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- Title
The Effect of Silicon Substitution in Indacenodithiophene‐Based A<sub>2</sub>‐A<sub>1</sub>‐D‐A<sub>1</sub>‐A<sub>2</sub>‐Type Nonfullerene Acceptors on the Performance of High‐Voltage Organic Solar Cells.
- Authors
Dai, Tingting; Du, Mengzhen; Wang, Helin; Li, Xianda; He, Zehua; Meng, Yuhan; Yang, Fu; Tang, Ailing; Geng, Yanfang; Zhou, Erjun
- Abstract
In recent years, the organic solar cells (OSCs) research hotspot is the modification of end groups and alkyl side chains of A‐DA'D‐A‐type nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs). However, the development of novel NFAs by changing the different bridged atom substitution of the central core is lagging behind. Herein, two wide‐bandgap A2‐A1‐D‐A1‐A2‐type NFAs with different central cores, namely BTA501 and BTA502, are developed to improve the photovoltaic performance of high‐voltage OSCs. BTA501 adopted an indacenodithiophene (IDT) core, whereas BTA502 applied a silaindacenodithiophene (SiIDT) core. Expectedly, the SiIDT‐based BTA502 exhibits a higher lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level and wider bandgap than BTA501, which thus enhances the open‐circuit voltage (VOC) but slightly decreases the short‐circuit current density (JSC) of OSCs. Moreover, the stronger self‐aggregation characteristics and weaker π–π stacking of BTA502 severely affect the exciton dissociation and charge transport. When blended with two classic p‐type polymers J52‐F and PTB7‐Th, both combinations based on BTA502 exhibit inferior device performance compared with BTA501. Excitingly, the device of J52‐F: BTA501 achieves a VOC of 1.037 V with a power conversion efficiency of 11.82% and a JSC of 15.89 mA cm−2, which are among the highest values for high‐voltage OSCs with VOC above 1.0 V.
- Subjects
PHOTOVOLTAIC power systems; SOLAR cells; FRONTIER orbitals; OPEN-circuit voltage; SHORT-circuit currents; ALKYL group
- Publication
Solar RRL, 2022, Vol 6, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
2367-198X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/solr.202200750