journal article·2026-06

Interlocked Self‐Assembled Monolayers Enabled by Porphyrin Derivative for Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells

Shitao Guan, Liting Yang, Yaokai Li, Chenfei Zhu, Yibo Kong, Xiaoyi Xu, Mengting Wang, Lijian Zuo, Ning Huang, Hongzheng Chen

Advanced Energy Materials· Volume 16· Issue 21
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Although the prevailing self‐assembly monolayers (SAMs) have been proved effective in improving device performance, e.g., power conversion efficiency (PCE) exceeding 20% in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), their unstable chemical structures and/or insufficient anode coverage lead to severe efficacy issues. Herein, we introduce a fluorinated porphyrin derivative with amine groups (F‐Por) as to control the packing of SAMs via interlocking the adjacent molecules to form laterally constrained and vertically ordered topology. Consequently, the device efficiency, operation stability, and environmental adaptivity are simultaneously reinforced, due to the improved work function, molecular arrangement, and charge transport of SAMs. In particular, the optimized devices comprising composite SAM and F‐Por delivers a PCE of 20.25% and a T 80 lifetime of 585 h under continuous operation. Therefore, this work provides a valuable design paradigm for the development of high‐performance, operational stable and environmentally adaptive organic optoelectronic devices toward practical applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou P. R. China

Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Devices ZJU‐Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center Hangzhou P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · National Key Research and Development Program of China · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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