Side-Chain Fluorination: An Effective Approach to Achieving High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 7.

Oh, Jiho; Kranthiraja, Kakaraparthi; Lee, Changyeon; Gunasekar, Kumarasamy; Kim, Seonha; Ma, Biwu; Kim, Bumjoon J; Jin, Sung-Ho · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Side-chain fluorination of polymers is demonstrated as a highly effective strategy to improve the efficiency of all-polymer solar cells from 2.93% (nonfluorinated P1) to 7.13% (fluorinated P2). This significant enhancement is achieved by synergistic improvements in open-circuit voltage, charge generation, and charge transport, as fluorination of the donor polymer optimizes the band alignment and the film morphology.