中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (8): 88801-088801.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/8/088801

• INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

Electronic states and molecular orientation of ITIC film

Ying-Ying Du(杜莹莹), De-Qu Lin(林德渠), Guang-Hua Chen(陈光华), Xin-Yuan Bai(白新源), Long-Xi Wang(汪隆喜), Rui Wu(吴蕊), Jia-Ou Wang(王嘉鸥), Hai-Jie Qian(钱海杰), Hong-Nian Li(李宏年)   

  1. 1 Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2 Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-04-18 修回日期:2018-05-07 出版日期:2018-08-05 发布日期:2018-08-05
  • 通讯作者: Hong-Nian Li E-mail:phylihn@mail.zju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374258 and 11079028).

Electronic states and molecular orientation of ITIC film

Ying-Ying Du(杜莹莹)1, De-Qu Lin(林德渠)1, Guang-Hua Chen(陈光华)1, Xin-Yuan Bai(白新源)1, Long-Xi Wang(汪隆喜)1, Rui Wu(吴蕊)2, Jia-Ou Wang(王嘉鸥)2, Hai-Jie Qian(钱海杰)2, Hong-Nian Li(李宏年)1   

  1. 1 Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2 Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2018-04-18 Revised:2018-05-07 Online:2018-08-05 Published:2018-08-05
  • Contact: Hong-Nian Li E-mail:phylihn@mail.zju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374258 and 11079028).

摘要: ITIC is the milestone of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors used in organic solar cells. We study the electronic states and molecular orientation of ITIC film using photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The negative integer charge transfer energy level is determined to be 4.00±0.05 eV below the vacuum level, and the ionization potential is 5.75±0.10 eV. The molecules predominantly have the face-on orientation on inert substrates as long as the surfaces of the substrates are not too rough. These results provide the physical understanding of the high performance of ITIC-based solar cells, which also afford implications to design more advanced photovoltaic small molecules.

关键词: electronic states, molecular orientation, photovoltaic small molecule, photoelectron spectroscopy, XAS

Abstract: ITIC is the milestone of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors used in organic solar cells. We study the electronic states and molecular orientation of ITIC film using photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The negative integer charge transfer energy level is determined to be 4.00±0.05 eV below the vacuum level, and the ionization potential is 5.75±0.10 eV. The molecules predominantly have the face-on orientation on inert substrates as long as the surfaces of the substrates are not too rough. These results provide the physical understanding of the high performance of ITIC-based solar cells, which also afford implications to design more advanced photovoltaic small molecules.

Key words: electronic states, molecular orientation, photovoltaic small molecule, photoelectron spectroscopy, XAS

中图分类号:  (Organic photovoltaics)

  • 88.40.jr
73.30.+y (Surface double layers, Schottky barriers, and work functions) 61.46.-w (Structure of nanoscale materials) 61.05.cj (X-ray absorption spectroscopy: EXAFS, NEXAFS, XANES, etc.)