The fine control of active blend morphologies is crucial to achieve efficient and stable organic solar cells(OSCs).Herein,by introducing structurally simple,non-halogenated volatile solid additives,we have demonstrate...The fine control of active blend morphologies is crucial to achieve efficient and stable organic solar cells(OSCs).Herein,by introducing structurally simple,non-halogenated volatile solid additives,we have demonstrated that the polar 2-naphthonitrile(2-CAN)additives help modulate the kinetics of blend morphological evolution during film drying.It is revealed that 2-CAN favorably interacted with acceptor moieties,and the transition from presence to absence of additives triggered the arrangement and aggregation of acceptors,hence yielding the ordered molecular stacks in the bulk heterojunction(BHJ)blends.Optimal blend morphologies with fibril networks were established to improve the excitonic and charge dynamics of active blends,enabling PM6:L8-BO binary OSCs with the promising efficiency of 19.08%(with 2-CAN),which outperformed that of devices with non-polar naphthalene(NA)additives(18.18%)or without additive treatments(17.43%).Meanwhile,non-halogenated 2-CAN exhibited excellent processing features of reproducibility and versatility toward different active blends for fabricating efficient devices.Such 2-CAN-assisted devices with robust transport layers allowed maintaining decent thermal stabilities under continuous 85℃ of thermal annealing.Overall,this work provides an effective strategy on tuning blend morphologies for efficient organic photovoltaics.展开更多
Highly efficient organic solar cells(OSCs)are normally produced using the halogenated solvents chloroform or chlorobenzene,which present challenges for scalable manufacturing due to their toxicity,narrow processing wi...Highly efficient organic solar cells(OSCs)are normally produced using the halogenated solvents chloroform or chlorobenzene,which present challenges for scalable manufacturing due to their toxicity,narrow processing window and low boiling point.Herein,we develop a novel high-speed doctor-blading technique that significantly reduces the required concentration,facilitating the use of eco-friendly,non-halogenated solvents as alternatives to chloroform or chlorobenzene.By utilizing two widely used high-boiling,non-halogenated green solvents-o-xylene(o-XY)and toluene(Tol)-in the fabrication of PM 6:L 8-BO,we achieve power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)of 18.20%and 17.36%,respectively.Additionally,a module fabricated with o-XY demonstrates a notable PCE of 16.07%.In-situ testing and morphological analysis reveal that the o-XY coating process extends the liquid-to-solid transition stage to 6 s,significantly longer than the 1.7 s observed with Tol processing.This prolonged transition phase is crucial for improving the crystallinity of the thin film,reducing defect-mediated recombination,and enhancing carrier mobility,which collectively contribute to superior PCEs.展开更多
All-polymer solar cells(all-PSCs)have seen significant advancements by the development of polymerized small molecular acceptors(PSMAs).However,the strong chain entanglement that occurs between polymer donors(PDs)and p...All-polymer solar cells(all-PSCs)have seen significant advancements by the development of polymerized small molecular acceptors(PSMAs).However,the strong chain entanglement that occurs between polymer donors(PDs)and polymer acceptors(PAs)in halogenated solvents,such as chloroform,can limit the miscibility of the resulting polymer mixtures and hinder optimal blend morphologies.In this work,we designed two star-shaped PAs,PY-Ta and PYF-Ta,which reduce chain entanglement due to enough internal space in this dendritic star-shaped structure.In addition,the hot spin-coating strategy in the non-halogenated oxylene(o-XY)can effectively alleviate chain entanglement in the PM6 donor.By combining the molecular design of PAs with a non-halogenated solvent hot spincoating strategy,the PM6 can penetrate into the PAs material,enhancing their miscibility and promoting blend morphology.The star-shaped PAs exhibited better miscibility with PM6 compared to the linear PY-IT acceptor,achieving higher power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)of 16.92%and 16.60%for PM6:PY-Ta and PM6:PYF-Ta devices.Moreover,incorporating the high crystallinity and red-shifted PY-IT as a third component into the PM6:PY-Ta blend improved the absorption spectrum and morphology,leading to an outstanding PCE of 18.35%,setting a new benchmark for all-PSCs using non-halogenated fabrication.展开更多
Comprehensive Summary,Non-halogenated polymers have great potential in the commercialization of organic solar cells(OSCs)due to their advantages in the manufacturing process.However,high-performance donor polymers are...Comprehensive Summary,Non-halogenated polymers have great potential in the commercialization of organic solar cells(OSCs)due to their advantages in the manufacturing process.However,high-performance donor polymers are limited to a small amount of building blocks.Herein,we utilize as building block 4H-dithieno[3,2-e:2',3'-g]isoindole-4,6(5H)-dione(DTID)to design and synthesize a relevant non-halogenated polymer PBTID for active layers in OSCs.PBTID exhibits a strong absorption in the wavelength range of 400—600 nm with a distinctly wide optical bandgap of 2.06 eV,a low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)energy level of−5.53 eV.In addition,this polymer has a very strong aggregation effect in solution and could form nanoscale fibrils in the neat film.Consequently,when blended with the non-fullerene acceptor Y6,the devices achieve a prominent PCE of 15.8%with a high Voc of 0.87 V.The Voc and PCE values are one of the highest values in the non-halogenated polymer donor-based OSCs reported to date.展开更多
