9-芴酮类不对称有机小分子给体光伏材料的设计和性能

本文设计合成了2种新型的基于9-芴酮（FN）的D-A-A′构型的有机小分子光伏给体材料TPAFNPI和TPAFNDI.2种结构均采用三苯胺（TPA）作为给电子单元,三键作为π桥,并引入不同的末端吸电子单元邻苯二甲酰亚胺（PI）和靛红（DI）进行端基修饰.这种D-A-A′结构不仅可以有效改善分子内电荷转移效应,同时也弥补了在9-芴酮上引入氰基的缺点,三苯胺（D）的扭转结构还可以避免由于过度聚集而形成较大的相分离分寸.通过调控末端吸电子单元有利于改善电子云分布,从而促进分子内的电荷传输,还有利于获得更低的最高占据轨道与最低空轨道能级.通过紫外-可见吸收光谱和循环伏安法对材料的光电性质进行探究,并将其作为给体材料与富勒烯受体(PC₆₁BM/PC₇₁BM)共混制备成本体异质结器件.结果显示,TPAFNPI和TPAFNDI均具有较窄的带隙,分别为1.75和1.72 eV. 2种材料与PC₇₁BM混合后分别获得了1.05和1.01 V的开路电压,而靛红由于具有更强的吸电子性,从而使TPAFNDI具有更窄的带隙和更强的光吸收特性,其短...     

含靛红并苊醌二甲酰亚胺端基的A-D-A型小分子受体材料的合成及其光电性质研究

以靛红/氮杂靛红并苊醌二甲酰亚胺为受体端基,以引达省并噻吩衍生物为电子给体,设计并合成了两个结构新颖的A-D-A型小分子电子传输材料(A1和A2),结合密度泛函理论计算对比研究了吡啶氮原子的引入对A1和A2的分子结构、吸收光谱以及能级结构的影响.理论计算和吸收光谱研究发现:相比A1,吡啶氮的引入不仅可以提高A2的骨架平...     

基于芳环取代酰亚胺端基的非富勒烯受体材料的合成与光伏性能

端基结构对于有机太阳能电池(OSCs)中非富勒烯受体(NFAs)的光电性能具有重要影响.本文设计合成了3种新型芳环取代的酰亚胺结构的端基(IIC-Ph, IIC-PhBr和IIC-Ph2F),并将其用于制备受体-给体(受体)给体-受体(A-DA′D-A)型NFAs(BTP-IIC-Ph, BTP-IIC-PhBr和BTP-IIC-Ph2F).紫外-可见-近红外吸收光谱对比和理论模拟结果表明,相比于IIC-Ph端基, IIC-PhBr和IIC-Ph2F端基具有更强的吸电子能力,增强了NFAs的分子内电荷转移效应(ICT),促使了吸收红移.端基苯环上强吸电子的溴原子和氟原子的引入,降低了A-DA′D-A型受体的前线轨道能级.基于BTP-IIC-Ph, BTP-IIC-PhBr和BTP-IIC-Ph2F的二元电池分别获得了13.54%, 11.84%和11.58%的能量转换效率(PCEs).相比于BTP-IIC-PhBr和BTP-IIC-Ph2F,基于BTP-IIC-Ph的电池表现出更好的光伏性能,这主要归因于其较高的最低未占有轨道能级(LUMO)所导致的较高开路电压(VOC),以及更好的激...     

小分子给体桥联单元烷基链取代位置对光伏器件性能的影响（英文）

设计合成了2个同分异构体小分子给体C2-C-F和C2-M-F,二者仅中间桥联三噻吩单元上烷基链的取代位置不同.研究结果表明,烷基链取代位置对其吸光性能和能级影响较小,但对与受体BTP-4F-12共混后的活性层形貌具有较大影响.其中,小分子给体C2-C-F与受体BTP-4F-12共混的薄膜获得了较好的形貌,光伏器件效率达到12.84%.研究结果表明,可以通过烷基取代的位置来精细调控活性层的形貌,为高效小分子给体的设计提供了有益的参考.     

可溶液加工给体-受体有机小分子太阳能电池材料研究进展

近年来,有机小分子体异质结太阳能电池因其制备工艺简单、廉价、轻便及柔性等优点而备受关注.理想的有机小分子给体材料是提高有机太阳能电池光电转换效率的基础.系统地综述了可溶液加工有机小分子太阳能电池给体材料的研究进展,并对其发展趋势和应用前景做了展望.     

