Near-infrared absorbing polymer acceptors enabled by selenophene-fused core and halogenated end-group for binary all-polymer solar cells with efficiency over 16%

Due to the vigorous development of polymerized small-molecule acceptors (PSMAs), all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have made tremendous advancement recently. However, their power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) are still restricted by the lack of PSMAs with desirable optoelectronic properties, especially the ability to capture the near-infrared photons. To resolve this, two near-infrared absorbing PSMAs, namely PY2Se-F and PY2Se-Cl, with a...