Enhanced Photodynamic of Carriers and Suppressed Charge Recombination Enable Approaching 18% Efficiency in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells.

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces

State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOE), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China.

Published: December 2022

Regulation of the exciton generation, diffusion, and carrier transport, as well as optimization of the non-radiative energy loss could further overcome the power conversion efficiency limitation of organic solar cells. However, the relationship between exciton properties and non-radiative energy loss has seldom been investigated. Herein, taking D18-series devices as the research model, the exciton diffusion length () and hole transfer dynamics can be remarkably improved by the variation of electron-withdrawing halogen and the non-radiative energy loss simultaneously can be suppressed. By combining the analysis results of hole transfer, exciton diffusion, charge separation, and recombination, this work demonstrates that the photo-induced exciton in the chlorinated polymer donor can diffuse to a longer distance within the effective exciton lifetime, suppress the exciton recombination, and enhance device performance. The results define the relationship between the exciton behaviors and non-radiative energy loss and further reveal the significance of controlling the bulk heterojunction with superior photo-physical properties.

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