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Review Article

The development of A-DA’D-A type nonfullerene acceptors containing non-halogenated end groups

Hongxing Liu1,2, Tingting Dai2, Jialing Zhou2, Helin Wang2( ), Qing Guo1, Qiang Guo1, Erjun Zhou1,2( )
Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
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In this review, we systematically summarize the recent development of A-DA’D-A type non-fullerene acceptors containing non-halogenated end groups (NHEG) and the impact of different end groups on the optoelectronic properties as well as the photovoltaic performance.

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Compared with perovskite solar cells and silicon solar cells, the excessive voltage loss (Vloss) becomes a stubborn stone that seriously hinders the further improvement of organic photovoltaic (OPV). Thus, many researchers focus on finding an effective material system to achieve high-performance OPVs with low Vloss. In recent 5 years, acceptor-donor-acceptor’-donor-acceptor (A-DA’D-A) type non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) have attracted great attention because of their promising photovoltaic performance. Among them, A-DA’D-A type NFAs containing non-halogenated end group (NHEG) exhibit the large potential to achieve high open-circuit voltage (VOC) for the state-of-the-art OPVs, because of high-lying molecular energy levels and decreasing Vloss. In this review, we systematically summarize the recent development of A-DA’D-A type NHEG-NFAs and the impact of different NHEGs on the optoelectronic properties as well as the photovoltaic performance. In addition, we especially analyze the Vloss of NHEG-NFAs in the binary and ternary OPV devices. At last, we provide perspectives on the further molecular design and future challenges for this kind of materials as well as suggested solutions.

Keywords

non-halogenated end grouphigh voltagenon-fullerene acceptororganic photovoltaicenergy loss

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 12,
December 2023
Pages 12949-12961
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5693-z
Cite this article:
Liu H, Dai T, Zhou J, et al. The development of A-DA’D-A type nonfullerene acceptors containing non-halogenated end groups. Nano Research, 2023, 16(12): 12949-12961. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5693-z
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Received: 06 February 2023
Revised: 16 March 2023
Accepted: 26 March 2023
Published: 18 May 2023
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