An electron acceptor challenging fullerenes for efficient polymer solar cells.

Lin, Yuze; Wang, Jiayu; Zhang, Zhi-Guo; Bai, Huitao; Li, Yongfang; Zhu, Daoben; Zhan, Xiaowei · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A novel non-fullerene electron acceptor (ITIC) that overcomes some of the shortcomings of fullerene acceptors, for example, weak absorption in the visible spectral region and limited energy-level variability, is designed and synthesized. Fullerene-free polymer solar cells (PSCs) based on the ITIC acceptor are demonstrated to exhibit power conversion efficiencies of up to 6.8%, a record for fullerene-free PSCs.