Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2021, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (10): 1326-1339.DOI: 10.19894/j.issn.1000-0518.210359

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Research Progress of Liquid Crystal Molecules for Application in Organic Solar Cells

Yong-Jie CUI1‡, Jia-Xin ZHONG1‡, Xun-Fan LIAO1,2(), Yi-Wang CHEN1,2()   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials & College of Materials Science and Engineering,Donghua University,Shanghai 201620,China
    2Institute of Advanced Scientific Research (iASR),Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Small Molecules for Ministry of Education,Jiangxi Normal University,Nanchang 330022,China
  • Received:2021-07-22 Accepted:2021-09-05 Published:2021-10-01 Online:2021-10-15
  • Contact: Xun-Fan LIAO,Yi-Wang CHEN
  • About author:ywchen@ncu.edu.cn; xfliao@jxnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(51973032);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Graduate Student Innovation Fund of Donghua University(CUSF-DH-D-2021008)

Abstract:

Application of liquid crystal molecules in organic solar cell (OSC) device is one of the research focuses in the optoelectronic field in recent years. Liquid crystal molecules are a kind of functional soft materials with both crystal and liquid properties, and have strong self-assembly characteristics. The light absorption range of OSCs can be effectively controlled by using the light absorption complementarity of liquid crystal molecules. In addition, the liquid crystal molecules have strong crystallinity, which can induce the self-assembly of active layer molecules to enhance their order, and at the same time improve the molecular crystallization performance, thereby increasing the charge mobility of active layer, and ultimately increasing the short-circuit current (Jsc) and fill factor (FF) of the OSC devices. Therefore, this paper, which starts from the role of liquid molecules in active layer components, reviews the application of liquid crystal molecules as active layer materials and additives for OSCs. Finally, the existing problems and future development of liquid crystal molecules in the application of OSCs are summarized and prospected.

Key words: Organic solar cells, Liquid crystal molecules, Order, Morphology control

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