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Currently, high-performance polymerized small-molecule acceptors (PSMAs) based on ADA-type SMAs are still rare and greatly demanded for polymer solar cells (PSCs). Herein, two novel regioregular PSMAs (PW-Se and PS-Se) are designed and synthesized by using centrosymmetric (linear-shaped) and axisymmetric (banana-shaped) ADA-type SMAs as the main building blocks, respectively. It is demonstrated that photovoltaic performance of the PSMAs can be significantly improved by optimizing the configuration of ADA-type SMAs. Compared to the axisymmetric SMA-based polymer (PS-Se), PW-Se using a centrosymmetric SMA as the main building block exhibits better backbone coplanarity thereby resulting in bathochromically shifted absorption with a higher absorption coefficient, tighter interchain pi-pi stacking, and more favorable blend film morphology. As a result, enhanced and more-balanced charge transport, better exciton dissociation, and reduced charge recombination are achieved for PW-Se-based devices with PM6 as polymer donor. Benefiting from these positive factors, the optimal PM6:PW-Se-based device exhibits a higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.65% compared to the PM6:PS-Se-based device (8.90%). Furthermore, incorporation of PW-Se as a third component in the binary active layer of PM6:M36 yields ternary devices with an outstanding PCE of 18.0%, which is the highest value for PSCs based on ADA-type SMAs, to the best of the knowledge. The linear-shaped ADA-type small-molecule acceptor (SMA) is shown to be more advantageous to build polymer acceptors with high charge transport and photovoltaic properties than the banana-shaped one. The polymer acceptor based on the linear-shape ADA-type SMA exhibits a high efficiency of 15.65% in binary devices and an outstanding efficiency of 18.0% in ternary devices with a PM6:M36 host blend. image
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ADVANCED MATERIALS
ISSN: 0935-9648
Year: 2024
Issue: 25
Volume: 36
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JCR@2023
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