Polythiophenes(PTs)are prospective polymer donors for large-scale manufacturing and industrialization owing to their simple structures and low synthetic cost.However,the fabrication of PT solar cells depends on highly...Polythiophenes(PTs)are prospective polymer donors for large-scale manufacturing and industrialization owing to their simple structures and low synthetic cost.However,the fabrication of PT solar cells depends on highly toxic chlorinated solvents,and less research has been done on the use of more environmentally friendly non-halogenated solvents.Herein,highly efficient PT solar cells based on top-performance polythiophene,P5TCN-F25,processed from a non-halogenated solvent are reported by delicate aggregation control.A power conversion efficiency of up to 15.68%was achieved by depositing the active layer from a hot o-xylene solution,which is the record efficiency of non-halogenated processed PT solar cells up to date.The appropriate solution temperature is beneficial to the formation of ordered polymer stacking and desirable phase separation size,which thereby contributes to enhanced charge transfer efficiency,more balanced hole/electron mobility,and reduced trap-assisted recombination.These results provide valuable implications for improving the efficiency of PT solar cells via environmentallyfriendly processing.展开更多
Compared with perovskite solar cells and silicon solar cells,the excessive voltage loss(Vloss)becomes a stubborn stone that seriously hinders the further improvement of organic photovoltaic(OPV).Thus,many researchers ...Compared with perovskite solar cells and silicon solar cells,the excessive voltage loss(Vloss)becomes a stubborn stone that seriously hinders the further improvement of organic photovoltaic(OPV).Thus,many researchers focus on finding an effective material system to achieve high-performance OPVs with low Vloss.In recent 5 years,acceptor-donor-acceptor’-donor-acceptor(A-DA’D-A)type non-fullerene acceptors(NFAs)have attracted great attention because of their promising photovoltaic performance.Among them,A-DA’D-A type NFAs containing non-halogenated end group(NHEG)exhibit the large potential to achieve high open-circuit voltage(VOC)for the state-of-the-art OPVs,because of high-lying molecular energy levels and decreasing Vloss.In this review,we systematically summarize the recent development of A-DA’D-A type NHEG-NFAs and the impact of different NHEGs on the optoelectronic properties as well as the photovoltaic performance.In addition,we especially analyze the Vloss of NHEG-NFAs in the binary and ternary OPV devices.At last,we provide perspectives on the further molecular design and future challenges for this kind of materials as well as suggested solutions.展开更多
Polymer solar cells(PSCs)with high power conversion efficiency(PCE)and environment-friendly fabrication are the main requirements enabling their production in industrial scale.While the use of non-halogenated solvent ...Polymer solar cells(PSCs)with high power conversion efficiency(PCE)and environment-friendly fabrication are the main requirements enabling their production in industrial scale.While the use of non-halogenated solvent processing is inevitable for the PSC fabrication,it significantly reduces the processability of polymer donors(PDS)and small-molecule acceptors(SMAs).This often results in unoptimized blend morphology and limits the device performance.To address this issue,hydrophilic oligoethylene glycol(OEG)side-chains are introduced into a PD(2EG)to enhance the molecular compatibility between the PD and L8-BO SMA.The 2EG PD induces higher crystallinity and alleviates phase separation with the SMA compared to the reference PD(PM7)with hydrocarbon side-chains.Consequently,the 2EG-based PSCs exhibit a higher PCE(15.8%)than the PM7-based PSCs(PCE=14.4%)in the ortho-xylene based processing.Importantly,benefitted from the reduced phase separation and increased crystallinity of 2EG PDS,the 2EG-based PSCs show enhanced thermal stability(84%of initial PCE after 120 h heating)compared to that of the PM7-based PSCs(60%of initial PCE after 120 h heating).This study demonstrates the potential of OEG side-chain-incorporated materials in developing efficient,stable,and eco-friendly PSCs.展开更多
A double-cable conjugated polymer DCPIC-BO is designed via introducing a long-branched alkyl chains 2-buthyloctyl into the acceptor side unit.Compared with the double-cable polymer(DCPIC-EH)with the 2-ethylhexyl alkyl...A double-cable conjugated polymer DCPIC-BO is designed via introducing a long-branched alkyl chains 2-buthyloctyl into the acceptor side unit.Compared with the double-cable polymer(DCPIC-EH)with the 2-ethylhexyl alkyl chains,the solubility of the DCPIC-BO in non-halogen solvents is substantially improved.Therefore,a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 9.77%can be obtained by the devices processed from o-xylene at 40℃,while the DCPIC-EH cannot be processed due to its poor solubility under this condition.Moreover,PCEs of 10.10%for small-area(0.04 cm^(2))devices and nearly 9%for devices with an area of 1 cm^(2) are achieved using a non-halogenated solid additive in o-xylene,realizing the"absolutely halogen-free"OSC fabrication.展开更多
All-small-molecule organic solar cells(ASM OSCs)have emerged as promising photovoltaic technologies due to their excellent batch-to-batch reproducibility and potential for scalable manufacturing.However,the developmen...All-small-molecule organic solar cells(ASM OSCs)have emerged as promising photovoltaic technologies due to their excellent batch-to-batch reproducibility and potential for scalable manufacturing.However,the development of eco-friendly processing protocols using halogen-free solvents combined with sustainable solid additives remains unexplored,despite being crucial for realizing green and efficient ASM OSC production.Herein,we demonstrate the first successful integration of plant-extracted apigenin(AP)as a green solid additive with tetrahydrofuran(THF),a non-halogenated processing solvent,in ASM OSC fabrication.Systematic investigations reveal that AP establishes hydrogen-bonding interactions with the acceptor molecules,thereby promoting tighter molecular packing and enhancing crystallinity.Simultaneously,the additive modulates donor-acceptor miscibility to optimize phase-separated domain sizes.These synergistic effects generate a well-interconnected nanomorphology with balanced charge transport pathways,effectively facilitating exciton dissociation while suppressing charge recombination.The resultant devices obtain a remarkable power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 14.51%,representing one of the highest performances among halogen-free processed binary ASM OSCs reported to date.This pioneering work establishes a viable pathway toward sustainable OSC manufacturing by demonstrating that eco-friendly additives can synergistically cooperate with non-ha logenated solvents to simultaneously enhance device performance and process sustainability.展开更多
