs. The solar cell with an optimized ternary layer PBDB-T:MPU2:MPU3 (1:1:1) showed an PCE value of 10.78%, higher than those obtained for the binary devices due to the enhanced of JSC and FF values. And, since the emission of MPU3 partially overlaps with the absorption of MPU2, the transfer of energy from MPU3 to MPU2 can improve the exciton utilization efficiency and achieve enhanced overall power conversion efficiency in this ternary solar cell.
关键词： Polymer donor,Power conversion efficiency,Non-fullerene acceptor,Ternary polymer solar cells
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance by Synergistic Effect of Chlorination and Selenophene ??-Bridge
摘要： In the rapid innovation of organic solar cells, polymer donor plays a significant role in achieving high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). The strong intermolecular interactions and deep highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMOs) of donor polymers will facilitate the favorable phase separation and high open-circuit voltage (Voc), resulting in the dramatic improvement of device performance. Herein, combined chlorination of 4,8-bis(thiophene-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]-dithiophene (T-BDT) and selenophene π-bridges, a new polymer donor, named PBBSe-Cl, is designed and synthesized. Compared to its parent polymer without chlorine substitution and π-bridge (named PBB), PBBSe-Cl exhibits much stronger absorption, better molecular planarity, and improved molecular aggregations. Moreover, PBBSe-Cl shows favorable phase separation and bicontinuous interpenetrating network when blending with acceptor Y6. As a result, the inverted device based on PBBSe-Cl achieves a decent PCE of 14.44%, with synchronously improved short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 24.07 mA cm?2 and fill factor (FF) of 73.16%. However, its parent polymers PBB and PBBSe-H only present a relatively low device performance. In addition, a very low energy loss (Eloss) of 0.51 eV is realized for PBBSe-Cl-based devices. This investigation proves that introducing chlorine atoms on the conjugated side chains and selenophene π-bridges will stepwise increase the polymer solar cell efficiency due to the simultaneous enhancement of device current density and fill factor. The proper usage of chlorination and selenophene π-bridge is a facile and efficient strategy for high-performance solar conversion materials.
关键词： selenophene π-bridges,organic solar cells,power conversion efficiencies,chlorination,polymer donor
更新于2025-09-23 15:19:57
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Elucidating Roles of Polymer Donor Aggregation in All-Polymer and Non-Fullerene Small-Moleculea??Polymer Solar Cells
摘要： The aggregation behavior of polymers plays a crucial role in determining the optical, electrical, and morphological properties of donor-acceptor blends in both all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) and non-fullerene small molecule acceptor-polymer solar cells (NFSMA-PSCs). However, direct comparison of the impacts on two different systems has not been reported, although it is important to design universal polymer donors (PDs). Herein, three PDs with different side chains (P-EH, P-SEH and P-Si) are designed to study the PD aggregation effects on the blend morphology and device performance of both all-PSCs and NFSMA-PSCs. It is observed that the aggregation property of PDs is a critical factor in determining the optimal blend morphologies and ultimately the device performances in both the PSC systems. Furthermore, PD aggregation effects on device performance is significantly more impactful in all-PSCs than in NFSMA-PSCs. The P-Si PD exhibiting the strongest aggregation behavior in a processing solvent produces the most severe phase separation in the blend with a polymer acceptor, resulting in the lowest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of all-PSCs. In contrast, when P-Si is used in an NFSMA-PSC, a well-mixed blend morphology is observed, which results in the highest PCE of over 12%. These different roles dependent on PD aggregation mainly originate from the difference in molecular size of polymer acceptor and small molecule acceptor, which influences the entropic contribution to the formation of blend morphology. Our work provides a comprehensive understanding on the PD aggregation-blend morphology relationship in different all-PSC and NFSMA-PSC systems, which serves as an important guideline for the design of universal PDs for both all-PSCs and NFSMA-PSCs.
关键词： polymer solar cells,all-polymer solar cells,non-fullerene small molecule acceptor-polymer solar cells,polymer donor aggregation,blend morphology,power conversion efficiency
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Pronounced Dependence of Alla??Polymer Solar Cells Photovoltaic Performance on the Alkyl Substituent Patterns in Large Bandgap Polymer Donors
摘要： For all-polymer solar cells which are composed of polymer donors and polymer acceptors, the effect of alkyl side chains on photovoltaic performance is a matter of some debate, and this effect remains difficult to forecast. In this concise contribution, we demonstrate that three alkyls namely branched alkyl 2-butyloctyl (2BO), long linear alkyl n-dodecyl (C12), and double-short linear alkyl n-hexyls (DC6) incorporated into the side chains of large bandgap polymer donor PBDT-TTz can induce considerable, of significance, and different electronic, optical, and morphological parameters. Systematic studies shed light on the critical role of the double-short linear alkyl n-hexyls (DC6) in (i) producing large ionization potential value, (ii) increasing propensity of the polymer to order along the π-stacking direction, (iii) generating polymer crystallites with more preferential “face-on” orientation, consequently, (iv) improvement of carriers transportation, (v) suppression of charge recombination, (vi) reduction of energy loss in all-polymer devices. In parallel, we unearth that the PBDT-TTz with double-short linear alkyl n-hexyls (DC6) represents the highest efficiency of 8.3%, whereas, the other two PBDT-TTz analogues (2BO, C12) yield efficiencies of less than 3% in optimized all-polymer solar cells. Though branched or long linear alkyl side chains (2BO, C12) have been applied to provide the solution processability of conjugated polymers, motifs bearing multiple short linear alkyl substituents (DC6) are proved critical to the development of high performing polymers.