稠环电子受体光伏材料

基于非富勒烯受体的有机太阳能电池是化学和材料领域的热点前沿之一,中国领跑这个热点前沿.中国学者在非富勒烯受体材料方面取得了一系列重要的创新成果.我们提出了"稠环电子受体(FREA)"这一新概念,构建了高性能稠环电子受体新体系,发明了明星分子ITIC.我们的原创性工作引起了国内外同行的广泛关注和跟进.目前,基于稠环电子受体的有机太阳能电池效率已达到13%~14%,超过富勒烯体系.ITIC等稠环电子受体的出现颠覆了富勒烯受体在有机太阳能电池领域的统治地位,开创了有机太阳能电池的非富勒烯时代.本文简要评述了我们在高性能稠环电子受体设计与器件应用中的研究进展,并展望稠环电子受体的未来发展.     

带有噻吩侧基的有机硼小分子电子受体光伏材料

有机小分子电子受体材料的侧基能够影响异质结有机太阳能电池的给体/受体匹配和器件性能。我们设计并合成了一个硼原子带有噻吩侧基的有机硼小分子(MBN-Th)。该分子的LUMO离域在整个骨架上,HOMO定域在中心核上,其独特的电子结构使该分子具有两个强的吸收峰(波长分别为490和726nm),因此分子具有宽的吸收光谱和强的太阳光吸收能力。与苯基侧基相比,噻吩侧基使分子的HOMO能级下移0.1 eV,LUMO能级保持不变,进而引起分子带隙减小和吸收光谱蓝移20nm。基于该有机硼小分子受体材料的异质结有机太阳能电池,实现了4.21%的能量转化效率和300–850nm的宽响应光谱。实验结果表明,硼原子上的噻吩侧基是调控有机硼小分子光电性质的有效方法,可以用于有机硼小分子受体材料的设计。     

高结晶性小分子给体材料应用于全小分子有机太阳能电池中的研究进展

随着新型小分子给体材料和非富勒烯小分子受体材料的开发和应用, 非富勒烯全小分子有机太阳能电池(NF-ASM OSCs)的光电转换效率已经突破15%, 并逐渐接近聚合物太阳能电池的效率. 相比于聚合物电子给体材料, 小分子电子给体材料拥有其独特的优势, 例如合成批次性差异小、分子量明确和易于提纯等; 但是, 对小分子给体材料的结晶性难于精确调控, 使获得合适的纳米级结构的混合膜仍然是一个挑战. 本综述以给体小分子中心共轭单元的扩展为主线, 从分子设计的角度汇总了近年来对苯并二噻吩、萘并二噻吩和二噻并苯并二噻吩类小分子给体材料的结晶性研究, 并为进一步改善电池活性层形貌和获得更高的光伏性能提供了未来发展的建议.     

有机太阳能电池中基于苝二酰亚胺结构小分子受体进展

最近几年,有机太阳能电池中的非富勒烯小分子受体研究引起了人们的兴趣。其中,苝二酰亚胺(PDI)类分子因具有良好的电子传输能力,较强的电子亲和力,稳定的光、热、化学性能以及化学结构的可设计性带来的性能可调控性而得到广泛的关注。本文总结了近三年来在体异质结有机太阳能电池应用方面PDI小分子受体的研究进展,重点关注了PDI分子结构对其性能的影响,希望为以后PDI类受体分子的设计思路起到一定的启发作用。     

Pyrrole-Based Fully Non-fused Acceptor for Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells

Organic solar cells (OSCs) are still suffering from the low light utilization and unstable under ultraviolet irradiation. To tackle these challenges, we design and synthesize a non-fused acceptor based on 1-(2-butyloctyl)-1H-pyrrole as π-bridge unit, denoted as GS70, which serves as active layer in the front-cell for constructing tandem OSCs with a parallel configuration. Benefiting from the well-complementary absorption spectra with the rear-cell, GS70-based parallel tandem OSCs exhibit an improved photoelectron response over the range between 600–700 nm, yielding a high short-circuit current density of 28.4 mA cm⁻². The improvement in light utilization translates to a power conversion efficiency of 19.4 %, the highest value among all parallel tandem OSCs. Notably, owing to the intrinsic stability of GS70, the manufactured parallel tandem OSCs retain 84.9 % of their initial PCE after continuous illumination for 1000 hours. Overall, this work offers novel insight into the molecular design of low-cost and stability non-fused acceptors, emphasizing the importance of adopting a parallel tandem configuration for achieving efficient light harvesting and improved photostability in OSCs.     

