Assessing the Effects of Increasing Conjugation Length on Exciton Diffusion: From Small Molecules to the Polymeric Limit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo E de Sousa ◽  
Laura Simonassi Raso de Paiva ◽  
DEMETRIO DA SILVA FILHO ◽  
Gjergji Sini ◽  
Pedro Henrique Neto
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Conjugation Length ◽  
Exciton Diffusion ◽  
Pi Conjugated ◽  
Pi Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Long Chain

Organic solar cells (OSC) generally contain long-chain $\pi$-conjugated polymers as donor materials, but, more recently, small-molecule donors have also attracted considerable attention. The nature of these compounds is of crucial...

scholarly journals A “roller-wheel” Pt-containing small molecule that outperforms its polymer analogs in organic solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 5798-5804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhan He ◽  
Maksim Y. Livshits ◽  
Diane A. Dickie ◽  
Jianzhong Yang ◽  
Rachel Quinnett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cell ◽  
Enhanced Crystallinity

“Roller-wheel” shaped Pt-containing molecules display enhanced crystallinity and are better performing organic solar cell materials than conventional small molecules and polymers featuring “dumbbell” shaped structures.

Highly efficient halogen-free solvent processed small-molecule organic solar cells enabled by material design and device engineering

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1739-1745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiahui Wan ◽  
Xiaopeng Xu ◽  
Guangjun Zhang ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Kui Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Material Design ◽  
Small Energy ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Device Engineering ◽  
Halogen Free

Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c']bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole-based small molecules have been synthesized for organic solar cells. The optimized devices processed by a halogen-free solvent of CS2 exhibited a PCE of 11.53% with a small energy loss of 0.57 eV.

Terminal moiety-driven electrical performance of asymmetric small-molecule-based organic solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (40) ◽  
pp. 15688-15697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhua Huang ◽  
Shanlin Zhang ◽  
Bo Jiang ◽  
Yuxia Chen ◽  
Xinliang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Electrical Performance ◽  
Alternative Choice

With respect to the successes from symmetric small molecules, asymmetric ones have recently emerged as an alternative choice.

Strategic end-halogenation of π-conjugated small molecules enabling fine morphological control and enhanced performance of organic solar cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (24) ◽  
pp. 14806-14815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiichi Furukawa ◽  
Takuma Yasuda
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Morphological Control

A novel family of photovoltaic small-molecule donors having the same conjugated backbone but different terminal halogen groups (F, Cl, Br, and I) are developed, and the impacts of end-halogenation on the photovoltaic and morphological properties are systematically investigated.

Cyclopentadithiophene organic core in small molecule organic solar cells: morphological control of carrier recombination

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 3640-3648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío Domínguez ◽  
Núria F. Montcada ◽  
Pilar de la Cruz ◽  
Emilio Palomares ◽  
Fernando Langa
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Electron Donor ◽  
Electron Acceptor ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Solution Processed ◽  
Morphological Control ◽  
Carrier Recombination

Two new planar and symmetrical A–D–A (electron acceptor–electron donor–electron acceptor) small molecules based on a commercial cyclopentadithiophene derivative have been synthesized for solution processed small molecule organic solar cells.

Phenothiazine-based small-molecule organic solar cells with power conversion efficiency over 7% and open circuit voltage of about 1.0 V using solvent vapor annealing

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 6321-6329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogajivan Rout ◽  
Rajneesh Misra ◽  
Rahul Singhal ◽  
Subhayan Biswas ◽  
Ganesh D. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Solvent Vapor ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Vapor Annealing ◽  
Solvent Vapor Annealing

We have used two unsymmetrical small molecules with a D–A–D–π–D configuration as small molecule donors, along with PC71BM as an acceptor, for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells.

D–A–D–π–D–A–D type diketopyrrolopyrrole based small molecule electron donors for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (25) ◽  
pp. 16950-16957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuvraj Patil ◽  
Rajneesh Misra ◽  
Abhishek Sharma ◽  
Ganesh D. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Small Molecules ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Bulk Heterojunction ◽  
Electron Donors

Two organic small molecules based on diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) units having a D–A–D–π–D–A–D structure denoted as DPP-DPP and DPPTDPP were synthesized.

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