With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solve...With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solvents via spin-coating,posing a challenge for mass production.We study a low-cost polymer donor(PTQ10)and a nonfullerene acceptor(DTY6)in a halogen-free solvent using industrially relevant blade coating.The non-inverted architecture performed best,achieving 12%efficiency,with the blade-coating deposition surpassing spin-coating.Active layers processed from the two coating techniques exhibited similar exciton quenching,likely due to the same measured nanodomain size and purity.However,blade-coated devices exhibited a higher charge carrier lifetime correlated with increased acceptor pi-stacking despite decreased donor pi-stacking.This suggests that optimizing crystallinity in bladecoated devices could result in even higher performance.Additionally,high performance in upscaled blade-coated devices(1 cm2)processed in air with a green solvent demonstrated the industrial potential of this system.展开更多
Sequential processing(SqP)of the active layer offers independent optimization of the donor and acceptor with more targeted solvent design,which is considered the most promising strategy for achieving efficient organic...Sequential processing(SqP)of the active layer offers independent optimization of the donor and acceptor with more targeted solvent design,which is considered the most promising strategy for achieving efficient organic solar cells(OSCs).In the SqP method,the favorable interpenetrating network seriously depends on the fine control of the bottom layer swelling.However,the choice of solvent(s)for both the donor and acceptor have been mostly based on a trial-and-error manner.A single solvent often cannot achieve sufficient yet not excessive swelling,which has long been a difficulty in the high efficient SqP OSCs.Herein,two new isomeric molecules are introduced to fine-tune the nucleation and crystallization dynamics that allows judicious control over the swelling of the bottom layer.The strong non-covalent interaction between the isomeric molecule and active materials provides an excellent driving force for optimize the swelling-process.Among them,the molecule with high dipole moment promotes earlier nucleation of the PM6 and provides extended time for crystallization during SqP,improving bulk morphology and vertical phase segregation.As a result,champion efficiencies of 17.38%and 20.00%(certified 19.70%)are achieved based on PM6/PYF-T-o(all-polymer)and PM6/BTP-eC9 devices casted by toluene solvent.展开更多
The interfaces between the inorganic metal oxide and organic photoactive layer are of outmost importance for efficiency and stability in organic solar cells(OSCs).Tin oxide(SnO_(2))is one of the promising candidates f...The interfaces between the inorganic metal oxide and organic photoactive layer are of outmost importance for efficiency and stability in organic solar cells(OSCs).Tin oxide(SnO_(2))is one of the promising candidates for the electron transport layer(ETL)in high-performance inverted OSCs.When a solution-processed SnO_(2)ETL is employed,however,the presence of interfacial defects and suboptimal interfacial contact can lower the power conversion efficiency(PCE)and operational stability of OSCs.Herein,highly efficient and stable inverted OSCs by modification of the SnO_(2)surface with ultraviolet(UV)-curable acrylate oligomers(SAR and OCS)are demonstrated.The highest PCEs of 16.6%and 17.0%are achieved in PM6:Y6-BO OSCs with the SAR and OCS,respectively,outperforming a device with a bare SnO_(2)ETL(PCE 13.8%).The remarkable enhancement of PCEs is attributed to the optimized interfacial contact,leading to mitigated surface defects.More strikingly,improved light-soaking and thermal stability strongly correlated with the interfacial defects are demonstrated for OSCs based on SnO_(2)/UV cross-linked resins compared to OSCs utilizing bare SnO_(2).We believe that UV cross-linking oligomers will play a key role as interfacial modifiers in the future fabrication of large-area and flexible OSCs with high efficiency and stability.展开更多
Design and synthesis of low bandgap(LBG) polymer donors is inevitably challenging and their processability from a non-halogenated solvent system remains a hurdle to overcome in the area of highperformance polymer sola...Design and synthesis of low bandgap(LBG) polymer donors is inevitably challenging and their processability from a non-halogenated solvent system remains a hurdle to overcome in the area of highperformance polymer solar cells(PSCs).Due to a high aggregation tendency of LBG polymers,especially diketopyrrolopyrrole(DPP)-based polymers coupled with bithiophenes in the polymer backbones,their widespread adoption in non-ha logena ted solvent-processed PSCs has been limited.Herein,a novel LBG DPP-based polymer,called PDPP4 T-1 F with asymmetric arrangement of fluorine atom,has been successfully synthesized and showed an outstanding power conversion efficiency(PCE) of 10.10% in a singlejunction fullerene-based PSCs.Furthermore,an impressive PCE of 13.21% has been achieved in a tandem device from a fully non-halogenated solvent system,which integrates a wide bandgap PDTBTBz-2 F polymer in the bottom cell and LBG PDPP4 T-1 F polymer in the top cell.The achieved efficiency is the highest value reported in the literature to date in fullerene-based tandem PSCs.We found that a uniformly distributed interpenetrating fibril network with nano-scale phase separation and anisotropy of the polymer backbone orientation for efficient charge transfer/transport and suppressed charge recombination in PDPP4 T-1 F-based PSCs led to outstanding PCEs in single and tandem-junction PSCs.展开更多
A non-halogen highly flame-retardant 0.9mm optical fiber and 2.0mm simplex optical cord, which are harmonized with the ecosystem, have been developed. The characteristics of them are presented in this paper.
