Molecular interaction induced dual fibrils towards organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 20%

Chen Chen, Liang Wang, Weiyi Xia, Ke Qiu, Chuanhang Guo, Zirui Gan, Jing Zhou, Yuandong Sun, Dan Liu, Wei Li and Tao Wang ()
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Chen Chen: Wuhan University of Technology
Liang Wang: Wuhan University of Technology
Weiyi Xia: Wuhan University of Technology
Ke Qiu: Wuhan University of Technology
Chuanhang Guo: Wuhan University of Technology
Zirui Gan: Wuhan University of Technology
Jing Zhou: Wuhan University of Technology
Yuandong Sun: Wuhan University of Technology
Dan Liu: Wuhan University of Technology
Wei Li: Wuhan University of Technology
Tao Wang: Wuhan University of Technology

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract The nanoscale fibrillar morphology, featuring long-range structural order, provides abundant interfaces for efficient exciton dissociation and high-quality pathways for effective charge transport, is a promising morphology for high performance organic solar cells. Here, we synthesize a thiophene terminated non-fullerene acceptor, L8-ThCl, to induce the fibrillization of both polymer donor and host acceptor, that surpasses the 20% efficiency milestone of organic solar cells. After adding L8-ThCl, the original weak and less continuous nanofibrils of polymer donors, i.e. PM6 or D18, are well enlarged and refined, whilst the host acceptor L8-BO also assembles into nanofibrils with enhanced structural order. By adapting the layer-by-layer deposition method, the enhanced structural order can be retained to significantly boost the power conversion efficiency, with specific values of 19.4% and 20.1% for the PM6:L8-ThCl/L8-BO:L8-ThCl and D18:L8-ThCl/L8-BO:L8-ThCl devices, with the latter being certified 20.0%, which is the highest certified efficiency reported so far for single-junction organic solar cells.

Date: 2024
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