Recently, the power conversion efficiencies(PCEs) of all-polymer solar cells(all-PSCs) have increased rapidly. To further increase the PCE of all-PSCs, it is necessary to create new donor polymers matching the polymer...Recently, the power conversion efficiencies(PCEs) of all-polymer solar cells(all-PSCs) have increased rapidly. To further increase the PCE of all-PSCs, it is necessary to create new donor polymers matching the polymer acceptors. In this paper, we synthesize a new quinoxaline-based polymer donor PBQ8 with n-octyl side chain on the quinoxaline unit, which possesses the same skeleton structure to the previously reported PBQ5(with isooctyl side chain). The effects of alkyl side chains on the physicochemical properties of the polymer donor were investigated. In comparison with PBQ5, PBQ8 exhibits stronger intermolecular interactions and better molecular packing. When blending with polymer acceptor PY-IT, the PBQ8:PY-IT based devices demonstrated a higher PCE value of 17.04%, which is one of the highest PCEs occurred in the all-PSCs. And the PBQ5:PY-IT(PCE 15.56%, Voc0.907 V, FF 69.72%, and Jsc24.60 m A cm^(-2)) is much lower. The PBQ8:PY-IT blend displayed more efficient exciton dissociation, better molecular stacking properties, preferable phase separation and higher mobility. These indicate that as an effective method, side chain engineering can improve the efficiency of the all-PSCs.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFA0705900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51820105003,21734008,61904181,and 52173188)+1 种基金the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDPB13)the Basic and Applied Basic Research Major Program of Guangdong Province(2019B030302007)。
文摘Recently, the power conversion efficiencies(PCEs) of all-polymer solar cells(all-PSCs) have increased rapidly. To further increase the PCE of all-PSCs, it is necessary to create new donor polymers matching the polymer acceptors. In this paper, we synthesize a new quinoxaline-based polymer donor PBQ8 with n-octyl side chain on the quinoxaline unit, which possesses the same skeleton structure to the previously reported PBQ5(with isooctyl side chain). The effects of alkyl side chains on the physicochemical properties of the polymer donor were investigated. In comparison with PBQ5, PBQ8 exhibits stronger intermolecular interactions and better molecular packing. When blending with polymer acceptor PY-IT, the PBQ8:PY-IT based devices demonstrated a higher PCE value of 17.04%, which is one of the highest PCEs occurred in the all-PSCs. And the PBQ5:PY-IT(PCE 15.56%, Voc0.907 V, FF 69.72%, and Jsc24.60 m A cm^(-2)) is much lower. The PBQ8:PY-IT blend displayed more efficient exciton dissociation, better molecular stacking properties, preferable phase separation and higher mobility. These indicate that as an effective method, side chain engineering can improve the efficiency of the all-PSCs.