The use of non-halogenated solvents for the green manufacture of high-efficiency organic solar cells(OSCs)is important for their future application.However,the power conversion efficiency(PCE)of the non-halogenated so...The use of non-halogenated solvents for the green manufacture of high-efficiency organic solar cells(OSCs)is important for their future application.However,the power conversion efficiency(PCE)of the non-halogenated solvent processed OSCs is generally lower than their halogenated counterpart due to the poor film microstructure caused by the solubility issue.Herein,we propose a halogen-free solvent system to optimize film microstructure of the photovoltaic blend based on the polymer donor D18and small-molecule acceptor(SMA)L8-BO towards high-efficiency OSCs.The solvent system is consisted of a main solvent carbon disulfide and an additive paraxylene,where the former ensures the good solution-processability and promotes the solution aggregation of L8-BO,and the latter can finely control the phase-separation process by selectively dissolving the SMA.This solvent combination robustly produces a high-quality active layer,i.e.,the bicontinuous networks of donor and acceptor with nano-sized phase-separation and strongπ-πstacking.With the effective charge generation,transport and collection,the resulting device from the non-halogenated solvent system shows a high PCE of 17.50%,which is comparable to that of the device prepared from the halogenated solvent chloroform(ca.17.11%).This article proposes a new strategy for the green fabrication of high-efficiency OSCs to accelerate their industrialization.展开更多
The slot-die coating is recognized as the most compatible method for the roll-to-roll(R2R)processing of large-area flexible organic solar cells(OSCs).However,the photovoltaic performance of the large-area flexible all...The slot-die coating is recognized as the most compatible method for the roll-to-roll(R2R)processing of large-area flexible organic solar cells(OSCs).However,the photovoltaic performance of the large-area flexible all-polymer solar cells was significantly lagging behind that of polymer donors with small molecule non-fullerene acceptors devices.In this work,the 1 cm^(2) flexible device of an all-polymer system,PTQ10:PYF-T-o,fabricated by slot-die coating,achieves an excellent efficiency of 11.24%via controlling the coating temperatures.It is found that,compared with the donor,the crystallinity of PYF-T-o plays a crucial role in device performance.The all-polymer flexible devices show superior mechanical bending stability,maintaining an efficiency of over 95%of the initial value during a 1000-cycle bending test.展开更多
Benefitting from low cost and simple synthesis,simple structured non-fused ring acceptors(NFRAs)and polymer donors are crucial for the application of organic solar cells(OSCs).Herein,two isomerized NFRAs,namely 4T-FCl...Benefitting from low cost and simple synthesis,simple structured non-fused ring acceptors(NFRAs)and polymer donors are crucial for the application of organic solar cells(OSCs).Herein,two isomerized NFRAs,namely 4T-FCl FCl and 4T-2F2Cl,are designed with end-group engineering,which modulates the electrostatic potential distributions and crystallinity of acceptors,and accordingly,the A/A and D/A intermolecular interactions.The OSC based on 4T-2F2Cl with strong D/A interactions shows a record-high efficiency of 16.31%in blending with a low-cost polymer donor PTQ10,which shapes obviously improved bulkheterojunction(BHJ)networks blade-coated by non-halogenated solvent o-xylene,and thus significantly diminishes nonradiative recombination loss.A higher industrial figure of merit(i-FOM)of 0.46 for PTQ10:4T-2F2Cl in comparison with PTQ10:4T-FCl FCl(i-FOM=0.29)is demonstrated owing to its superior device efficiency and operational stability.Note that the i-FOM of PTQ10:4T-2F2Cl is the highest value for OSCs reported so far.This work deepens the synergistic effect of the A/A and D/A interactions on achieving desired bulk heterojunction morphology and demonstrates a printable photovoltaic system for low-cost,high-efficiency,stable,and eco-friendly OSCs.展开更多
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22125901)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFA0705900)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(226-2024-00005)the Scientific Research Project of China Three Gorges Corporation(202303014)。
文摘The fine control of active blend morphologies is crucial to achieve efficient and stable organic solar cells(OSCs).Herein,by introducing structurally simple,non-halogenated volatile solid additives,we have demonstrated that the polar 2-naphthonitrile(2-CAN)additives help modulate the kinetics of blend morphological evolution during film drying.It is revealed that 2-CAN favorably interacted with acceptor moieties,and the transition from presence to absence of additives triggered the arrangement and aggregation of acceptors,hence yielding the ordered molecular stacks in the bulk heterojunction(BHJ)blends.Optimal blend morphologies with fibril networks were established to improve the excitonic and charge dynamics of active blends,enabling PM6:L8-BO binary OSCs with the promising efficiency of 19.08%(with 2-CAN),which outperformed that of devices with non-polar naphthalene(NA)additives(18.18%)or without additive treatments(17.43%).Meanwhile,non-halogenated 2-CAN exhibited excellent processing features of reproducibility and versatility toward different active blends for fabricating efficient devices.Such 2-CAN-assisted devices with robust transport layers allowed maintaining decent thermal stabilities under continuous 85℃ of thermal annealing.Overall,this work provides an effective strategy on tuning blend morphologies for efficient organic photovoltaics.
