Issue 8, 2018

Fused pentacyclic electron acceptors with four cis-arranged alkyl side chains for efficient polymer solar cells

Abstract

We have synthesized a novel kind of fused pentacyclic small molecule acceptor (IDIDT-C8) with cis-arranged alkyl side chains for the first time. Specifically, four aliphatic groups were introduced on one side of the diindeno[1,2-b:2′,1′-d]thiophene unit to construct the molecular backbone with cis-arranged side chains. Such cis-arranged alkyl side chains can play a significant role in adjusting the crystallinity and molecular packing styles. Therefore, the formation of large molecular aggregations can be suppressed in the photoactive layer. Accordingly, polymer solar cells (PSCs) fabricated with polymer PBDB-T as a donor and IDIDT-C8 as an acceptor show a maximum power conversion efficiency of 10.10% with an FF of 65.9%, a Jsc of 15.81 mA cm−2, and a high Voc of 0.97 V, which are among the highest values for single-junction PSCs with fused five-ring electron acceptors up to now.

Graphical abstract: Fused pentacyclic electron acceptors with four cis-arranged alkyl side chains for efficient polymer solar cells

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Nov 2017
Accepted
23 Jan 2018
First published
23 Jan 2018

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 3724-3729

Fused pentacyclic electron acceptors with four cis-arranged alkyl side chains for efficient polymer solar cells

R. Hou, M. Li, S. Feng, Y. Liu, L. Wu, Z. Bi, X. Xu, W. Ma and Z. Bo, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 3724 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA10026D

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