Organic solar cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11690282-B2
Application number	US-201816479091-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2018
Priority date	Jun 23, 2017
Publication date	Jun 27, 2023
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023

Abstract

The present specification relates to an organic solar cell including a first electrode; a second electrode; and one or more organic material layers including a photoactive layer, wherein the photoactive layer includes an electron donor and an electron acceptor, the electron donor includes a polymer including a first unit represented by Chemical Formula 1; a second unit represented by Chemical Formula 2; and a third unit represented by Chemical Formula 3, and the electron acceptor includes a non-fullerene-based compound.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic solar cell comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode on the first electrode; and
one or more organic material layers between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a photoactive layer,
wherein the photoactive layer comprises an electron donor and an electron acceptor,
the electron donor comprises a polymer comprising a first unit of Chemical Formula 1, a second unit of Chemical Formula 2, and a third unit of Chemical Formula 3:

wherein:
X1 to X5 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently selected from the group consisting of CRR′, NR, O, SiRR′, PR, S, GeRR′, Se and Te;
Y1 to Y4 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently selected from the group consisting of CR″, N, SiR″, P and GeR″;
R, R′, R″, Q1 to Q4, R1 to R4, R10 and R11 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently hydrogen, deuterium, a halogen group, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group;
R20 and R21 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group;
a, b, d and e are each an integer of 0 to 3;
when a, b, d or e is 2 or greater, structures in the two or more parentheses are the same as or different from each other; and
A1 to A4 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine, and at least one of A1 to A4 is fluorine or chlorine,
wherein the polymer comprises a unit of Chemical Formula 5:

wherein:
R27 to R30 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group;
R31 to R42 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group;
A1 and A4 have the same definitions as in Chemical Formula 1;
l is, as a mole fraction, a real number of 0<l<1;
m is, as a mole fraction, a real number of 0<m<1;
l+m=1; and
n is, as a unit repetition number, an integer of 1 to 10,000, and
wherein the electron acceptor includes a non-fullerene-based compound of Chemical Formula A-1:

2. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the second unit of Chemical Formula 2 is a unit of Chemical Formula 2-1:

wherein:
R12 and R13 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group.

3. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the third unit of Chemical Formula 3 is a unit of Chemical Formula 3-1:

wherein:
R20 and R21 have the same definitions as in Chemical Formula 3.

4. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises a unit of Chemical Formula 4:
[Chemical Formula 4 ]

wherein:
l is, as a mole fraction, a real number of 0<l<1;
m is, as a mole fraction, a real number of 0<m<1;
l+m=1;
A is the first unit of Chemical Formula 1;
B is the second unit of Chemical Formula 2;
C and C′ are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently the third unit of Chemical Formula 3; and
n is, as a unit repetition number, an integer of 1 to 10,000.

5. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the electron donor and the electron acceptor have a mass ratio of 1:1 to 1:4.

6. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the electron donor and the electron acceptor form a bulk heterojunction.

7. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the polymer is a random polymer.

8. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the polymer has a number average molecular weight of 5,000 g/mol to 1,000,000 g/mol.

9. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the polymer has molecular weight distribution of 1 to 10.

10. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the photoactive layer has a bilayer structure including an n-type organic material layer and a p-type organic material layer, and the p-type organic material layer includes the polymer.

11. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the second unit of Chemical Formula 2 is a unit of Chemical Formula 2-2:

wherein:
R14 and R15 are the same as or different from each other, and each is independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group.

12. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the third unit of Chemical Formula 3 is a unit of Chemical Formula 3-2:

wherein:

R20 and R21 have the same definitions as in Chemical Formula 3.

13. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the polymer comprises a unit of Chemical Formula 5-1, Chemical Formula 6, or Chemical Formula 7:

wherein:
l, m and n have the same definitions as in Chemical Formula 5.

14. The organic solar cell of claim 4 , wherein l and m are each 0.5.

15. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein l and m are each 0.5.

16. The organic solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the organic solar cell further comprises a substrate, a hole transfer layer and/or an electron transfer layer.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Doowhan
• Lee Jiyoung
• Lim Bogyu
• Jang Songrim
• Kim Ji Hoon

Classifications

• H10K30/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] devices · CPC title

• H10F77/12

  Active materials · CPC title

• H10K30/30

  comprising bulk heterojunctions, e.g. interpenetrating networks of donor and acceptor material domains · CPC title

• C08G2261/3246

  containing nitrogen and sulfur as heteroatoms · CPC title

• C08G2261/1424

  containing ether groups, including alkoxy · CPC title