苝二酰亚胺:有机膦盐基双组份共混电子传输层及其开路电压接近1.0 V的非富勒烯聚合物太阳电池

The fabrication of high-efficiency organic solar cells requires a cathode interlayer (CIF) having multiple properties such as forming an ohmic contact with the active layer, high electron conductivity, low-density traps, and hole blocking. These roles can be more completely fulfilled by using a suitable binary blended CIF rather than a single molecule based CIF. In this article, we present the roles by using binary blended PDINO (amino N-oxide perylene diimide) and QPhPBr (tetraphenylphosphonium bromide) as the CIF to fabricate fullerene-free polymer solar cells (PSCs) with PBDB-T:IDTBR, a new donor: acceptor combination, as the active layer. The high-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the acceptor and the low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the polymer with small driving force (the donor-acceptor HOMO-HOMO energy offset, ∆HOMO) for the hole transfer, both result in a high open circuit voltage (V_oc). Moreover, our strategy to insert a dual mixed solution of CIF over the blended active layer better facilitates the role, which significantly improves charge extraction and collection, leading to the high V_oc, short-circuit current density (J_sc), and fill factor (FF) observed in comparison to a single CIF material. It was observed that the power conversion efficiency (PCE) increases to 8.27%, with a high V_oc of 1.0 V, using a binary mixture of CBL. Such tremendous improvements in V_oc using well known polymer donors have not been reported till date in binary solar cell systems. This idea demonstrates that the minimum energy loss because of the small ∆HOMO of the D-A combination and the use of a dual mixed layer of CBL together present the future prospects of non-fullerene photovoltaic devices for researchers.     

基于苝二酰亚胺类非富勒烯受体共混体系凝聚态结构调控

非富勒烯太阳能电池具有给受体能级可调、吸收范围宽及可溶液加工等优势,已经成为太阳能电池领域发展趋势。在高性能材料开发及器件结构优化的推动下,能量转换效率已经突破11%。其中,苝二酰亚胺(PDI)类分子价格低廉且具有良好的稳定性及较高的电子迁移率,已经发展成为重要的非富勒烯受体材料。然而,PDI类材料刚性稠环结构使得分子间具有强烈的π-π相互作用(受体-受体分子间及给体-受体分子间),导致共混体系相分离尺寸可控性差,给受体分子间共混程度难于调控,从而发生严重的成对以及非成对电荷复合。本文从分子间作用力入手(溶剂-溶质、给体-受体分子间作用力)详述了非富勒烯共混体系相分离结构、相区尺寸及共混相含量调节的相关原理及方法。研究表明基于PDI共混体系,固-液相分离及分子扩散能力是决定相分离结构的本质因素,通过调控给受体比例及热退火温度实现了孤岛及互穿网络结构的构筑。同时,通过平衡受体分子间π-π作用及给受体间电荷转移,实现了低相容性及高相容性共混体系相区尺寸的可控调节。在此基础上,利用添加剂手段通过调节溶剂与溶质分子间的溶度参数差值,实现了薄膜内共混相的可控调节,并针对具有不同相容性共混体系给出了添加剂的选择原则。     

苝酰亚胺受体的聚集形态对有机太阳电池中激子过程与电子传输的影响（英文）

末端烷基链分叉位置对苝酰亚胺(PBI)线性二联体的堆积模式具有显著影响,进而影响激子过程与载流子传输.二联体两端烷基链分叉位点紧靠苝酰亚胺能够抑制分子长程有序堆积,形成具有较少能量陷阱的无定形聚集态;而两端烷基链分叉位点远离苝酰亚胺则导致多种聚集结构共存,分子间强π-π相互作用位点成为能量陷阱.结果表明, PBI受体的聚集方式对有机太阳电池的性能产生重要影响,需要尽量减少活性层中的多种聚集结构共存以免引起激子解离受限以及载流子传输迟滞.