物理化学学报 >> 2026, Vol. 42 >> Issue (10): 100280.doi: 10.1016/j.actphy.2026.100280

所属专题: 太阳能转化与储存

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具有溶致变色效应的钛氧簇作为高效有机太阳能电池的阴极界面层

赵朝委1,2,3,4, 黎霆1,2, 夏冬冬2, 谢谦2, 方洁2, 张月凤2,*(), 谢宇1,*(), 任广禹3,4,5,*()   

  1. 1 南昌航空大学环境与化学工程学院, 江西 南昌 330063
    2 江西省环境与能源催化重点实验室, 江西省科学院能源研究所, 江西 南昌 330096
    3 香港城市大学清洁能源研究所, 香港 九龙
    4 香港城市大学材料科学与工程系, 香港 九龙
    5 香港城市大学化学系, 香港 九龙
  • 收稿日期:2025-09-22 修回日期:2026-03-04 录用日期:2026-03-05 发布日期:2026-09-03
  • 通讯作者: Email: zhangyuefeng1987@126.com (张月凤)xieyu_121@163.com (谢宇)alexjen@cityu.edu.hk (任广禹)

Solvatochromic Ti-oxo clusters as cathode interlayer for efficient organic solar cells

Chaowei Zhao1,2,3,4, Ting Li1,2, Dongdong Xia2, Qian Xie2, Jie Fang2, Yuefeng Zhang2,*(), Yu Xie1,*(), Alex K.-Y. Jen3,4,5,*()   

  1. 1 College of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, Jiangxi Province, China
    2 Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Environment and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Energy Research, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang 330096, Jiangxi Province, China
    3 Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    4 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    5 Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
  • Received:2025-09-22 Revised:2026-03-04 Accepted:2026-03-05 Published:2026-09-03
  • Contact: Email: zhangyuefeng1987@126.com (Yuefeng Zhang)xieyu_121@163.com (Yu Xie)alexjen@cityu.edu.hk (Alex K.-Y. Jen)

摘要:

我们成功合成并表征了三种同构的Ti6-氧簇化合物,其分子式为Ti6O4(PhPO3)2(L)2(OiPr)10。其中Ti6-1的L配体为2-二甲胺基苯甲酸,Ti6-2为3-二甲胺基苯甲酸,Ti6-3为4-二甲胺基苯甲酸。值得注意的是,Ti6-3展现出新颖的溶剂依赖性光吸收特性:在三氟乙醇类溶剂中溶解时,该簇合物表现出明显的可见光吸收;而在异丙醇类溶剂中,其吸收仅局限于紫外区域。相比之下,Ti6-1和Ti6-2在两种溶剂中均保持一致的吸收行为。需要指出的是,这种溶致变色效应在有机共轭材料中较为常见,但在钛氧簇材料中迄今仍属罕见。核磁共振测试表明,Ti6-3表面的异丙氧基配体被三氟乙氧基配体取代,形成了Ti6-3-F变体。通过密度泛函理论计算进一步阐释了这种溶剂化变色效应,揭示了Ti6-3与Ti6-3-F之间能级结构的调控机制。最终研究表明,Ti6-3-F在PM6:BO-4Cl和PM6:L8-BO体系有机太阳能电池(OSCs)中可作为优异的阴极界面层材料,分别实现了17.89%和18.09%的高转换效率,这标志着该材料在高性能OSCs阴极界面层应用中的卓越潜力。

关键词: 钛氧簇, 敏化, 前沿能级, 阴极界面层, 有机太阳能电池

Abstract:

Three isostructural Ti6-oxo clusters with the formular of Ti6O4(PhPO3)2(L)2(OiPr)10, where L is 2-dimethylamine benzoate for Ti6-1, 3-dimethylamine benzoate for Ti6-2, and 4-dimethylamine benzoate for Ti6-3, were successfully synthesized and characterized. Thereinto, Ti6-3 displayed novel solvent dependent light absorption property. When dissolved in trifluoroethanol related solvent, evident visible light absorption was observed for Ti6-3, which was quite different from its absorption limited within the ultraviolate region in isopropanol related solvent. However, Ti6-1 and Ti6-2 displayed consistent absorption behavior in both of these solvents, respectively. It is worth noting that the solvent dependent absorption property remains quite rare for Ti-oxo cluster materials to date, although this has been commonly observed for organic conjugated materials. Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements revealed that the surface isopropoxide ligands on Ti6-3 were replaced by analogus trifluoroethoxide ligands on the cluster surface, resulting in Ti6-3-F. The solvatochromic effect was further illustrated by density functional theory calculation revealing the tuned energy levels between Ti6-3 and Ti6-3-F. Finally, Ti6-3-F was demonstrated able to serve as excellent cathode interlayer (CIL) in PM6:BO-4Cl and PM6:L8-BO based organic solar cells (OSCs), which achieved high efficiencies of 17.89% and 18.09%, respectively, suggesting its excellence as new CIL materials for high performance OSCs.

Key words: Ti-oxo cluster, Sensitization, Frontier energy level, Cathode interlayer, Organic solar cells