Side-chain Engineering of Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene Core-structured Small Molecules for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Xinxing Yin, Qiaoshi An, Jiangsheng Yu, Fengning Guo, Yongliang Geng, Linyi Bian, Zhongsheng Xu, Baojing Zhou, Linghai Xie*, Fujun Zhang, Weihua Tang

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Abstract

Three novel small molecules have been developed by side-chain engineering on benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene (BDT) core. The typical acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) structure is adopted with 4,8-functionalized BDT moieties as core, dioctylterthiophene as π bridge and 3-ethylrhodanine as electron-withdrawing end group. Side-chain engineering on BDT core exhibits small but measurable effect on the optoelectronic properties of small molecules. Theoretical simulation and X-ray diffraction study reveal the subtle tuning of interchain distance between conjugated backbones has large effect on the charge transport and thus the photovoltaic performance of these molecules. Bulk-heterojunction solar cells fabricated with a configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/SM:PC71BM/PFN/Al exhibit a highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.99% after solvent vapor annealing.

Original languageEnglish
Article number25355
JournalScientific Reports
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

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Yin, X., An, Q., Yu, J., Guo, F., Geng, Y., Bian, L., Xu, Z., Zhou, B., Xie, L., Zhang, F., & Tang, W. (2016). Side-chain Engineering of Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene Core-structured Small Molecules for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 25355. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25355