journal article·2025-01Open access

Balanced Miscibility and Crystallinity by 2D Acceptors Enabled Halogen‐Free Solvent‐Processed Organic Solar Cells to Achieve 19.28% Efficiency

Yongwen Lang, Hanjian Lai, Yuang Fu, Ruijie Ma, Patrick W. K. Fong, Heng Li, Kuan Liu, Xuechun Yang, Xinhui Lu, Tiangang Yang, Gang Li, Feng He

Advanced Materials· Volume 37· Issue 1

Abstract

Abstract Two highly crystalline 2D acceptors, ATIC‐C11 and ATIC‐BO, with acenaphthene‐expanded quinoxaline central cores, have been demonstrated with very different characteristics in ternary organic solar cells (OSCs). The difference in side chains induces their distinctive molecular packing mode and unique crystal structure, in which ATIC‐C11 displays a 3D structure with an elliptical framework, and ATIC‐BO gives a rectangular framework. Their high crystallinity contributes to organized molecular packing in ternary devices, thus low energetic disorder and suppressed energy loss. Through the analysis of morphology and carrier kinetics, it is found that ATIC‐BO's strong self‐aggregation and immiscibility induce large aggregates and severely impede charge transfer (CT) and dissociation. Conversely, ATIC‐C11's suitable crystallinity and compatibility positively regulate the crystalline kinetics during film formation, thus forming much‐ordered molecular packing and favorable phase separation size in blend films. As a result, ATIC‐C11‐based ternary devices achieve a high efficiency of 19.28% with potential in scalability and stability, which is the top‐ranking efficiency among nonhalogenated solvent‐processed OSCs. This work not only displays highly efficient and stable halogen‐free solvent‐processed organic photovoltaics (OPVs), but also offers a new thought for material design and selection rule on the third component in highly efficient ternary OSCs.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and Department of Chemistry Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China

The Department of Electronic and Information Engineering Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 999077 China

Department of Physics The Chinese University of Hong Kong New Territories Hong Kong 999077 China

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China

Institute of Innovative Materials Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory Of Catalysis

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