Fluoroalkyl-Based Near-Infrared Acceptors for Morphology Control Enabling High-Efficiency Additive-Free Organic Solar Cells

Abstract

Herin, a fluoroalkyl side chain modified A-DA'D-A small molecule acceptor, Y18-F9, was developed to optimize bulk heterojunction morphology in organic solar cells. The introduction of fluorocarbon chains promotes self-assembly into nanoscale fibrous networks, while the low surface energy drivers favorable vertical phase segregation. These synergistic effects lead to enhanced molecular packing, improved charge transport and collection, and reduced recombination losses. Consequently, the additive-free D18:L8-BO:Y18-F9 ternary OSCs achieved an impressive power conversion efficiency of 19.31% with simultaneously enhanced short-circuit current density of 27.27 mA cm−2 and fill factor of 79.7%.

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Aug 2025
Accepted
26 Aug 2025
First published
27 Aug 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted Manuscript

Fluoroalkyl-Based Near-Infrared Acceptors for Morphology Control Enabling High-Efficiency Additive-Free Organic Solar Cells

W. Liu, Y. Nai, Y. Ji, Y. Gao, J. Min, S. He, W. Huang, X. Guo, J. Yuan and Y. Zou, Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted Manuscript , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04548G

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