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Lin C, Peng R, Song W, Chen Z, Feng T, Sun D, Bai Y, Ge Z. Multi-component Copolymerized Donors enable Frozen Nano-morphology and Superior Ductility for Efficient Binary Organic Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202407040. [PMID: 38761056 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202407040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
Abstract
Multi-component copolymerized donors (MCDs) have gained significant interest and have been rapidly developed in flexible organic solar cells (f-OSCs) in recent years. However, ensuring the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of f-OSCs while retaining ideal mechanical properties remains an enormous challenge. The fracture strain (FS) value of typical high-efficiency blend films is generally less than 8 %, which is far from the application standards of wearable photovoltaic devices. Therefore, we developed a series of novel MCDs after meticulous molecular design. Among them, the consistent MCD backbone and end-capped functional group formed a highly conjugated molecular plane, and the solubilization and mechanical properties were effectively optimized by modifying the proportion of solubilized alkyl chains. Consequently, due to the formation of entangled structures with a frozen blend film morphology considerably improved the high ductility of the active layer, P10.8/P20.2-TCl exhibited efficient PCE in rigid (18.53 %) and flexible (17.03 %) OSCs, along with excellent FS values (16.59 %) in pristine films, meanwhile, the outstanding FS values of 25.18 % and 12.3 % were achieved by P10.6/P20.4-TCl -based pristine and blend films, respectively, which were one of the highest records achieved by end-capped MCD-based binary OSCs, demonstrating promising application to synchronize the realization of high-efficiency and mechanically ductile flexible OSCs.
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- Congqi Lin
- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
- Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
- Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
- Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
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Yue Y, Zheng B, Ni J, Yang W, Huo L, Wang J, Jiang L. All-Polymer Solar Cells with 17% Efficiency Enabled by the "End-Capped" Ternary Strategy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2204030. [PMID: 36192161 PMCID: PMC9661854 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Recently, all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have received increasing attention and made tremendous progress. However, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of all-PSCs still lags behind the polymer-donor-small-molecule-acceptor based organic solar cells, owing to the excessive phase separation with poor miscibility between polymer donor and acceptor. In this research, an "end-capped" ternary strategy is proposed by introducing PM6TPO as a third component to fabricate highly efficient all-PSCs. The PM6:PM6TPO:PY-IT based ternary devices exhibit impressive PCE of 17.0% with enhanced light absorption and optimal morphology, and the introduction of PM6TPO significantly reduces the phase separation. The ternary devices also exhibit improved stability, outstanding tolerance of active layer thickness, and high performance of 1 cm2 unit cells. More importantly, the "end-capped" ternary strategy enables efficient and facile improvement of all-PSCs performance without additional selection and complicated synthesis for the third component.
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- Yuchen Yue
- (CAS) Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial ScienceTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)Beijing100049P. R. China
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- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)Beijing100049P. R. China
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- School of ChemistryBeihang UniversityBeijing100190P. R. China
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- (CAS) Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial ScienceTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)Beijing100049P. R. China
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- School of ChemistryBeihang UniversityBeijing100190P. R. China
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- (CAS) Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial ScienceTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)Beijing100049P. R. China
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- (CAS) Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial ScienceTechnical Institute of Physics and ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of ChemistryBeihang UniversityBeijing100190P. R. China
- School of Future TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)Beijing100049P. R. China
- Ji Hua LaboratoryFoshanGuangdong528000P. R. China
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