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Su M, Lin M, Mo S, Chen J, Shen X, Xiao Y, Wang M, Gao J, Dang L, Huang XC, He F, Wu Q. Manipulating the Alkyl Chains of Naphthodithiophene Imide-Based Polymers to Concurrently Boost the Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:37371-37380. [PMID: 37515570 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
Abstract
Morphology instability holds the major responsibility for efficiency degradation of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, how to develop polymer donors simultaneously with high efficiency and excellent morphology stability remains challenging. Herein, we reported naphtho[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene-5,6-imide (NDTI)-based new polymers PNDT1 and PNDT2. The alkyl chain engineering leads to high crystallinity, high hole mobility (>10-3 cm2 V-1 S-1), and nanofibrous film morphology, which enable PNDT2 to exhibit an efficiency of 18.13% and a remarkable FF value of 0.80. Moreover, the NDTIs have short π-π stacking and abundant short interactions, and their polymers exhibit superior morphological stability. Therefore, the PNDT2-based OSCs exhibit much better device stability than that of PNDT1, PAB-α, and benchmark polymers PM6 and D18. This work suggests the great importance of the large conjugated backbone of the monomer and alkyl chain engineering to develop high-performance and morphology-stable polymers for OSCs.
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- Mingbin Su
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515063, China
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Yasa M, Toppare L. Thieno[3,4‐c]pyrrole‐4,6‐dione‐based conjugated polymers for non‐fullerene organic solar cells. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Mustafa Yasa
- Department of Polymer Science and Technology Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- Department of Polymer Science and Technology Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- The Center for Solar Energy Research and Application (GUNAM) Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- Department of Biotechnology Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
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Fenta AD, Liao SF, Li SW, Lu CF, Chen CT. Increasing the Fluorine Substituent of Thieno[3,4- c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Terthiophene Copolymers Progressively Narrows the Nanofibrils and Enhances the Efficiency of Fullerene-Based Polymer Photovoltaics. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Adane Desta Fenta
- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, ROC
- Molecular Science and Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP), Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, ROC
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, ROC
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Zhao C, Yang F, Xia D, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Yan N, You S, Li W. Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-based conjugated polymers for organic solar cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:10394-10408. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04150e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) based conjugated polymers as an electron donor, acceptor and single-component for application in organic solar cells in the past ten years have been intensively reviewed in this Feature Article.
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- Chaowei Zhao
- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Shandong Normal University
- Jinan 250014
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites
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Sun H, Wang L, Wang Y, Guo X. Imide‐Functionalized Polymer Semiconductors. Chemistry 2018; 25:87-105. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Huiliang Sun
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials & DevicesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
- The Co-Innovation Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Tianjin, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of ChemistryNankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringSouthern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Pirotte G, Kesters J, Cardeynaels T, Verstappen P, D'Haen J, Lutsen L, Champagne B, Vanderzande D, Maes W. The Impact of Acceptor-Acceptor Homocoupling on the Optoelectronic Properties and Photovoltaic Performance of PDTSQx ff Low Bandgap Polymers. Macromol Rapid Commun 2018; 39:e1800086. [PMID: 29682847 DOI: 10.1002/marc.201800086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Push-pull-type conjugated polymers applied in organic electronics do not always contain a perfect alternation of donor and acceptor building blocks. Misscouplings can occur, which have a noticeable effect on the device performance. In this work, the influence of homocoupling on the optoelectronic properties and photovoltaic performance of PDTSQxff polymers is investigated, with a specific focus on the quinoxaline acceptor moieties. A homocoupled biquinoxaline segment is intentionally inserted in specific ratios during the polymerization. These homocoupled units cause a gradually blue-shifted absorption, while the highest occupied molecular orbital energy levels decrease only significantly upon the presence of 75-100% of homocouplings. Density functional theory calculations show that the homocoupled acceptor unit generates a twist in the polymer backbone, which leads to a decreased conjugation length and a reduced aggregation tendency. The virtually defect-free PDTSQxff affords a solar cell efficiency of 5.4%, which only decreases substantially upon incorporating a homocoupling degree over 50%.
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- Geert Pirotte
- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Electrical and Physical Characterization (ELPHYC), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Electrical and Physical Characterization (ELPHYC), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Electrical and Physical Characterization (ELPHYC), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Theoretical and Structural Physical Chemistry Unit, Namur Institute of Structured Matter, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Electrical and Physical Characterization (ELPHYC), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Electrical and Physical Characterization (ELPHYC), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,IMEC - IMOMEC, Universitaire Campus - Wetenschapspark 1, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- IMEC - IMOMEC, Universitaire Campus - Wetenschapspark 1, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Theoretical and Structural Physical Chemistry Unit, Namur Institute of Structured Matter, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Electrical and Physical Characterization (ELPHYC), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,IMEC - IMOMEC, Universitaire Campus - Wetenschapspark 1, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- UHasselt - Hasselt University, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Electrical and Physical Characterization (ELPHYC), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,IMEC - IMOMEC, Universitaire Campus - Wetenschapspark 1, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Li L, Feng L, Yuan J, Peng H, Zou Y, Li Y. Fine-tuning blend morphology via alkylthio side chain engineering towards high performance non-fullerene polymer solar cells. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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