Effect of electron-withdrawing units on triphenylamine-based small molecules for solution-processed organic solar cells

被引:8
作者
Wang, Yifan [1 ,3 ]
Bai, Huitao [1 ]
Cheng, Pei [1 ,3 ]
Zhang, Mingyu [2 ]
Zhan, Xiaowei [2 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Organ Solids, Inst Chem, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[2] Peking Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Coll Engn, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
organic solar cell; small molecule; triphenylamine; electron-withdrawing unit; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; THIAZOLOTHIAZOLE; BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; BENZODITHIOPHENE; THIOPHENE; ACCEPTOR; LAYER;
D O I
10.1007/s11426-014-5217-5
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Organic small molecules (TPA-BT3T, TPA-PT3T, and TPA-DFBT3T) using triphenylamine as a donor unit, terthiophene as a bridge, and benzo-2,1,3-thiadiazole (BT), [1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine (PT) or 5,6-difluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (DFBT) as an acceptor unit were designed and synthesized through Suzuki coupling reactions. These molecules exhibited good thermal stability with decomposition temperatures over 380 A degrees C and broad absorption from 300 to 700 nm. Photovoltaic devices were fabricated with these small molecules as donors and PC71BM as an acceptor. The TPA-BT3T based devices exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 2.89%, higher than those of the TPA-PT3T- and TPA-DFBT3T-based devices (1.34% and 1.54% respectively). The effects of electron-withdrawing units on absorption, energy level, charge transport, morphology, and photovoltaic properties also were investigated.
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页码:331 / 338
页数:8
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