萘酰亚胺-卟啉星型电子受体分子的构筑及其在非富勒烯太阳能电池中的应用

非富勒烯太阳能电池目前已经成为有机太阳能电池的研究热点,大量的共轭电子受体分子被开发,并成功应用到高性能光伏器件中。共轭分子作为非富勒烯电子受体,需要综合考虑吸收、能级、电子传输以及结晶性等,其中宽吸收光谱可以提高对太阳光谱的利用,是分子设计中重要因素之一。本工作中,我们设计一种新型电子受体分子,以卟啉为核、萘酰亚胺为端基以及炔为桥连基团。这种新型分子具有近红外的吸收光谱以及合适的能级。将一种具有吸收互补的共轭聚合物为电子给体,星型分子为电子受体应用到电池的活性层中,我们获得了1.8%的能量转换效率,电池的光谱响应为300–900 nm。实验结果证明了这种以卟啉为核的分子设计在实现近红外吸收的电子受体方面具有重要应用前景。     

第三组份端基对有机太阳能电池性能的影响

Ternary blends have been considered as an effective approach to improve power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs). Among them, the fullerene-containing ternary OSCs have been studied extensively, and their PCEs are as high as over 14%. However, all non-fullerene acceptor ternary OSCs are still limited by their relatively lower PCEs. In this work, we used wide-bandgap benzodithiophene-difluorobenzotriazole copolymer FTAZ as the donor, low-bandgap fused-ring electron acceptor (FREA), fused tris(thieno- thiophene) end-capped by fluorinated 1, 1-dicyanomethylene-3-indanone (FOIC) as acceptor, and two medium-bandgap FREAs, indaceno-dithiophene end- capped by 1, 1-dicyanomethylene-3-indanone (IDT-IC) and indacenodithiophene end-capped by 1, 1-dicyanomethylene-3-benzoindanone (IDT-NC), as the third components to fabricate the ternary blends FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-IC and FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-NC, and investigated the effects of the third components on the performance of ternary OSCs. Both IDT-IC and IDT-NC are based on the same indacenodithiophene core but contain different terminal groups (phenyl and naphthyl). Relative to IDT-IC with phenyl terminal groups, IDT-NC with naphthyl terminal groups has extended π-conjugation, down-shifted lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), red-shifted absorption and higher electron mobility. The binary devices based on the FTAZ:FOIC, FTAZ:IDT-IC and FTAZ:IDT-NC blends exhibit PCEs of 9.73%, 7.48% and 7.68%, respectively. Compared with corresponding binary devices, both ternary devices based on FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-IC and FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-NC exhibit better photovoltaic performances. When the IDT-IC weight ratio in acceptors is 50%, the FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-IC ternary devices exhibit the best PCE of 11.2%. The ternary-blend OSCs yield simultaneously improved open-circuit voltage (V_OC), short-circuit current density (J_SC) and fill factor (FF) compared with the binary devices based on FTAZ:FOIC. The higher V_OC is attributed to the higher LUMO energy level of IDT-IC compared with FOIC. The improved J_SC is attributed to the complementary absorption of FOIC and IDT-IC. The introduction of IDT-IC improves blend morphology and charge transport, leading to higher FF. The FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-NC system yields a higher PCE of 10.4% relative to the binary devices based on FTAZ:FOIC as the active layer. However, the PCE of the FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-NC-based ternary devices is lower than that of the FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-IC-based ternary devices. Compared with the binary devices based on FTAZ:FOIC, in FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-NC-based ternary devices, as the ratio of the third component increases, the V_OC increases due to the higher LUMO energy level of IDT-NC, the FF increases due to optimized morphology and improved charge transport, while the J_SC decreases due to the overlapped absorption of FOIC and IDT-NC. The terminal groups in the third components affect the performance of the ternary OSCs. The lower LUMO. energy level of IDT-NC is responsible for the lower V_OC of the FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-NC devices. The red-shifted absorption of IDT-NC leads to the overlapping of the absorption spectra of IDT-NC and FOIC and lower J_SC. On the other hand, replacing the phenyl terminal groups by the naphthyl terminal groups influences the π-π packing and charge transport. The FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-NC blend exhibits higher electron mobility and more balanced charge transport than FTAZ:FOIC:IDT-IC, leading to a higher FF.     

通过非共价构象锁定和端基工程策略设计高效率的A-D-A型稠环电子受体

近年来,非富勒烯太阳能电池的发展迅猛。目前报道的高效率的非富勒烯稠环电子受体主要采用受体-给体-受体(A-D-A)型结构。本工作中,我们在给受体间引入3,4-二己氧基噻吩作桥,用5,6-二氯-3-(二氰基亚甲基)靛酮作端基设计合成了一种新的稠环电子受体(ITOIC-2Cl)。一方面,可以通过S···O和O···H等作用在分子内形成非共价键构象锁促进分子的平面性;另一方面,通过增加端基的缺电子性可以增强分子内的电荷迁移。在两者的协同作用下,ITOIC-2Cl的光谱吸收拓宽到近红外区,这有利于获得宽的光谱响应。将ITOIC-2Cl与一种吸收互补的给体聚合物(PBDB-T)共混制备活性层,我们用原子力显微镜(AFM)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)表征其形貌,发现共混薄膜可以形成纤维状的互传网络结构和合适纳米尺寸的相分离,这有利于电荷的分离和传输,从而获得高的短路电流(J_(sc))和填充因子(FF)。最终,基于PBDB-T:ITOIC的电池,我们获得了9.37%的光电转换效率,其开路电压(V_(oc))为0.886 V,J_(sc)为17.09 mA·cm~(-2),FF为61.8%。这些研究结果为我们提供了一种设计高效率的非富勒烯稠环电子受体的有效的策略。     

