Efficient Ternary Polymer Solar Cells with Two Well-Compatible Donors and One Ultranarrow Bandgap Nonfullerene Acceptor

Xiaoling Ma; Yang Mi; Fujun Zhang; Qiaoshi An; Miao Zhang; Zhenghao Hu; Xinfeng Liu; Jian Zhang; Weihua Tang

doi:10.1002/aenm.201702854

Efficient Ternary Polymer Solar Cells with Two Well-Compatible Donors and One Ultranarrow Bandgap Nonfullerene Acceptor

Xiaoling Ma
, Yang Mi
, Fujun Zhang^*
, Qiaoshi An
, Miao Zhang
, Zhenghao Hu
, Xinfeng Liu
, Jian Zhang
, Weihua Tang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Beijing Jiaotong University
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Nanjing University of Science and Technology

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Nonfullerene polymer solar cells (PSCs) are fabricated by using one wide bandgap donor PBDB-T and one ultranarrow bandgap acceptor IEICO-4F as the active layers. One medium bandgap donor PTB7-Th is selected as the third component due to the similar highest occupied molecular orbital level compared to that of PBDB-T and their complementary absorption spectra. The champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) of PSCs is increased from 10.25% to 11.62% via incorporating 20 wt% PTB7-Th in donors, with enhanced short-circuit current (J_SC) of 24.14 mA cm⁻² and fill factor (FF) of 65.03%. The 11.62% PCE should be the highest value for ternary nonfullerene PSCs. The main contribution of PTB7-Th can be summarized as the improved photon harvesting and enhanced exciton utilization of PBDB-T due to the efficient energy transfer from PBDB-T to PTB7-Th. Meanwhile, PTB7-Th can also act as a regulator to adjust PBDB-T molecular arrangement for optimizing charge transport, resulting in the enhanced FF of ternary PSCs. This experimental result may provide new insight for developing high-performance ternary nonfullerene PSCs by selecting two well-compatible donors with different bandgap and one ultranarrow bandgap acceptor.

Original language	English
Article number	1702854
Journal	Advanced Energy Materials
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201702854
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2018
Externally published	Yes

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energy transfer
molecular arrangement
photon harvesting
ternary nonfullerene polymer solar cells

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