Abstract
AbstractSpirofluorene (SF) and benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole (BTA) have been considered as promising building blocks to construct n‐type photovoltaic materials. Herein, three new small molecule acceptors (SMAs) named BTA21, BTA23 and BTA27 with the structure of A2 = A1‐D‐A1 = A2 have been designed, in which SF and BTA were used as a central unit of D and bridged acceptor unit of A1, respectively. In addition, 3‐ethylrhodanine, 2‐(3‐ethyl‐4‐ oxothiazolidin‐2‐ylidene)malononitrile and malononitrile were chosen as terminal acceptor units to modulate the properties of the final SMAs. Three SMAs show wide optical band gaps (Eg) of 2.19, 2.15 and 2.21 eV, respectively, with gradually down‐shift of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels in the order of BTA21, BTA23 and BTA27 depending on the electron‐withdrawing capability of terminal acceptor units. BTA21 shows great advantages with respect to donor poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) over BTA23 and BTA27, such as well energy‐level matching, complementary absorption and proper morphology. Concequently, P3HT:BTA21 shows the best power conversion efficiency (PCE) value of 3.28% with an open‐circuit voltage (VOC) of 1.02 V, a short‐circuit current (JSC) of 5.45 mA·cm–2 and a fill factor (FF) of 0.59. These results indicate that the terminal acceptor group end‐capped in SMAs plays a significant role in controlling their optical, electronic, and photovoltaic properties.
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