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Morphology Control for Fully Printable Organic–Inorganic Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells Based on a Ti-alkoxide and Semiconducting Polymer
Published on: January 10, 2017
Development of new two-dimensional small molecules based on benzodifuran for efficient organic solar cells
Zhengkun Du1, Yanhua Chen, Weichao Chen
1CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101 (China), Fax: (+86) 532-80662778; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (China).
Abstract:
A new organic small molecule, DCA3TBDF, with a 2D benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran (BDF) moiety as the central core and octyl cyanoacetate units as the end-capped blocks, was designed and synthesized for solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells. DCA3TBDF possesses good solubility in common organic solvents such as toluene, CH2Cl2, chlorobenzene, and CHCl3 and good thermal stability with an onset decomposition temperature with 5% weight-loss occurring at 361 °C. The DCA3TBDF thin film showed a broad absorption at λ=320-700 nm and high crystallinity. Small-molecule organic solar cells based on DCA3TBDF and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester demonstrated promising power conversion efficiency with a high fill factor under the illumination of AM 1.5G (100 mW cm(-2)).
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