Solar RRLVolume 1, Issue 6 1700044 Full Paper A Novel Thiophene-Fused Ending Group Enabling an Excellent Small Molecule Acceptor for High-Performance Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells with 11.8% Efficiency Dongjun Xie, Dongjun Xie Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorTao Liu, Tao Liu Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorWei Gao, Wei Gao Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorCheng Zhong, Cheng Zhong Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorLijun Huo, Lijun Huo Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorZhenghui Luo, Zhenghui Luo Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorKailong Wu, Kailong Wu Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorWentao Xiong, Wentao Xiong Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorFeng Liu, Corresponding Author Feng Liu fengliu82@sjtu.edu.cn Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorYanming Sun, Corresponding Author Yanming Sun sunym@buaa.edu.cn Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorChuluo Yang, Corresponding Author Chuluo Yang clyang@whu.edu.cn Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this author Dongjun Xie, Dongjun Xie Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorTao Liu, Tao Liu Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorWei Gao, Wei Gao Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorCheng Zhong, Cheng Zhong Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorLijun Huo, Lijun Huo Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorZhenghui Luo, Zhenghui Luo Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorKailong Wu, Kailong Wu Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorWentao Xiong, Wentao Xiong Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorFeng Liu, Corresponding Author Feng Liu fengliu82@sjtu.edu.cn Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorYanming Sun, Corresponding Author Yanming Sun sunym@buaa.edu.cn Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorChuluo Yang, Corresponding Author Chuluo Yang clyang@whu.edu.cn Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. ChinaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 08 May 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.201700044Citations: 191 Dongjun Xie, Tao Liu, and Wei Gao contributed equally to this work. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract In this article, we designed and synthesized a novel small molecule acceptor of ITCPTC with thiophene-fused ending group by employing a new active methylene precursor of CPTCN. The ITCPTC-based polymer solar cells with PBT1-EH as a donor achieved very high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of up to 11.8% with a remarkably enhanced fill factor (FF) of 0.751, a near 20% boost in PCE with respect to the ITIC-based control device. These values are among the highest PCEs and FFs for polymer solar cells (PSCs). In the whole study, we made contrasts with ITIC to understand the reasons of excellent performance of ITCPTC-based PSCs through various measurements, such as GIXD and RSoXS. We revealed that the simple modification of ITIC into ITCPTC not only change the material electronic structure, but also mediates the material interactions and crystallization, which contribute together to the excellent performance of ITCPTC-based PSCs. Citing Literature Supporting Information As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Filename Description solr201700044-sup-0001-SuppData-S1.docx2.3 MB Supporting Data S1. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article. 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