基金Project(2022YFB3803300)supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaProjects(U23A20138,52173192)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China+1 种基金Project(GZC20233148)supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF,ChinaProject(140050043)supported by the Central South University Postdoctoral Research Funding,China。
文摘Highly efficient organic solar cells(OSCs)are normally produced using the halogenated solvents chloroform or chlorobenzene,which present challenges for scalable manufacturing due to their toxicity,narrow processing window and low boiling point.Herein,we develop a novel high-speed doctor-blading technique that significantly reduces the required concentration,facilitating the use of eco-friendly,non-halogenated solvents as alternatives to chloroform or chlorobenzene.By utilizing two widely used high-boiling,non-halogenated green solvents-o-xylene(o-XY)and toluene(Tol)-in the fabrication of PM 6:L 8-BO,we achieve power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)of 18.20%and 17.36%,respectively.Additionally,a module fabricated with o-XY demonstrates a notable PCE of 16.07%.In-situ testing and morphological analysis reveal that the o-XY coating process extends the liquid-to-solid transition stage to 6 s,significantly longer than the 1.7 s observed with Tol processing.This prolonged transition phase is crucial for improving the crystallinity of the thin film,reducing defect-mediated recombination,and enhancing carrier mobility,which collectively contribute to superior PCEs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22305076)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(2023RC1069,2024RC3218)+2 种基金the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2025JJ60090)the Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department(23B0486)the College Students’Innovation Training Program of Hunan Province(S202410534064)。
文摘All-polymer solar cells(all-PSCs)have seen significant advancements by the development of polymerized small molecular acceptors(PSMAs).However,the strong chain entanglement that occurs between polymer donors(PDs)and polymer acceptors(PAs)in halogenated solvents,such as chloroform,can limit the miscibility of the resulting polymer mixtures and hinder optimal blend morphologies.In this work,we designed two star-shaped PAs,PY-Ta and PYF-Ta,which reduce chain entanglement due to enough internal space in this dendritic star-shaped structure.In addition,the hot spin-coating strategy in the non-halogenated oxylene(o-XY)can effectively alleviate chain entanglement in the PM6 donor.By combining the molecular design of PAs with a non-halogenated solvent hot spincoating strategy,the PM6 can penetrate into the PAs material,enhancing their miscibility and promoting blend morphology.The star-shaped PAs exhibited better miscibility with PM6 compared to the linear PY-IT acceptor,achieving higher power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)of 16.92%and 16.60%for PM6:PY-Ta and PM6:PYF-Ta devices.Moreover,incorporating the high crystallinity and red-shifted PY-IT as a third component into the PM6:PY-Ta blend improved the absorption spectrum and morphology,leading to an outstanding PCE of 18.35%,setting a new benchmark for all-PSCs using non-halogenated fabrication.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.51973146)the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(ZR2022JQ09)Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science&Technology.
文摘Comprehensive Summary,Non-halogenated polymers have great potential in the commercialization of organic solar cells(OSCs)due to their advantages in the manufacturing process.However,high-performance donor polymers are limited to a small amount of building blocks.Herein,we utilize as building block 4H-dithieno[3,2-e:2',3'-g]isoindole-4,6(5H)-dione(DTID)to design and synthesize a relevant non-halogenated polymer PBTID for active layers in OSCs.PBTID exhibits a strong absorption in the wavelength range of 400—600 nm with a distinctly wide optical bandgap of 2.06 eV,a low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)energy level of−5.53 eV.In addition,this polymer has a very strong aggregation effect in solution and could form nanoscale fibrils in the neat film.Consequently,when blended with the non-fullerene acceptor Y6,the devices achieve a prominent PCE of 15.8%with a high Voc of 0.87 V.The Voc and PCE values are one of the highest values in the non-halogenated polymer donor-based OSCs reported to date.
基金supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2022B1515120008)the Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program(2019ZT08L075)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22275058,U20A6002)supported by the National Research Foundation of the Republic of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Republic of Korea Government(MSIP)(2021R1A2C3004202)。
文摘Polythiophenes(PTs)are prospective polymer donors for large-scale manufacturing and industrialization owing to their simple structures and low synthetic cost.However,the fabrication of PT solar cells depends on highly toxic chlorinated solvents,and less research has been done on the use of more environmentally friendly non-halogenated solvents.Herein,highly efficient PT solar cells based on top-performance polythiophene,P5TCN-F25,processed from a non-halogenated solvent are reported by delicate aggregation control.A power conversion efficiency of up to 15.68%was achieved by depositing the active layer from a hot o-xylene solution,which is the record efficiency of non-halogenated processed PT solar cells up to date.The appropriate solution temperature is beneficial to the formation of ordered polymer stacking and desirable phase separation size,which thereby contributes to enhanced charge transfer efficiency,more balanced hole/electron mobility,and reduced trap-assisted recombination.These results provide valuable implications for improving the efficiency of PT solar cells via environmentallyfriendly processing.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22109142)the Outstanding Talent Research Fund of Zhengzhou University(Nos.32340035 and 32340100).
