Three-dimensional tetra(oligothienyl)silanes as donor material for organic solar cells
作者:Sophie Roquet、R?mi de Bettignies、Philippe Leriche、Antonio Cravino、Jean Roncali
DOI:10.1039/b604261a
日期:——
Tetrahedral conjugated systems involving four conjugated oligothiophene chains fixed onto a central silicon node (1, 2) have been synthesized and used as donor materials in hetero-junction solar cells. Bilayer solar cells have been realized by thermal evaporation of compounds 1 and 2 as donors and N,N′-bis-tridecylperylenedicarboxyimide as an acceptor. Comparison of the performances of these devices to those of a reference system based on dihexylterthienyl (H3T) shows that despite comparable effective conjugation lengths, the 3D compounds 1 and 2 lead to a power conversion efficiency four–five times higher, suggesting better absorption of the incident light and better hole transport properties. Whereas fabrication of bulk hetero-junction with H3T was prevented by the lack of film forming properties, a prototype bulk hetero-junction based on compound 2 as the donor and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as the acceptor has been realized. A short-circuit current density of 1.13 mA cm−2 and a power conversion efficiency of 0.30% has been measured under AM 1.5 simulated solar irradiation at 80 mW cm−2.
四面体共轭体系包括固定在中央硅节点上的四条共轭低聚噻吩链(1、2),已被合成并用作异质结太阳能电池的供体材料。以化合物 1 和 2 作为给体,以 N,N′-双十三烷基过二羧酰亚胺作为受体,通过热蒸发实现了双层太阳能电池。将这些器件的性能与基于二己基三噻吩(H3T)的参考系统的性能进行比较后发现,尽管有效共轭长度相当,但三维化合物 1 和 2 的功率转换效率要高出四至五倍,这表明它们对入射光的吸收更好,空穴传输性能也更好。由于 H3T 缺乏成膜特性,因此无法制作体异质结,而以化合物 2 为供体、[6,6]-苯基-C61-丁酸甲酯(PCBM)为受体的体异质结原型已经实现。在 80 mW cm-2 的 AM 1.5 模拟太阳辐照条件下,测得短路电流密度为 1.13 mA cm-2,功率转换效率为 0.30%。