Enhanced Performance and Stability of Q‐PHJ Devices through Strategic Placement of Dimerized Acceptors

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 34; no. 1
• Main Authors: Tan, Pu, Chen, Hui, Wang, Hengtao, Lai, Xue, Zhu, Yulin, Shen, Xiangyu, Pu, Mingrui, Lai, Hanjian, Zhang, Sen, Ma, Wei, He, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Commercialization; Dimers; Energy conversion efficiency; Heterojunction devices; Oligomerization; Performance enhancement; Photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic performance; quasi‐planar heterojunction; Solar cells; Stability; vinylene
• ISSN: 1616-301X; 1616-3028
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202305608

Oligomeric acceptors are an effective π‐conjugate extension for small molecules because they effectively combine the advantages of polymeric and small molecular acceptors. The choice of linker group and oligomer position is however crucial for the efficient expression of π‐expansion advantages. Here, vinylene is chosen as the linker group and three oligomeric acceptors are produced with different connecting positions or end‐groups. Under illumination, the dimer acceptor dBTIC‐γV‐BO achieves the best power conversion efficiencies of 17.14% and a T80 lifetime of 2150 h amongst quasi‐planar heterojunction devices, which are much higher and more stable than the directly connected dimers dBTICγ‐EH or dBTIC‐δV‐BO. These results indicate that the oligomerization of small molecules with an appropriate linker group in the γ‐position is an effective strategy with which to improve the photovoltaic performance and stability of organic solar cells, and significantly promote their commercialization. Oligomerization is an important strategy that can elevate the photovoltaic properties and the stability of organic solar cells. With a connection at the γ‐position of the IC end group, dBTIC‐γV‐BO shows the best planarity and delivers the highest efficiency of 17.14% and the most objective stability of T80 lifetime of 2150 h in Q‐PHJ devices of those three oligomeric accepters.