关键词： polymer donor,bulk-heterojunction,alkyl substituent,side chain,polymer solar cells
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Da??A Polymer with a Donor Backbone a?? Acceptora??sidea??chain Structure for Organic Solar Cells
摘要： We report the design, synthesis, and properties of a novel type of donor (D)-acceptor (A) polymer, poly(3-(([2,2':5',2''-terthiophen]-3-yl-5,5"-diyl)methylene)-1-(2-octyldodecyl)indolin-2-one) (PTIBT), with a donor backbone and acceptor side chains (Type II D-A polymer) as donor for organic solar cells (OSCs) as opposed to the conventional D-A polymers having both donor and acceptor units on backbone (Type I D-A polymers). PTIBT having a backbone consisting of thiophene donor units and side chains containing indolin-2-one acceptor units was synthesized very conveniently in three steps. This polymer has a high dielectric constant of 7.70, which is beneficial for the exciton diffusion and dissociation in the active blend layer in an OSC. In addition, PTIBT was found to have a low-lying HOMO energy level of -5.41 eV and a wide band gap of 1.80 eV in comparison to its counterpart Type I D-A polymer. In organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), PTIBT showed typical p-type semiconductor performance with hole mobilities of up to 1.81 × 10-2 cm2V-1s-1. When PTIBT and ITIC were used as donor and acceptor to form a blend active layer, the best OSC device showed a JSC of 15.19 mAcm-2, a VOC of 0.66 V, and a fill factor of 0.57, resulting in a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 5.72%.
关键词： dielectric constant,novel D-A polymer donor,polythiophene,organic solar cells,nonfullerene acceptor
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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A Random Polymer Donor for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency Over 14%
摘要： Constructing random copolymers has been regarded as an easy and effective approach to design polymer donors for state-of-the-art polymer solar cells (PSCs). In this work, we develop a naphtho[2,3-c]thiophene-4,9-dione (NTDO) based copolymer PBN-Cl as a donor material for PSC, and a moderate power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 11.21% is achieved with a relatively low fill factor (FF) of 0.615. We then incorporate a similar acceptor unit benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c′]dithiophene-4,8-dione (BDD) into the polymeric backbone of PBN-Cl to tune its photovoltaic performance, and a significantly higher PCE of 14.05% is achieved from the random polymer PBN-Cl-B80 containing 80% BDD unit. The enhanced PCE of the PBN-Cl-B80-based device mainly relies on the higher FF value, resulting from the improved charge mobility properties, reduced bimolecular and trap-assisted recombination, and more appropriate phase separation. The results demonstrate a feasible strategy to tune the photovoltaic performance of polymer donors by constructing random polymer with a compatible component.
关键词： polymer solar cells,power conversion efficiency,random polymer,fill factor,charge-carrier mobility,polymer donor
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Rationally pairing photoactive materials for high-performance polymer solar cells with efficiency of 16.53%
摘要： The emergence of non-fullerene acceptors (NFA) offers a promising opportunity to develop high-performance donor/acceptor pairs with high power conversion efficiency, as NFAs offer tunable energy levels, broad absorption and suitable aggregation property. In order to enhance light-harvesting capability of active layers, we choose a wide bandgap polymer PTQ10 as the donor to blend with a narrow bandgap NFA Y6 as the acceptor. In comparison with PTQ10:IDIC blend, ~130 nm red-shifted absorption spectrum is observed in the PTQ10:Y6 blend, which potentially enhance the short-circuit current density (Jsc) for the PSCs. In addition, the optimal PTQ10:Y6 blend shows higher photoluminescence quenching efficiency and more efficient charge separation, higher charge mobilities, as well as weaker bimolecular recombination over the PTQ10:IDIC blend, which leads to an outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 16.53%, with a notable Jsc of 26.65 mA cm?2 and fill factor (FF) of 0.751.
关键词： nonfullerene acceptor,power conversion efficiency,polymer donor,polymer solar cells
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22