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Qi Lu1, Mingqiang Ding1, Anqi Zhou1
1Organic Semiconductor Materials and Applied Technology Research Centre of Gansu Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Alcohol-soluble conjugated polymers with polar side-chain components have been regarded as one of the most promising cathode interfacial modifers (CIMs) to achieve high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, a novel alcohol-soluble nitrogen oxide radical conjugated polymer (PBN-NO) containing dimethylamine groups for regulating metal work function and the dangling of 2,2,6, 6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxy (TEMPO) radical side-chain groups for theoretically improving the conductivity, was prepared and characterized. As compared to the OSCs from PM6:Y6 blends with the most common CIMs of PFN, PDINO, and PDINN, the OSCs with PBN-NO as CIMs provide better or comparable power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) (16.19% vs 13.10%, 15.60%, and 16.15%), enhanced photostability, and thermal stability. Besides that, the reasons for the improving PCEs of the OSCs with PBN-NO modifier are systematically investigated and supported by a set of comparative experiments such as exciton dissociation, charge recombination, capacitance-voltage (C-V), etc. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an alcohol-soluble nitroxide radical conjugated polymer that successfully integrates the interfacial modification of polar groups and improves conductivity by dangling radicals, therefore contributing to efficient OSCs with enhanced stability.
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