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Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 12/2018

19-04-2018

A new nonfullerene acceptor based on perylene diimides for organic solar cells

Authors: Zhitian Liu, Yao Wu, Huanxiang Jiang, Linhua Zhang, Di Zeng, Xiaolu Zhang, Qi Zhang, Xiang Gao

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 12/2018

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Abstract

Here we reported a nonfullerene electron acceptor based on perylene diimides, BP-PDI4, with a biphenyl core and four bulky PDI arms. BP-PDI4 showed a twisted 3D structure which successfully suppressed the large aggregation of perylene diimides in active layer. BP-PDI4 exhibited a wide optical band gap of 2.11 eV. Low-bandgap donor materials, namely PTB7-Th and PBDTTT-C-T, were chosen as donor materials for complementary absorption and well-matched energy levels. A PCE of 2.95% was achieved with Voc of 0.79 V, Jsc of 10.61 mA cm−2 and FF of 35.2%, when PTB7-Th was used as donor material.

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Metadata
Title
A new nonfullerene acceptor based on perylene diimides for organic solar cells
Authors
Zhitian Liu
Yao Wu
Huanxiang Jiang
Linhua Zhang
Di Zeng
Xiaolu Zhang
Qi Zhang
Xiang Gao
Publication date
19-04-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9094-0

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