Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with 9.8% Efficiency Based on a New Small Molecule Containing a 2D Fluorinated Benzodithiophene Central Unit
Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with 9.8% Efficiency Based on a New Small Molecule Containing a 2D Fluorinated Benzodithiophene Central Unit
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DOI:
10.1002/aelm.201600061
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Peng Qiang
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文献类型:
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作者:
Wang Zhenguo;Xu Xiaopeng;Li Zuojia;Feng Kui;Li Kai;Li Ying;Peng Qiang
DOI: 10.1002/aelm. 201600061 fragments as the π-conjugation bridges, was put forward to develop highly efficient SM-OSCs.[3e, f, 4d, 5b, 8] These molecules exhbited excellent film formation, high carrier mobility, wide and strong absorption, which were attributed to the extended conjugation in the molecular structure and intramolecule charge transfer between the terminal A units and the central D groups. Obviously, in this effective molecular system, Chen and co-workers did the pioneer and outstanding research work, in which they also demonstrated the importance of the central building block on the enhancement of photovoltaic parameters, such as the open-circuit voltage (Voc), shortcircuit current density (Jsc), fill factor (FF), and overall device performance. Some aromatic units were then incorporated and widely studied in this type of A-π-D-π-A backbone as the central block, including thiophene,[9] fluorene,[10] thieno [3, 2-b]-thiophene,[11] cyclopenta [2, 1-b; 3, 4-b′]-dithiophene,[12] dithieno-[3, 2-b: 2′, 3′-d] silole,[12] dithieno [3, 2-b; 6, 7-b] carbazole,[13] and benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene (BDT).[14] In 2011, Chen and co-workers replaced the central thiophene unit with a more electron-rich and better planar BDT unit, and reported a new small molecule (DCAO3T (BDT) 3T) with an improved PCE of 5.48%.[9] In the next year, they reported a similar molecule (DR3TBDT) containing a centrally alkoxy-substituted BDT unit, achieving a much higher PCE of 7.38% with an optimized Voc of 0.93 V and an FF of 65%.[14b] To further improve the Jsc value, they used thienyl-modified BDT (BDTT) as the central unit, and reported a new 2D molecule (DR3TBDTT) with a PCE of 8.12%.[14c] When the active blend was treated with a solvent vapor annealing method (SVA) to control the vertical segregation and domain connectivity, the PCE of DR3TBDTT-based SM-OSCs was further elevated to 9.58%.[15] Just recently, Li and co-workers attached the alkylthio-thienyl side chains on the BDT central unit, and developed a new molecule (BDTT-S-TR), which possessed good crystalline structure, broad absorption, and high hole mobility, giving rise to a PCE of 9.20% without any extra treatment.[16] The great progress indicates that significant improvement of photovoltaic property in this molecular system can be achieved with a minor change on the central BDT building block. Thus, it is still highly desirable to combine the careful molecular design and device optimization to develop the highly efficient SM-OSCs.In this contribution, a novel molecular donor material named as DR3TBDTTF (Scheme 1) with a fluorinated BDTT central block and rhodanine end groups was designed and prepared for high-performance SM-OSCs. Nonfluorinated analogue of DR3TBDTT was also prepared for making a comparison. BDTT is chosen as the central unit because it processes rigid, symmetric, and planar backbone structure. Compared with