1. Rational Design of Conjugated Polymers for d-Limonene Processed All-polymer Solar Cells with Small Energy Loss.
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Li, Mei-Jing, Fan, Bao-Bing, Zhong, Wen-Kai, Zeng, Zhao-Mi-Yi, Xu, Jing-Kun, and Ying, Lei
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CONJUGATED polymers , *ENERGY dissipation , *SILICON solar cells , *SOLAR cells , *FRONTIER orbitals , *SOLAR cell design , *OPEN-circuit voltage - Abstract
In this work, we designed and synthesized a novel naphthalenediimide-based n-type conjugated polymer PNDICI, which bears asymmetric backbone containing a 3-chlorothiophene unit. The asymmetric structure associated with steric effects of the chlorine atom imparts remarkable solubility to PNDICI in various organic solvents, enabling the fabrication of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) by using an environmentally friendly solvent of d-limonene. Combined with a novel pyrrolo[3,4-f]benzotriazole-5,7(6H)-dione based p-type conjugated polymer P2F-Si with deep highest occupied molecular orbital energy level, the resulting d-limonene-processed all-PSCs presents an impressively high open-circuit voltage of approaching 1.0 V, corresponding to a very small energy loss of 0.49 eV. Through further morphology optimization by using γ-valerolactone, we demonstrated an impressive device efficiency of 4.2%, which is among the best photovoltaic performance of devices processed using d-limonene and comparable to that processed by conventional solvent, suggesting the great promise of using greener solvent for fabricating high-performance all-PSCs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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