骨架非稠合的电子受体在聚合物太阳能电池中的应用

Non-fullerene electron acceptors have attracted enormous attention of the research community owing to their advantages of optoelectronic and chemical tunabilities for promoting high-performance polymer solar cells (PSCs). Among them, fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) are the most popular ones with the good structural planarity and rigidity, which successfully boost the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of PSCs to over 14%. In considering the cost-control of future scale-up applications, it is also worthwhile to explore novel structures that are easy to synthesize and still maintain the advantages of FREAs. In this work, we design and synthesize a new electron acceptor with an unfused backbone, 5, 5'-((2, 5-bis((2-hexyldecyl)oxy)-1, 4-phenylene)bis(thiophene-2-yl))bis(methanylylidene)) bis(3-oxo-2, 3-dihydro-1H-indene-2, 1-diylidene))dimal-ononitrile (ICTP), which contains two thiophenes and one alkoxy benzene as the core and 2-(3-oxo-2, 3-dihydroinden-1-ylidene) malononitrile (IC) as the terminal groups. The synthetic route to ICTP involves only three steps, with high yields. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the non-covalent interactions, O…H and O…S, help reinforce the space conformation between the central core and the terminals. ICTP shows broad and strong absorption in the long-wavelength range between 500 and 760 nm. The highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital levels of ICTP were measured to be -5.56 and -3.84 eV by cyclic voltammetry. The suitable absorption and energy levels make ICTP a good acceptor candidate for medium bandgap polymer donors. The best devices based on PBDB-T:ICTP showed a PCE of 4.43%, with an open circuit voltage (V_OC) of 0.97 V, a short circuit current density (J_SC) of 8.29 mA∙cm^-2, and a fill factor (FF) of 0.55, after adding 1% 1, 8-diiodooctane (DIO) as the solvent additive. Atomic force microscopy revealed that DIO could ameliorate the strong aggregation in the blended film and lead to a smoother film surface. The hole and electron mobilities of the optimized device were measured to be 9.64 and 2.03 × 10^-5 cm²∙V^-1∙s^-1, respectively, by the space-charge-limited current method. The relatively low mobilities might be responsible for the moderate PCE. Further studies can be performed to enlarge the conjugation length by including more aromatic rings. This study provides a simple strategy to design non-fullerene acceptors and a valuable reference for the future development of PSCs.     

骨架非稠合的电子受体在聚合物太阳能电池中的应用（英文）

非富勒烯电子受体由于其吸收强,能级可调,稳定性好等优点,近年来受到研究者的广泛关注,并且光电转换效率已突破14%。在本研究中,我们设计并合成了一种结构简单,易于合成的非稠环结构的非富勒烯电子受体ICTP。通过合理的结构设计,利用分子内的非共价作用力,实现了高的空间平面性。其在长波长区域宽且强的吸收和合适的能级水平,使得ICTP适合与许多聚合物给体材料搭配,制备太阳能电池。基于PBDB-T:ICTP的聚合物太阳能电池取得了4.43%的光电转换效率和0.97 V的开路电压。     

非富勒烯受体DA'D型稠环单元的结构修饰及电池性能研究

近年来,设计和合成高性能非富勒烯受体(NFAs)材料已经成为太阳能电池研究领域的前沿课题。基于DA'D型稠环结构的NFAs由于具有吸光系数高、能级和带隙可调、结构易于修饰、分子可高效合成、光电学性能优异等优点而受到了越来越广泛的关注。在短短7年的时间里,能量转换效率(PCE)从3%~4%提高到18%。2019年初邹应萍等报道了一个优秀的受体分子Y6,与PM6共混制备单结电池,获得了15.7%的能量转换效率。Y6类受体材料的中心给电子单元为DA'D型稠环结构,缺电子单元(A')通过氮原子与两个给电子单元(D)并联形成稠环结构,这有助于降低前线分子轨道能级并增强吸收,同时与氮相连的两个烷基链和位于噻吩并噻吩β位的两个侧链则有助于提高溶解度及调节结晶性。自Y6问世以来,人们对分子的结构剪裁进行了深入的研究,并报道了数十种新的结构。在这些新的受体中,DA'D部分的结构裁剪对提高器件效率和太阳能电池的性能起着至关重要的作用。本文对A'、D单元和侧链结构修饰的研究进展进行了综述。通过选择几组受体,对最近报道的分子进行分类,并将它们的光学、电化学、电学和光电性质与精确的结构修饰相关联,从而对结构-性能关系进行全面概述。     

全无机富勒烯及骨架掺杂富勒烯的研究进展

全无机富勒类及骨架掺杂富勒烯的研究，是当前富勒烯研究中的热点课题之一，由于全无机富勒烯及骨架掺杂富勒烯在分子结构，电子结构及电、磁学性质上都有独到之处，对它们的研究，不仅在理论上有重大意义，而且在应用上也有望获得新型功能材料，本文对全机无富勒烯及骨架掺杂富勒烯的研究进行了评述与分析。     

