AUTHOR=Liu Chunyan , Qiu Nailiang , Sun Yanna , Ke Xin , Zhang Hongtao , Li Chenxi , Wan Xiangjian , Chen Yongsheng 

TITLE=All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Based on a Fluorinated Small Molecule Donor With High Open-Circuit Voltage of 1.07 V

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00329

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2020.00329

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=<p>A new small molecule donor with an acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) structure, namely DRTB-FT, has been designed and synthesized for all-small-molecule organic solar cells (ASM-OSCs). By introducing fluorine atoms on the thienyl substituent of the central benzodithiophene unit, DRTB-FT shows a low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of −5.64 eV. Blending with an A-D-A type acceptor F-2Cl, DRTB-FT based ASM-OSCs gave a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.66% with a high open-circuit voltage (<italic>V</italic><sub>oc</sub>) of 1.070 V and a low energy loss of 0.47 eV. The results indicate that high <italic>V</italic><sub>oc</sub> of ASM-OSC devices can be obtained through careful donor molecular optimization.</p>