Journal
NATURE ENERGY
Volume 3, Issue 12, Pages 1051-1058Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0263-4
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Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology [2014CB643501]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91633301, 51521002, 51673069, 21520102006, 21822505]
- DFG [BR 4031/13-1, SFB 953]
- ETI at FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg
- Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology by the HI-ERN (IEK11) of FZ Julich [IEK11]
- 'Aufbruch Bayern' initiative of the state of Bavaria (EnCN)
- Bavarian Initiative 'Solar Technologies go Hybrid' (SolTech)
- Cluster of Excellence 'Engineering of Advanced Materials' (EAM) at FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg
- DOE, Office of Science and Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the US Department of Energy [DE-AC0205CH11231]
- 'Aufbruch Bayern' initiative of the state of Bavaria ('Solar Factory of the Future')
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The performance of organic photovoltaics is largely dependent on the balance of short-circuit current density (J(sc)) and opencircuit voltage (V-oc). For instance, the reduction of the active materials' optical bandgap, which increases the J(sc), would inevitably lead to a concomitant reduction in V-oc. Here, we demonstrate that careful tuning of the chemical structure of photoactive materials can enhance both J(sc), and V-oc simultaneously. Non-fullerene organic photovoltaics based on a well-matched materials combination exhibit a certified high power conversion efficiency of 12.25% on a device area of 1 cm(2). By combining Fouriertransform photocurrent spectroscopy and electroluminescence, we show the existence of a low but non-negligible charge transfer state as the possible origin of V-oc loss. This study highlights that the reduction of the bandgap to improve the efficiency requires a careful materials design to minimize non-radiative V-oc losses.
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