Efficient ternary organic solar cells with high absorption coefficient DIB-SQ as the third component

A series of organic solar cells(OSCs) are prepared with PTB7:PC_(71) BM as the host materials and DIB-SQ as the third component. The power conversion efficienty(PCE) of OSCs can be improved from 6.79% to 7.92% by incorporating 6 wt%DIB-SQ into donors, resulting from the enhanced short circuit current density(J_(SC) and fill factor(FF). The increased JSCof the optimized ternary OSCs should be attributed to the enhanced photon harvesting of teranry active layer by incorporating DIB-SQ. Meanwhile, FF of the optimized ternary OSCs should be due to the optimied phase separation. The open circuit voltage(V_(OC)) of tenray OSCs can be maintained at a constant of 0.75 V, indicating that all photogenerated holes willl be transported along the channels formed by PTB7.