Recent Research Progress of<italic style="font-style: italic">n</italic>-Type Conjugated Polymer Acceptors and All-Polymer Solar Cells

Xiao-Jun Li; Guang-Pei Sun; Yu-Fei Gong; Yong-Fang Li

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Recent Research Progress ofn-Type Conjugated Polymer Acceptors and All-Polymer Solar Cells

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- Recent Research Progress ofn-Type Conjugated Polymer Acceptors and All-Polymer Solar Cells
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 41, Issue 5, Pages: 640-651(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  b.School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  c.Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Materials, Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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  lixiaojun@iccas.ac.cn(X.J.L.)
  liyf@iccas.ac.cn(Y.F.L.)
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-023-2944-0
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- Received：11 December 2022，
  
  Revised：2022-12-25，
  
  Accepted：31 December 2022，
  
  Online First：27 February 2023，
  
  Published：01 May 2023
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Li, X. J.; Sun, G. P.; Gong, Y. F.; Li, Y. F. Recent research progress ofn-type conjugated polymer acceptors and all-polymer solar cells.Chinese J. Polym. Sci.2023,41, 640–651

Xiao-Jun Li, Guang-Pei Sun, Yu-Fei Gong, et al. Recent Research Progress ofn-Type Conjugated Polymer Acceptors and All-Polymer Solar Cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(5): 640-651. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2944-0.
Li, X. J.; Sun, G. P.; Gong, Y. F.; Li, Y. F. Recent research progress ofn-type conjugated polymer acceptors and all-polymer solar cells.Chinese J. Polym. Sci.2023,41, 640–651 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-023-2944-0.

Xiao-Jun Li, Guang-Pei Sun, Yu-Fei Gong, et al. Recent Research Progress ofn-Type Conjugated Polymer Acceptors and All-Polymer Solar Cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(5): 640-651. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2944-0. DOI：

摘要

All polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) possess the advantages of mechanical flexibility and morphology stability. In this review

we introduce the development history of the

-type conjugated polymer (

-CP)

especially the recent research progress of the polymerized small molecule acceptors. In addition

the challenges and prospects of the

-CP and all-PSCs are analyzed and discussed.

Abstract

The active layer of all polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) is composed of a blend of a

-type conjugated polymer (

-CP) as donor and an

-type conjugated polymer (

-CP) as acceptor. All-PSCs possess the advantages of light weight

thin active layer

mechanical flexibility

low cost solution processing and high stability

but the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the all-PSCs was limited by the poor photovoltaic performance of the

-CP acceptors before 2016. Since the report of the strategy of polymerized small molecule acceptors (PSMAs) in 2017

the photovoltaic performance of the PSMA-based

-CPs improved rapidly

benefitted from the development of the A-DA’D-A type small molecule acceptors (SMAs). PCE of the all-PSCs based on the PSMA acceptors reached 17%−18% recently. In this review article

we will introduce the development history of the

-CPs

especially the recent research progress of the PSMAs. Particularly

the structure-property relationship of the PSMAs is introduced and discussed. Finally

current challenges and prospects of the

-CP acceptors are analyzed and discussed.

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Recent Research Progress ofn-Type Conjugated Polymer Acceptors and All-Polymer Solar Cells

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