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。     

Benzothiadiazole-based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

Benzothiadiazole(BT) is an electron-deficient unit with fused aromatic core, which can be used to construct conjugated polymers for application in organic solar cells(OSCs). In the past twenty years, huge numbers of conjugated polymers based on BT unit have been developed,focusing on the backbone engineering(such as by using different copolymerized building blocks), side chain engineering(such as by using linear or branch side units), using heteroatoms(such as F, O and S atoms, and CN group), etc. These modifications enable BT-polymers to exhibit distinct absorption spectra(with onset varied from 600 nm to 1000 nm), different frontier energy levels and crystallinities. As a consequence, BT-polymers have gained much attention in recent years, and can be simultaneously used as electron donor and electron acceptor in OSCs, providing the power conversion efficiencies(PCEs) over 18% and 14% in non-fullerene and all-polymer OSCs. In this article, we provide an overview of BTpolymers for OSCs, from donor to acceptor, via selecting some typical BT-polymers in different periods. We hope that the summary in this article can invoke the interest to study the BT-polymers toward high performance OSCs, especially with thick active layers that can be potentially used in large-area devices.     

Novel Small Four-armed Molecules with Triphenylamine-bridged Structure for Organic Solar Cells Featuring High Open-circuit Voltage

In view of few attention on star-shaped molecules containing triphenylamine(TPA) unit as π-linker, a series of small four-armed molecules, consisting of octyloxy-substituted 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole(DOBT) or 4-octyl-2-thienyl functionalized DOBT as the core, TPA as π-bridge and 4-methylphenyl or 4-methoxyphenyl groups as terminal units, was designed and synthesized. The effects of π-bridges and substitute groups on molecular photoelectric performance and photovoltaic performance were fully explored. With the help of the additional thiophene-linkers incorporation, 3-octylthienyl substituted molecule with end-capping 4-methylphenyl(T-BTTPAM) and 3-octylthienyl substituted molecule with end-capping 4-methoxyphenyl(T-BTTPAOM) showed stronger and broader absorption, as well as higher charge mobilities compared to the molecules without thiophene-linkers(BTTPAM and BTTPAOM). Additionally, changing substitute groups from methyl to methoxy helped BTTPAOM and T-BTTPAOM achieve better absorption properties than BTTPAM and T-BTTPAM, respectively. When paired with PC₆₁BM as the electron acceptor to fabricate solution-processed photovoltaic devices, the four materials gave high open-circuit voltage(V_oc) values over 0.90 V. These results demonstrate that our materials are promising candidates as donor materials for organic solar cells(OSCs), and further device optimization is in progress in our laboratory.     

A-D-A型小分子电子给体中的端基优化和高效率光伏器件

<正>相较于传统的无机太阳能电池,有机太阳能电池(OSCs)具备成本低、重量轻、可通过溶液加工方式制备柔性器件等诸多优点,已经成为具有重要应用前景的太阳能利用方式之一~(1,2)。自1995年俞刚等发明了具有本体异质结结构(BHJ)的OSC以来~3,采用共轭聚合物电子给体和小分子电子受体材料构建BHJ光伏活性层的电池能量转换效率     

Recent Progress in Organic Solar Cells: A Review on Materials from Acceptor to Donor

In the last few decades, organic solar cells (OSCs) have drawn broad interest owing to their advantages such as being low cost, flexible, semitransparent, non-toxic, and ideal for roll-to-roll large-scale processing. Significant advances have been made in the field of OSCs containing high-performance active layer materials, electrodes, and interlayers, as well as novel device structures. Particularly, the innovation of active layer materials, including novel acceptors and donors, has contributed significantly to the power conversion efficiency (PCE) improvement in OSCs. In this review, high-performance acceptors, containing fullerene derivatives, small molecular, and polymeric non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), are discussed in detail. Meanwhile, highly efficient donor materials designed for fullerene- and NFA-based OSCs are also presented. Additionally, motivated by the incessant developments of donor and acceptor materials, recent advances in the field of ternary and tandem OSCs are reviewed as well.