Fluoro‐Substituted n‐Type Conjugated Polymers for Additive‐Free All‐Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 6.71%

Fluorinated n-type conjugated polymers are used as efficient electron acceptor to demonstrate high-performance all-polymer solar cells. The exciton generation, dissociation, and charge-transporting properties of blend films are improved by using these fluorinated n-type polymers to result in enhanced photocurrent and suppressed charge recombination.

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