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Tetrahydroxy-Perylene Bisimide Embedded in a Zinc Oxide Thin Film as an Electron-Transporting Layer for High-Performance Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells.

ABSTRACT: By introduction of four hydroxy (HO) groups into the two perylene bisimide (PBI) bay areas, new HO-PBI ligands were obtained which upon deprotonation can complex Zn^II ions and photosensitize semiconductive zinc oxide thin films. Such coordination is beneficial for dispersing PBI photosensitizer molecules evenly into metal oxide films to fabricate organic-inorganic hybrid interlayers for organic solar cells. Supported by the photoconductive effect of the ZnO:HO-PBI hybrid interlayers, improved electron collection and transportation is achieved in fullerene and non-fullerene polymer solar cell devices, leading to remarkable power conversion efficiencies of up to 15.95?% for a non-fullerene based organic solar cell.

SUBMITTER: Wen X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6772159 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

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Tetrahydroxy-Perylene Bisimide Embedded in a Zinc Oxide Thin Film as an Electron-Transporting Layer for High-Performance Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells.

Wen Xinbo X Nowak-Król Agnieszka A Nagler Oliver O Kraus Felix F Zhu Na N Zheng Nan N Müller Matthias M Schmidt David D Xie Zengqi Z Würthner Frank F

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20190814 37

By introduction of four hydroxy (HO) groups into the two perylene bisimide (PBI) bay areas, new HO-PBI ligands were obtained which upon deprotonation can complex Zn<sup>II</sup> ions and photosensitize semiconductive zinc oxide thin films. Such coordination is beneficial for dispersing PBI photosensitizer molecules evenly into metal oxide films to fabricate organic-inorganic hybrid interlayers for organic solar cells. Supported by the photoconductive effect of the ZnO:HO-PBI hybrid interlayers, ...[more]

PMID: 31353767

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