非富勒烯电子受体多尺度分子聚集体

有机太阳能电池的光活性层由p型电子供体和n型电子受体构成.这些有机半导体分子的共轭结构和杂元素使其分子间存在强非共价键作用,易于自组装形成分子聚集体,展现出与单个分子截然不同的光电性能,更决定了太阳能电池光吸收、激子解离和电荷传输等光电转换过程.本文介绍了n型非富勒烯电子受体材料在分子及微纳尺度下的多级聚集体形态,包括强结晶性非富勒烯受体的堆叠、成核、结晶机制与抑制手段,以及弱有序非富勒烯受体无规聚集及有序性提升策略.最后,重点讨论了非富勒烯电子受体纤维化的研究进展及关键技术,并对未来高性能非富勒烯电子受体的结构设计和聚集调控进行了总结和展望.     

基于非共价相互作用的非富勒烯受体光伏材料研究进展

有机太阳能电池由于制备简单、成本低,而且易于制备大面积柔性电池,因而受到了研究人员的广泛关注.非富勒烯受体材料因具有合成相对简单、易于纯化、能级和带隙可调等优点,极大地促进了有机太阳能电池效率的提高.基于非富勒烯受体材料的太阳能电池已经成为目前有机太阳能电池的研究热点之一,而具有分子内非共价键相互作用的受体材料是非富勒烯受体体系的重要组成部分.通过引入O、F、N、Se等杂原子,形成分子内非共价键相互作用,可以有效提高非富勒烯受体材料的平面性和电荷迁移率,降低光学带隙并拓宽吸收光谱,从而进一步提高太阳能电池的光伏性能.本文介绍了近几年来基于分子内非共价键相互作用的聚合物和小分子非富勒烯受体材料的研究进展,并展望了其发展趋势和应用前景.     

基于非富勒烯电子受体的半透明有机太阳能电池

半透明有机太阳能电池以其独特的光电特性在建筑集成光伏上具有广阔的应用前景。非富勒烯小分子受体近几年发展十分迅速。其中,基于非富勒烯小分子受体的半透明有机太阳能电池具有较高的光电转换效率和平均可见光透过率,因而得到了广泛关注。本文总结了近几年来非富勒烯受体型半透明有机太阳能电池的最新研究进展,探究活性层材料设计及器件构型优化对半透明有机太阳能电池的影响,希望为半透明有机太阳能电池在今后研究中新材料体系的优选提供一定的参考。     

基于卟啉的新型近红外非富勒烯电子受体分子

正有机太阳能电池因其质轻、柔性和可溶液加工等优点而具有潜在应用前景1。有机太阳能电池的性能主要取决于活性层对光的吸收和转换过程,因此活性层材料的开发成为研究关键。当前活性层主要采用由给体和受体共混的本体异质结结构,其中大量高性能的共轭高分子和小分子给体     

非富勒烯小分子有机太阳能电池电子受体材料的研究进展

富勒烯及其衍生物是一类重要的n-型电子受体材料,在有机太阳能电池器件中发挥了至关重要的作用. 但由于富勒烯材料吸光波长较窄、亲和能高、溶解性差等,严重限制了富勒烯作为有机太阳能电池n-型电子受体材料的更广泛应用和器件性能的进一步提升. 非富勒烯n-型电子受体材料具有能级可调、合成简便、加工成本低、溶解性能优异等特点,更重要的是,此类材料在可见太阳光光谱中比富勒烯及其衍生物材料有更加宽广的吸收范围;近年来,受到越来越多的关注和研究. 本文较为系统地阐述了非富勒烯小分子材料作为有机太阳能电池n-型电子受体材料的研究进展,并对其发展前景作了展望.     

Unfused Nonfullerene Acceptors Based on Simple Dipolar Merocyanines

Merocyanine (MC) dyes exhibit facile synthesis and attractive optical properties, making them widely studied as the donor materials in organic solar cells (OSCs). In this study, for the first time, simple indole-based MCs are successfully designed as unfused nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) for OSCs by forming dimers with A−D-π-D−A structure, which possess enhanced photostability compared to the well-known ITIC acceptor and high electron mobility in blend films. When blended with P3HT donor, one of the dimers, i. e. Z2, shows a good cell efficiency of 3.53 %, which outperforms the performance of most of P3HT/NFA blends, particularly for unfused systems, and thus indicates good potential of simple MCs as NFAs.     

