Organic
photovoltaics (OPVs) based on a slot-die coated ternary blends for low-intensity light harvesting are disclosed herein. The ternary blends comprise either a N-annulated
perylene diimide-based
electron acceptor material or an aalkyl-12,13-dihydro[1,2,5] thiadiazolo[3,4e]thieno[2″,3″:4′,5] thieno[2′,3′:4,5] pyrrolo[3,2-g] thieno [2′,3′:4,5]thieno [3,2-b]indole-2,10-diyl)bis(methanylylidene)) bis(3-oxo-2,3-dihydro1H-
indene-2,1-diylidene))dimalononitrile) (BTP)-based
electron acceptor material, a second
acceptor material, and an
electron donor material which comprises poly[(2,5-bis(2-hexyldecyloxy)
phenylene)-alt-(5,6-difluoro-4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[c] [1,2,5]thiadiazole)] (PPDT2FBT). In an aspect, a N-annulated
perylene diimide dimer (tPDI2N-EH, PDI) acceptor material was incorporated into a blend of donor
polymer material (PPDT2FBT) and
fullerene acceptor [6,6]-phenyl-C61-
butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) material to give ternary bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) blends. In a further aspect, a BTP-based
electron acceptor material was incorporated into a blend of donor
polymer material (PPDT2FBT) and
fullerene acceptor [6,6]-phenyl-C61-
butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) material to give ternary bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) blends.