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Although ladder-type heteroarene building blocks without sp(3)-hybridized bridging atoms have been widely used for the synthesis of polymer donors, they have rarely been applied for constructing non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) mainly due to the lack of strategies to effectively modulate self-aggregation and crystallinity of the resulting acceptors. Herein, a novel sp(3)-hybridized-carbon-free ladder-type skeleton, benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b']bis(4H-dithieno[3,2-b:2 & PRIME;,3 & PRIME;-d]pyrrole) featuring with two sets of neighboring side-chains, is designed and successfully synthesized as a donor core for developing NFAs (cis-MH and cis-MF). The single-crystal result shows that the cis- MF forms slip-stacked J-type aggregates and packs in an anti-parallel "face-to-face " manner due to the bulkiness effect of neighboring side-chains. This molecular stacking mode effectively prevents the formation of oversized aggregates in the corresponding active layer as evidenced by atomic force microscopy analyses. Introduction of the fluorinated terminals broadens the absorption range and increases the crystallinity of the acceptor, thus greatly promoting its carrier transport. As a result, the cis-MF-based device exhibits a 6-fold increase in power conversion efficiency compared to the cis-MH-based device. Overall, this work provides a new molecular design strategy as well as a novel sp(3)-hybridized-carbon-free ladder-type building block for developing efficient NFAs that can be used to further advance the PCEs of polymer solar cells.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
ISSN: 1385-8947
Year: 2022
Volume: 432
1 5 . 1
JCR@2022
1 3 . 4 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:66
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 7
SCOPUS Cited Count: 8
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1
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