Impact of structure and homo-coupling of the central donor unit of small molecule organic semiconductors on solar cell performance
| Autor: | Ilaria Cardinaletti, Pieter Verstappen, Jean Manca, Wouter Maes, Laurence Lutsen, Tim Vangerven, Frederik Verstraeten, Wouter Vanormelingen, Dirk Vanderzande |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Materials science Organic solar cell Band gap General Chemical Engineering Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Polymer Chromophore 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Small molecule Polymer solar cell 0104 chemical sciences law.invention Organic semiconductor chemistry Chemical physics law Solar cell 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | RSC Advances. 6:32298-32307 |
| ISSN: | 2046-2069 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6ra06146j |
| Popis: | Currently, both low bandgap conjugated polymers and small molecule analogues are employed as electron donor components in state of the art bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics, providing similar record efficiencies (∼10%). However, to evaluate molecular structure-device performance relations and (in particular) the effect of material purity, small molecule chromophores can be considered to be more versatile probes. In the present study, we have synthesized three small molecule donor materials with a varying central electron-rich building block, inspired by the well-known high-performance small molecule p-DTS(FBTTh2)2. The influence of this structural modification on the physicochemical material properties, electro-optical characteristics and solar cell performance is analysed. Most importantly, it is shown that the presence of homo-coupled side products generated during Stille cross-coupling reactions – which can be very hard to remove, even for small molecule semiconductors – is detrimental to solar cell performance, with a noticeable effect on the open-circuit voltage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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