TY - JOUR
T1 - Extension of indacenodithiophene backbone conjugation enables efficient asymmetric A-D-A type non-fullerene acceptors
AU - Song, Jiali
AU - Li, Chao
AU - Ye, Linglong
AU - Koh, Changwoo
AU - Cai, Yunhao
AU - Wei, Donghui
AU - Woo, Han Young
AU - Sun, Yanming
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was nancially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 21734001, 51473009, and 21674007). H. Y. W. acknowledges nancial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (2012M3A6A7055540 and 2015M1A2A2057506).
Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 21734001, 51473009, and 21674007). H. Y. W. acknowledges financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (2012M3A6A7055540 and 2015M1A2A2057506).
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - A novel strategy involving judiciously fusing one thiophene/thieno[3,2-b]thiophene on only one side of an indacenodithiophene (IDT) unit to extend IDT backbone conjugation was developed, and three A-D-A type non-fullerene small molecules (TPT-2F, TPTT-2F, and TPTTT-2F) were designed and synthesized to investigate the influence of the extent of IDT core conjugation on their photovoltaic properties. Extending the IDT core conjugation could broaden absorption, upshift the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level, enhance electron mobility, and increase intermolecular π-π stacking. When these three non-fullerene acceptors were applied in organic solar cells (OSCs), simultaneous enhancement of the open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current (Jsc), and fill factor (FF) was obtained, with the degree of enhancement following the order TPT-2F < TPTT-2F < TPTTT-2F. As a result, the TPTTT-2F based OSCs yielded a high PCE of 12.03%. To the best of our knowledge, the PCE of 12.03% is among the highest values for asymmetric non-fullerene acceptor based OSCs so far. These results demonstrate that extending the conjugation of the IDT core is an effective approach to design highly efficient asymmetric non-fullerene acceptors.
AB - A novel strategy involving judiciously fusing one thiophene/thieno[3,2-b]thiophene on only one side of an indacenodithiophene (IDT) unit to extend IDT backbone conjugation was developed, and three A-D-A type non-fullerene small molecules (TPT-2F, TPTT-2F, and TPTTT-2F) were designed and synthesized to investigate the influence of the extent of IDT core conjugation on their photovoltaic properties. Extending the IDT core conjugation could broaden absorption, upshift the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level, enhance electron mobility, and increase intermolecular π-π stacking. When these three non-fullerene acceptors were applied in organic solar cells (OSCs), simultaneous enhancement of the open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current (Jsc), and fill factor (FF) was obtained, with the degree of enhancement following the order TPT-2F < TPTT-2F < TPTTT-2F. As a result, the TPTTT-2F based OSCs yielded a high PCE of 12.03%. To the best of our knowledge, the PCE of 12.03% is among the highest values for asymmetric non-fullerene acceptor based OSCs so far. These results demonstrate that extending the conjugation of the IDT core is an effective approach to design highly efficient asymmetric non-fullerene acceptors.
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U2 - 10.1039/c8ta07334a
DO - 10.1039/c8ta07334a
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054877738
VL - 6
SP - 18847
EP - 18852
JO - Journal of Materials Chemistry A
JF - Journal of Materials Chemistry A
SN - 2050-7488
IS - 39
ER -
