Donor polymer design enables efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells

Zhengke Li; Kui Jiang; Guofang Yang; Joshua Yuk Lin Lai; Tingxuan Ma; Jingbo Zhao; Wei Ma; He Yan

doi:10.1038/ncomms13094

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Donor polymer design enables efficient non-fullerene organic solar cells

Zhengke Li,
Kui Jiang,
Guofang Yang,
Joshua Yuk Lin Lai,
Tingxuan Ma,
Jingbo Zhao,
Wei Ma,
He Yan

Affiliations

Zhengke Li: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Kui Jiang: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Guofang Yang: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Joshua Yuk Lin Lai: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Tingxuan Ma: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Jingbo Zhao: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay
Wei Ma: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
He Yan: Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13094
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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In organic photovoltaics, electron acceptors are developed to replace fullerenes, and new donors need to be designed to match these acceptors. Here, the authors show that a polymer with strong temperature dependent aggregation and intentionally reduced crystallinity matches non-fullerene acceptors.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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