基于非富勒烯受体的溶液加工型全小分子太阳能电池研究进展

有机太阳能电池(OPV),具有质量轻、可成本低制备等优势,是一种具有实际应用潜力的光伏技术。有机太阳能电池活性层可以由共轭聚合物或溶液可加工的小分子材料(给体与受体)共混组成。由于小分子材料具有明确的分子结构,纯度可控及无批次差别影响的特点;并结合近年来非富勒烯小分子受体的快速发展,使得非富勒烯全小分子(NF-SM-OPV)电池研究受到广泛关注。由于大部分A-D-A型非富勒烯受体分子具有各向异性的特点,这使激子解离和电荷传输,很大程度上受分子间堆积方式的影响,导致非富勒烯全小分子电池活性层形貌调控更加复杂。虽然非富勒烯小分子太阳能电池具有非富勒烯受体材料和小分子材料的双重优势,但高效率非富勒烯小分子太阳能电池的制备,仍具有很大挑战。因此,本文总结近年来高性能非富勒烯小分子太阳能电池的相关进展。着重介绍针对非富勒烯受体的给体小分子材料设计工作,并在此基础上近一步讨论非富勒烯小分子太阳能电池面临的挑战与展望。     

P3HT/非富勒烯受体异质结有机太阳电池

非富勒烯受体材料在分子设计、光吸收及能级等多方面具有极其丰富的可调控性, 使得基于非富勒烯电子受体的本体异质结有机太阳电池(BHJ OSC) 近年得以迅速发展。P3HT聚合物作为被广泛研究的第二代有机半导体材料, 其价格便宜、具有较好的结晶性以及优异的载流子传输性能, 是经典的电子给体材料。本文综述了近年来以P3HT聚合物为给体、非富勒烯类有机化合物为电子受体的有机太阳电池研究进展, 探讨了P3HT/非富勒烯受体BHJ OSC中, 影响器件效率提升的关键因素, 以及电子受体优化设计方面的相应要求。对基于P3HT/非富勒烯受体 BHJ OSC器件的研究前景进行了展望。     

Isomers of Dithienocyclopentapyrene-Based Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors: Configuration Effect on Photoelectronic Properties

One pair of isomers, centrosymmetric anti- Py - 1 and axisymmetric syn- Py - 2 , was designed and synthesized with an acceptor–donor–acceptor (A–D–A) structure by choosing dithienocyclopentapyrene with four 4-hexylphenyl side chains as the D unit, and 2-(5,6-difluoro-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ylidene) malononitrile as the A unit. In-depth structure–property relationship studies revealed that the isomers have similar UV/Vis absorption, fluorescence emission, and energy levels but significant differences in molecular shape, polarity, and charge mobility. Solution-processed bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) small-molecule organic solar cells with Py - 1 as the electron-acceptor material and PTB7-Th as the electron-donor material exhibit a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.07 %, or 60 % higher than that of Py - 2 (3.7 %), which could be mainly attributed to the higher and more balanced hole/electron mobilities and better phase separation of the Py - 1 -based active layer.     

Lowly Fused Non-Fullerene Acceptors Towards Efficient Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Isomerization

Chinese Journal of Polymer Science - Two lowly fused non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) with isomeric structures, named as BTP-out-4F and BTP-in-4F, were developed by tailoring the fused 7-ring central...     

Benzodithiophene-Fused Perylene Bisimides as Electron Acceptors for Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage

Tandem-junction organic solar cells require solar cells with visible light photo-response as front cells, in which an open-circuit voltage (V_oc) above 1.0 V is highly demanded. In this work, we are able to develop electron acceptors to fabricate non-fullerene organic solar cells (NFOSCs) with a very high V_oc of 1.14 V. This was realized by designing perylene bisimide (PBI)-based conjugated materials fused with benzodithiophene, in which Cl and S atom were introduced into the molecules in order to lower the frontier energy levels. The fused structures can reduce the aggregation of PBI unit and meanwhile maintain a good charge transport property. The new electron acceptors were applied into NFOSCs by using Cl and S substituted conjugated polymers as electron donor, in which an initial power conversion efficiency of 6.63 % and a high V_oc of 1.14 V could be obtained. The results demonstrate that the molecular design by incorporating Cl and S atom into electron acceptors has great potential to realize high performance NFOSCs.     

十年磨一剑：专访非富勒烯受体的先驱者占肖卫教授

<正>自从1995年首次报道本体异质结有机太阳能电池以来,在近二十年时间里,富勒烯衍生物已成为最广泛使用的电子受体,非富勒烯受体的器件效率远远低于富勒烯衍生物。而富勒烯太阳光吸收弱、能级调控难、生产成本高、形貌稳定性差的缺点,限制了有机太阳能电池领域的可持续发展。2015年以来,非富勒烯受体领域不断取得突破,器件效率从低于7%快速提升到高于17%,并大大超过富勒烯受体,使人们看到了有机太阳能电池的巨大潜力,吸引了国际学术界越来越多的研究力量投入到非富勒烯