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Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells

2020; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/s41467-020-16509-w

2041-1723

Jia Yao, Beibei Qiu, Zhiguo Zhang, Ling‐Wei Xue, Rui Wang, Chunfeng Zhang, Shanshan Chen, Qiuju Zhou, Chenkai Sun, Changduk Yang, Min Xiao, Lei Meng, Yongfang Li,

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

Abstract In organic solar cells (OSCs), cathode interfacial materials are generally designed with highly polar groups to increase the capability of lowering the work function of cathode. However, the strong polar group could result in a high surface energy and poor physical contact at the active layer surface, posing a challenge for interlayer engineering to address the trade-off between device stability and efficiency. Herein, we report a hydrogen-bonding interfacial material, aliphatic amine-functionalized perylene-diimide (PDINN), which simultaneously down-shifts the work function of the air stable cathodes (silver and copper), and maintains good interfacial contact with the active layer. The OSCs based on PDINN engineered silver-cathode demonstrate a high power conversion efficiency of 17.23% (certified value 16.77% by NREL) and high stability. Our results indicate that PDINN is an effective cathode interfacial material and interlayer engineering via suitable intermolecular interactions is a feasible approach to improve device performance of OSCs.