Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with 8.5% Efficiency Enabled by a New Highly Twisted Electron Acceptor Dimer.

Hwang, Ye-Jin; Li, Haiyan; Courtright, Brett A E; Subramaniyan, Selvam; Jenekhe, Samson A · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Fullerene-free and processing additive-free 8.5% efficient polymer solar cells are achieved by using a new 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-linked arylene diimide dimer with a 76° twist angle. The devices combine high (78-83%) external quantum efficiency with high (0.91-0.95 V) photovoltages and thus have relatively low optical bandgap energy loss.