Fluorination of Terminal Groups Promoting Electron Transfer in Small Molecular Acceptors of Bulk Heterojunction Films

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Abstract
The fluorination strategy is one of the most efficient and popular molecular modification methods to develop new materials for organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. For OPV materials, it is a broad agreement that fluorination can reduce the energy level and change the morphology of active layers. To explore the effect of fluorination on small molecule acceptors, we selected two non-fullerene acceptors (NFA) based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) films, involving PM6:Y6 and PM6:Y5 as model systems. The electron mobilities of the PM6:Y5 and PM6:Y6 BHJ films are 5.76 × 10−7 cm2V−1s−1 and 5.02 × 10−5 cm2V−1s−1 from the space-charge-limited current (SCLC) measurements. Through molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, it is observed that halogen bonds can be formed between Y6 dimers, which can provide external channels for electron carrier transfer. Meanwhile, the “A-to-A” type J-aggregates are more likely to be generated between Y6 molecules, and the π–π stacking can be also enhanced, thus increasing the charge transfer rate and electron mobility between Y6 molecules.
Funding Information
  • Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2021QF016)
  • Major Program of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2019ZD43)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (52073162)
  • Qilu Young Scholar Program at Shandong University

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