Small molecules containing rigidified thiophenes and a cyanopyridone acceptor unit for solution-processable bulk-heterojunction solar cells
作者:Akhil Gupta、Abdelselam Ali、Mei Gao、Th. Birendra Singh、Ante Bilic、Scott E. Watkins、Udo Bach、Richard A. Evans
DOI:10.1016/j.dyepig.2015.03.028
日期:2015.8
We designed two solution processable small molecules, 5((5-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)thieno[3,2-b] thiophene-2-yl)methylene)-1-(2-ethylhexyl)-4-methyl-2,6-dioxo-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3- carbonitrile (1) and 5-((6-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)-4-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrol-2-yl)methylene)-1-(2-ethylhexyl)-4-methyl-2,6-dioxo-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carbonitrile (2), consisting of a triphenylamine electron donating group and a cyanopyridone electron accepting group linked by two different rigidified pi-spacer thiophenes. Ultraviolet visible absorption spectra revealed that the use of three fused rings (dithienopyrrole) as the conjugated pi-spacer resulted in an enhanced intramolecular charge transfer transition and reduction of band gap, when compared with a non-fused bithiophene and two fused thiophenes (thienothiophene) analogues. Power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 2.39% and 2.14% were achieved for simple photovoltaic devices based on 1/PC61BM and 2/PC61BM under simulated AM 1.5 illumination (100 mW cm(-2)), respectively. It has been observed that the degree of conjugation of the central pi-bridge was not a key factor for the enhancement of photovoltaic performance. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.