Polymer solar cell based on ternary active layer consists of medium bandgap polymer and two non-fullerene acceptors
Abstract An efficient PSCs consisting of a ternary active layer containing a medium bandgap conjugated polymer P and two well-known non-fullerene acceptors i.e. ITIC-m and Y6 was fabricated. An overall Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) of about 15.13% was achieved, with the optimized ternary active layer consisting of 20 wt% of ITIC-m in acceptors i.e. P:ITIC-m:Y6 (1:0.3:1.2). This value is higher than that for the binary counter parts i.e. 12.10% and 13.16% for P:ITIC-m (1:1.5 w:w) and P:Y6 (1:1.5 w:w). The higher short circuit current density of the ternary active layer PSCs is related to the broader absorption spectra as compared to the binary active layer analogs. The open circuit volta…