Acta Chimica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 80 ›› Issue (6): 724-733.DOI: 10.6023/A21120620 Previous Articles     Next Articles

Special Issue: 中国科学院青年创新促进会合辑

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理性调控聚合物给体-非富勒烯受体的混溶性制备高效率有机太阳能电池

林文源a,b, 朱清哲a,b, 马云龙b,*(), 王鹏b,e, 万硕b,d, 郑庆东b,c,*()   

  1. a 福州大学化学学院 福州 350108
    b 中国科学院福建物质结构研究所 结构化学国家重点实验室 福州 350002
    c 南京大学现代工程与应用科学学院 南京 210093
    d 中国科学院大学 北京 100049
    e 上海科技大学物质科学与技术学院 上海 201210
  • 投稿日期:2021-12-31 发布日期:2022-07-07
  • 通讯作者: 马云龙, 郑庆东
  • 作者简介:
    庆祝中国科学院青年创新促进会十年华诞.
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(22075287); 国家自然科学基金(52130306); 中科院青年创新促进会项目(2021000060)

Rationally Tuning Blend Miscibility of Polymer Donor and Nonfullerene Acceptor for Constructing Efficient Organic Solar Cells

Wenyuan Lina,b, Qingzhe Zhua,b, Yunlong Mab(), Peng Wangb,e, Shuo Wanb,d, Qingdong Zhengb,c()   

  1. a College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108
    b State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002
    c College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093
    d University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
    e School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210
  • Received:2021-12-31 Published:2022-07-07
  • Contact: Yunlong Ma, Qingdong Zheng
  • About author:
    Dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(22075287); National Natural Science Foundation of China(52130306); Program of Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(2021000060)

Besides the design and synthesis of nonfullerene acceptors, the selection of polymer donors is also critical in determining the photovoltaic performance of nonfullerene organic solar cells (OSCs). However, the selection criteria of polymer donors for nonfullerene OSCs has been rarely investigated. In this work, a novel nonfullerene acceptor (MDB) with sp3-hybridized-carbon-free ladder-type skeleton was developed and used as a model compound to study the effects of miscibility and molecular ordering in determining the performance of MDB-based solar cells. In order to achieve matched energy levels and complementary absorption, three wide-bandgap polymers (PM6, J71, and P3HT) with different chemical structures were selected to blend with MDB for OSCs. The donor:acceptor miscibilities of the three blends were estimated by contact angle measurements, while their crystallinity and phase separation were investigated by grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering characterization and atomic force microscopy measurement, respectively. The interfacial tension values between MDB and PM6, MDB and J71, as well as MDB and P3HT were determined as 0.49, 0.16, and 2.00 mN•m–1, in that order. Owing to the proper miscibility between MDB and PM6, the resulting blend film exhibits suitable phase separation, “face-on” molecular orientation as well as compact molecular π-π stacking, which promotes carrier transport and suppresses bimolecular recombination. As a result, the best-performance OSC based on PM6:MDB delivered an outstanding PCE of 13.26%. In contrast, J71:MDB-based devices exhibited a lower PCE of 8.16%, due to the excessively high miscibility of J71 and MDB. As for P3HT:MDB-based devices, the poor miscibility between P3HT and MDB provides the driving force for the formation of large phase separation, which leads to an extremely low PCE of 0.45%. This work demonstrates that suitable miscibility is one of the key factors to achieve high-performance OSCs, which is an important guideline for the design and selection of next-generation photovoltaic materials.

Key words: organic solar cells, nonfullerene acceptors, polymer donors, miscibility, power conversion efficiency