文摘Compared with perovskite solar cells and silicon solar cells,the excessive voltage loss(Vloss)becomes a stubborn stone that seriously hinders the further improvement of organic photovoltaic(OPV).Thus,many researchers focus on finding an effective material system to achieve high-performance OPVs with low Vloss.In recent 5 years,acceptor-donor-acceptor’-donor-acceptor(A-DA’D-A)type non-fullerene acceptors(NFAs)have attracted great attention because of their promising photovoltaic performance.Among them,A-DA’D-A type NFAs containing non-halogenated end group(NHEG)exhibit the large potential to achieve high open-circuit voltage(VOC)for the state-of-the-art OPVs,because of high-lying molecular energy levels and decreasing Vloss.In this review,we systematically summarize the recent development of A-DA’D-A type NHEG-NFAs and the impact of different NHEGs on the optoelectronic properties as well as the photovoltaic performance.In addition,we especially analyze the Vloss of NHEG-NFAs in the binary and ternary OPV devices.At last,we provide perspectives on the further molecular design and future challenges for this kind of materials as well as suggested solutions.
基金Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning(KETEP)grant(20214000000650)National Research Foundation(NRF)grant(2022R1A2B5B03001761)funded by the Korea government.
文摘Polymer solar cells(PSCs)with high power conversion efficiency(PCE)and environment-friendly fabrication are the main requirements enabling their production in industrial scale.While the use of non-halogenated solvent processing is inevitable for the PSC fabrication,it significantly reduces the processability of polymer donors(PDS)and small-molecule acceptors(SMAs).This often results in unoptimized blend morphology and limits the device performance.To address this issue,hydrophilic oligoethylene glycol(OEG)side-chains are introduced into a PD(2EG)to enhance the molecular compatibility between the PD and L8-BO SMA.The 2EG PD induces higher crystallinity and alleviates phase separation with the SMA compared to the reference PD(PM7)with hydrocarbon side-chains.Consequently,the 2EG-based PSCs exhibit a higher PCE(15.8%)than the PM7-based PSCs(PCE=14.4%)in the ortho-xylene based processing.Importantly,benefitted from the reduced phase separation and increased crystallinity of 2EG PDS,the 2EG-based PSCs show enhanced thermal stability(84%of initial PCE after 120 h heating)compared to that of the PM7-based PSCs(60%of initial PCE after 120 h heating).This study demonstrates the potential of OEG side-chain-incorporated materials in developing efficient,stable,and eco-friendly PSCs.
基金supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Nos.JQ21006 and 2212045)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Nos.52073016 and 92163128)+1 种基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.buctrc202111,buctrc201828 and XK1802-2)the Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites of Beijing University of Chemical Technology(No.oic-202201006).
文摘A double-cable conjugated polymer DCPIC-BO is designed via introducing a long-branched alkyl chains 2-buthyloctyl into the acceptor side unit.Compared with the double-cable polymer(DCPIC-EH)with the 2-ethylhexyl alkyl chains,the solubility of the DCPIC-BO in non-halogen solvents is substantially improved.Therefore,a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 9.77%can be obtained by the devices processed from o-xylene at 40℃,while the DCPIC-EH cannot be processed due to its poor solubility under this condition.Moreover,PCEs of 10.10%for small-area(0.04 cm^(2))devices and nearly 9%for devices with an area of 1 cm^(2) are achieved using a non-halogenated solid additive in o-xylene,realizing the"absolutely halogen-free"OSC fabrication.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB4200400)funded by MOSTNational Natural Science Foundation of China(52172048,22205130,52402051)+10 种基金Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR2021ZD06,2023HWYQ-026,ZR2024JQ005)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2023A1515012323,2023A1515010943,2022A1515110643,2024A1515010023,2025A1515010144,2025A1515010089)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(JCYJ20240813100910014,JCYJ20240813101003005)Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory open Project(QNESL OP 202309)Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Crystalline Materials Chemistry(20212BCD42018)Young Talent of Lifting engineering for Science and Technology in Shandong,China(SDAST2024QTA026)Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong UniversityBasic Research Program of Jiangsu(BK20240434)Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices(South China University of Technology,2024-skllmd-16)Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-Cycle Safety for Composite Structures(MMCS2023OF04)Open Foundation of Key Laboratory of Mine Water Resource Utilization of Anhui Higher Education Institutes(KMWRU202405)。
文摘All-small-molecule organic solar cells(ASM OSCs)have emerged as promising photovoltaic technologies due to their excellent batch-to-batch reproducibility and potential for scalable manufacturing.However,the development of eco-friendly processing protocols using halogen-free solvents combined with sustainable solid additives remains unexplored,despite being crucial for realizing green and efficient ASM OSC production.Herein,we demonstrate the first successful integration of plant-extracted apigenin(AP)as a green solid additive with tetrahydrofuran(THF),a non-halogenated processing solvent,in ASM OSC fabrication.Systematic investigations reveal that AP establishes hydrogen-bonding interactions with the acceptor molecules,thereby promoting tighter molecular packing and enhancing crystallinity.Simultaneously,the additive modulates donor-acceptor miscibility to optimize phase-separated domain sizes.These synergistic effects generate a well-interconnected nanomorphology with balanced charge transport pathways,effectively facilitating exciton dissociation while suppressing charge recombination.The resultant devices obtain a remarkable power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 14.51%,representing one of the highest performances among halogen-free processed binary ASM OSCs reported to date.This pioneering work establishes a viable pathway toward sustainable OSC manufacturing by demonstrating that eco-friendly additives can synergistically cooperate with non-ha logenated solvents to simultaneously enhance device performance and process sustainability.
