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    Zhu, Can; Yuan, Jun; Cai, Fangfang; Meng, Lei; Zhang, Huotian; Chen, Honggang; Li, Jing; Qiu, Beibei; Peng, Hongjian; Chen, Shanshan; Hu, Yunbin; Yang, Changduk; Gao, Feng; Zou, Yingping; Li, Yongfang

    Energy & environmental science, 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 8
    Journal Article

    Finding effective molecular design strategies to enable efficient charge generation and small energy loss is among the long-standing challenges in developing high performance non-fullerene organic solar cells (OSCs). Recently, we reported Y-series non-fullerene acceptors with an electron-deficient-core-based fused structure (typically Y6), opening a new door to achieve high external quantum efficiency (∼80%) while maintaining low energy loss (∼0.57 eV). On this basis, further reducing the energy losses and ultimately improving the performance of OSCs has become a research hotspot. In this paper, we design and synthesize a new member of the Y-series acceptor family, Y18, which adopts a fused benzotriazole segment with unique luminescence properties as its electron-deficient core. Compared to Y6, the benzotriazole-based acceptor Y18 exhibits extended optical absorption and higher voltage. Consequently, the device delivers a promising power conversion efficiency of 16.52% with a very low energy loss of 0.53 eV. Further device optimization by exploiting a ternary blend strategy allowed us to achieve a high efficiency of 17.11% (certified as 16.76% by NREL). Y18 may become one of the most important candidate materials for its broader absorption spectra and higher voltage of Y18 (compared to Y6) in the OSCs field. A new small molecule acceptor, Y18, was designed and synthesized. Over 17% efficiency was obtained with single junction solar cells based on Y18.