American Chemical Society, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1(138), p. 375-380, 2015
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11149
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Non-fullerene acceptors have recently attracted tremendous interest due to their potential as alternatives to fullerene derivatives in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. However, the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) have lagged far behind the polymer/fullerene system, mainly due to the low fill factor and photocurrent. Here we report a novel perylene bisimide (PBI) acceptor, SdiPBI-Se, in which selenium atoms were introduced into the perylene core. With a well-established wide-bandgap poly-mer (PDBT-T1) as the donor, a high efficiency of 8.4% with an unprecedented high FF of 70.2% is achieved for solution-processed non-fullerene organic solar cells. Efficient photon absorption, high and balanced charge carrier mobility, and ultrafast charge gener-ation process in PDBT-T1:SdiPBI-Se films account for the high photovoltaic performance. Our results suggest that non-fullerene acceptors have the enormous potential to rival or even surpass the performance of their fullerene counterparts.