Simple thiazole-centered oligothiophene donor enables 15.4% efficiency all small molecule organic solar cells

被引:45
作者
Duan, Tainan [1 ]
Chen, Qianqian [1 ]
Yang, Qianguang [1 ]
Hu, Dingqin [1 ]
Cai, Guilong [2 ]
Lu, Xinhui [2 ]
Lv, Jie [1 ]
Song, Hang [1 ]
Zhong, Cheng [3 ]
Liu, Feng [4 ]
Yu, Donghong [5 ,6 ]
Lu, Shirong [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Univ Chinese Acad Sci UCAS Chongqing, Chongqing Sch, Chongqing Inst Green & Intelligent Technol, Chongqing 400714, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Phys, Hong Kong 999077, Peoples R China
[3] Wuhan Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Sci, Hubei Key Lab Organ & Polymer Optoelect Mat, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China
[4] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Frontiers Sci Ctr Transformat Mol, Situ Ctr Phys Sci, Ctr Hydrogen Sci, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China
[5] Aalborg Univ, Dept Chem & Biosci, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark
[6] Sino Danish Ctr Educ & Res, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
PROCESSED SMALL-MOLECULE; 3-SUBSTITUTED THIOPHENES; ELECTRON-ACCEPTORS; MORPHOLOGY; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1039/d1ta09058e
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Attributed to the rapid development of benzodithiophene (BDT) centered small molecule donors, all small molecule organic solar cells (ASM-OSCs) have achieved comparable power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) (>15%) along with high reproducibility, in contrast to polymer-based OSCs. However, the difficulty and complexity of synthesizing BDT-derived donors limit their cost performance and commercial application. Distinct from the relatively high synthetic complexity that exhibited by most BDT-derived small molecule donors, oligothiophene donors are much more accessible. However, the performance of oligothiophene donors has been unsatisfactory (PCE < 12%). Here, by employing an A-pi-A'-pi-A structure, a novel thiazole-centered cost-effective oligothiophene donor Tz6T is developed. By incorporating a nonfullerene acceptor eC9-4F, Tz6T based binary ASM-OSCs achieve a milestone efficiency of 15.4% (the certified PCE is 14.8%). This PCE record not only pushes oligothiophene to the forefront of small molecule donors, but also represented one of the crest values achieved by oligothiophene donors.
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页码:3009 / 3017
页数:9
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