基金the US National Science Foundation(NSF),Division of Materials Research,Electronic and Photonic Materials Program under grant#2247711support from the Bio Voltaico project n.A0613-2023-078175 of the POR FESR 2021/2027 Riposizionamento Competitivo RSI-Economia del Mare,Green Economy e Agrifood initiative,and Integrated Terrestrial And Non-Terrestrial Networks(ITANTN)project under the Research and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks,to make Italy more smart(RESTART)initiative of the PNRRsupported by the NSF Division of Physics Research Experience for Undergraduates under grant#2349426。
文摘With performance improvements,organic photovoltaics(OPVs)are an increasingly competitive technology for renewable energy.However,most high-performance OPVs are small-area devices processed from toxic halogenated solvents via spin-coating,posing a challenge for mass production.We study a low-cost polymer donor(PTQ10)and a nonfullerene acceptor(DTY6)in a halogen-free solvent using industrially relevant blade coating.The non-inverted architecture performed best,achieving 12%efficiency,with the blade-coating deposition surpassing spin-coating.Active layers processed from the two coating techniques exhibited similar exciton quenching,likely due to the same measured nanodomain size and purity.However,blade-coated devices exhibited a higher charge carrier lifetime correlated with increased acceptor pi-stacking despite decreased donor pi-stacking.This suggests that optimizing crystallinity in bladecoated devices could result in even higher performance.Additionally,high performance in upscaled blade-coated devices(1 cm2)processed in air with a green solvent demonstrated the industrial potential of this system.
基金supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2022A1515010875)National Natural Science Foundation of China (12404480)+4 种基金Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (JCYJ20240813113238050, JCYJ20240813113306008)Education Department of Guangdong Province (2021KCXTD045)National Natural Science Foundation of China (12274303)the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Applied Technologies of Super-Diamond and Functional Crystals (ZDSYS20230626091303007)Characteristic Innovation Foundation of Higher Education Institutions of Guangdong Province (2022KTSCX116)
文摘Sequential processing(SqP)of the active layer offers independent optimization of the donor and acceptor with more targeted solvent design,which is considered the most promising strategy for achieving efficient organic solar cells(OSCs).In the SqP method,the favorable interpenetrating network seriously depends on the fine control of the bottom layer swelling.However,the choice of solvent(s)for both the donor and acceptor have been mostly based on a trial-and-error manner.A single solvent often cannot achieve sufficient yet not excessive swelling,which has long been a difficulty in the high efficient SqP OSCs.Herein,two new isomeric molecules are introduced to fine-tune the nucleation and crystallization dynamics that allows judicious control over the swelling of the bottom layer.The strong non-covalent interaction between the isomeric molecule and active materials provides an excellent driving force for optimize the swelling-process.Among them,the molecule with high dipole moment promotes earlier nucleation of the PM6 and provides extended time for crystallization during SqP,improving bulk morphology and vertical phase segregation.As a result,champion efficiencies of 17.38%and 20.00%(certified 19.70%)are achieved based on PM6/PYF-T-o(all-polymer)and PM6/BTP-eC9 devices casted by toluene solvent.
基金the Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences,Engineering and Technology(PASET)-Regional Scholarship Innovation Fund(RSIF)(World Bank PASET No.IP22-15)supported by the National Research Foundation(NRF)(NRF-2021R1A2C2091787 and NRF-2022M3H4A1A03076280)+1 种基金the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology(KRICT)of the Republic of Korea(No.KS2422-10)the National Research Council of Science and Technology(Grant No.Global-23-007)of Republic of Korea。
文摘The interfaces between the inorganic metal oxide and organic photoactive layer are of outmost importance for efficiency and stability in organic solar cells(OSCs).Tin oxide(SnO_(2))is one of the promising candidates for the electron transport layer(ETL)in high-performance inverted OSCs.When a solution-processed SnO_(2)ETL is employed,however,the presence of interfacial defects and suboptimal interfacial contact can lower the power conversion efficiency(PCE)and operational stability of OSCs.Herein,highly efficient and stable inverted OSCs by modification of the SnO_(2)surface with ultraviolet(UV)-curable acrylate oligomers(SAR and OCS)are demonstrated.The highest PCEs of 16.6%and 17.0%are achieved in PM6:Y6-BO OSCs with the SAR and OCS,respectively,outperforming a device with a bare SnO_(2)ETL(PCE 13.8%).The remarkable enhancement of PCEs is attributed to the optimized interfacial contact,leading to mitigated surface defects.More strikingly,improved light-soaking and thermal stability strongly correlated with the interfacial defects are demonstrated for OSCs based on SnO_(2)/UV cross-linked resins compared to OSCs utilizing bare SnO_(2).We believe that UV cross-linking oligomers will play a key role as interfacial modifiers in the future fabrication of large-area and flexible OSCs with high efficiency and stability.
