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Orientation dependent molecular electrostatics drives efficient charge generation in homojunction organic solar cells
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DOI：10.1038/s41467-020-18439-z.png)
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Organic solar cells usually utilise a heterojunction between electron-donating (D) and electron-accepting (A) materials to split excitons into charges. However, the use of D-A blends intrinsically limits the photovoltage and introduces morphological instability. Here, we demonstrate that polycrystalline films of chemically identical molecules offer a promising alternative and show that photoexcitation of alpha-sexithiophene (alpha-6T) films results in efficient charge generation. This leads to alpha-6T based homojunction organic solar cells with an external quantum efficiency reaching up to 44% and an open-circuit voltage of 1.61 V. Morphological, photoemission, and modelling studies show that boundaries between alpha-6T crystalline domains with different orientations generate an electrostatic landscape with an interfacial energy offset of 0.4 eV, which promotes the formation of hybridised exciton/charge-transfer states at the interface, dissociating efficiently into free charges. Our findings open new avenues for organic solar cell design where material energetics are tuned through molecular electrostatic engineering and mesoscale structural control.
Keywords:
ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
TRANSFER STATES
ABSORPTION
SEPARATION
TRANSPORT
POLYMORPH
DYNAMICS
DIPOLES
FILMS
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