- An electron acceptor challenging fullerenes for efficient polymer solar cells.
An electron acceptor challenging fullerenes for efficient polymer solar cells.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) (2015-01-13)
Yuze Lin, Jiayu Wang, Zhi-Guo Zhang, Huitao Bai, Yongfang Li, Daoben Zhu, Xiaowei Zhan
PMID25580826
ABSTRACT
A novel non-fullerene electron acceptor (ITIC) that overcomes some of the shortcomings of fullerene acceptors, for example, weak absorption in the visible spectral region and limited energy-level variability, is designed and synthesized. Fullerene-free polymer solar cells (PSCs) based on the ITIC acceptor are demonstrated to exhibit power conversion efficiencies of up to 6.8%, a record for fullerene-free PSCs.