A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells

Chenkai Sun; Fei Pan; Haijun Bin; Jianqi Zhang; Lingwei Xue; Beibei Qiu; Zhixiang Wei; Zhi-Guo Zhang; Yongfang Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03207-x

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

A low cost and high performance polymer donor material for polymer solar cells

Chenkai Sun,
Fei Pan,
Haijun Bin,
Jianqi Zhang,
Lingwei Xue,
Beibei Qiu,
Zhixiang Wei,
Zhi-Guo Zhang,
Yongfang Li

Affiliations

Chenkai Sun: CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fei Pan: CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haijun Bin: CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianqi Zhang: CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Lingwei Xue: CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beibei Qiu: CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhixiang Wei: CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Zhi-Guo Zhang: CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongfang Li: CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03207-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A problem that hinders the commercialization of polymer solar cells is the complication in synthesis and thus the low yield and high cost of the polymers. Here, Sun et al. synthesize a new polymer via a two-step process with a yield close to 90% and show high photovoltaic performance with efficiency of 12%.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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