Reduced Intramolecular Twisting Improves the Performance of 3D Molecular Acceptors in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells.

Lin, Haoran; Chen, Shangshang; Hu, Huawei; Zhang, Lu; Ma, Tingxuan; Lai, Joshua Yuk Lin; Li, Zhengke; Qin, Anjun et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A small-molecular acceptor, tetraphenylpyrazine-perylenediimide tetramer (TPPz-PDI<sub>4</sub> ), which has a reduced extent of intramolecular twisting compared to two other small-molecular acceptors is designed. Benefiting from the lowest extent of intramolecular twisting, TPPz-PDI<sub>4</sub> exhibits the highest aggregation tendency and electron mobility, and therefore achieves a highest power conversion efficiency of 7.1%.