基金support granted by the National Research Foundation(NRF)(NRF2020M3H4A3081813)by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning(KETEP)(No.20183010013820)by the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology(KRICT)(No.KS2022-00)of the Republic of Korea。
文摘Design and synthesis of low bandgap(LBG) polymer donors is inevitably challenging and their processability from a non-halogenated solvent system remains a hurdle to overcome in the area of highperformance polymer solar cells(PSCs).Due to a high aggregation tendency of LBG polymers,especially diketopyrrolopyrrole(DPP)-based polymers coupled with bithiophenes in the polymer backbones,their widespread adoption in non-ha logena ted solvent-processed PSCs has been limited.Herein,a novel LBG DPP-based polymer,called PDPP4 T-1 F with asymmetric arrangement of fluorine atom,has been successfully synthesized and showed an outstanding power conversion efficiency(PCE) of 10.10% in a singlejunction fullerene-based PSCs.Furthermore,an impressive PCE of 13.21% has been achieved in a tandem device from a fully non-halogenated solvent system,which integrates a wide bandgap PDTBTBz-2 F polymer in the bottom cell and LBG PDPP4 T-1 F polymer in the top cell.The achieved efficiency is the highest value reported in the literature to date in fullerene-based tandem PSCs.We found that a uniformly distributed interpenetrating fibril network with nano-scale phase separation and anisotropy of the polymer backbone orientation for efficient charge transfer/transport and suppressed charge recombination in PDPP4 T-1 F-based PSCs led to outstanding PCEs in single and tandem-junction PSCs.
文摘A non-halogen highly flame-retardant 0.9mm optical fiber and 2.0mm simplex optical cord, which are harmonized with the ecosystem, have been developed. The characteristics of them are presented in this paper.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51873204,51933010,51773046)the 111 Project(B21005)+3 种基金the National 1000-Talent-Plan Program(1110010341)the Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province(2021KJXX-13)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK202103104)the GIWAXS measurement at beamline 7.3.3 at the Advanced Light Source,LBNL,which is supposed by the Director,Office of Science,Office of Basic Energy Sciences,of the US Department of Energy(DE-AC02-05CH11231)。
文摘The use of non-halogenated solvents for the green manufacture of high-efficiency organic solar cells(OSCs)is important for their future application.However,the power conversion efficiency(PCE)of the non-halogenated solvent processed OSCs is generally lower than their halogenated counterpart due to the poor film microstructure caused by the solubility issue.Herein,we propose a halogen-free solvent system to optimize film microstructure of the photovoltaic blend based on the polymer donor D18and small-molecule acceptor(SMA)L8-BO towards high-efficiency OSCs.The solvent system is consisted of a main solvent carbon disulfide and an additive paraxylene,where the former ensures the good solution-processability and promotes the solution aggregation of L8-BO,and the latter can finely control the phase-separation process by selectively dissolving the SMA.This solvent combination robustly produces a high-quality active layer,i.e.,the bicontinuous networks of donor and acceptor with nano-sized phase-separation and strongπ-πstacking.With the effective charge generation,transport and collection,the resulting device from the non-halogenated solvent system shows a high PCE of 17.50%,which is comparable to that of the device prepared from the halogenated solvent chloroform(ca.17.11%).This article proposes a new strategy for the green fabrication of high-efficiency OSCs to accelerate their industrialization.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.52073068,22135001,and 21721002)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB36000000).
文摘The slot-die coating is recognized as the most compatible method for the roll-to-roll(R2R)processing of large-area flexible organic solar cells(OSCs).However,the photovoltaic performance of the large-area flexible all-polymer solar cells was significantly lagging behind that of polymer donors with small molecule non-fullerene acceptors devices.In this work,the 1 cm^(2) flexible device of an all-polymer system,PTQ10:PYF-T-o,fabricated by slot-die coating,achieves an excellent efficiency of 11.24%via controlling the coating temperatures.It is found that,compared with the donor,the crystallinity of PYF-T-o plays a crucial role in device performance.The all-polymer flexible devices show superior mechanical bending stability,maintaining an efficiency of over 95%of the initial value during a 1000-cycle bending test.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52061135206,22279094)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities。
文摘Benefitting from low cost and simple synthesis,simple structured non-fused ring acceptors(NFRAs)and polymer donors are crucial for the application of organic solar cells(OSCs).Herein,two isomerized NFRAs,namely 4T-FCl FCl and 4T-2F2Cl,are designed with end-group engineering,which modulates the electrostatic potential distributions and crystallinity of acceptors,and accordingly,the A/A and D/A intermolecular interactions.The OSC based on 4T-2F2Cl with strong D/A interactions shows a record-high efficiency of 16.31%in blending with a low-cost polymer donor PTQ10,which shapes obviously improved bulkheterojunction(BHJ)networks blade-coated by non-halogenated solvent o-xylene,and thus significantly diminishes nonradiative recombination loss.A higher industrial figure of merit(i-FOM)of 0.46 for PTQ10:4T-2F2Cl in comparison with PTQ10:4T-FCl FCl(i-FOM=0.29)is demonstrated owing to its superior device efficiency and operational stability.Note that the i-FOM of PTQ10:4T-2F2Cl is the highest value for OSCs reported so far.This work deepens the synergistic effect of the A/A and D/A interactions on achieving desired bulk heterojunction morphology and demonstrates a printable photovoltaic system for low-cost,high-efficiency,stable,and eco-friendly OSCs.
