Novel unsymmetrical squaraine-based small molecules for organic solar cells

Chen, Yao; Wang, Gang; Yang, Lin; Wu, Jianglin; Melkonyan, Ferdinand S.; Huang, Yan; Lu, Zhiyun; Marks, Tobin J.; Facchetti, Antonio

doi:10.1039/c7tc04639a

Novel unsymmetrical squaraine-based small molecules for organic solar cells

Journal Article · 01 January 2018 · Journal of Materials Chemistry C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc04639a· OSTI ID:1470386

Chen, Yao ^[1]; Wang, Gang ^[2]; Yang, Lin ^[1]; Wu, Jianglin ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[3]; Facchetti, Antonio ^[4]

Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology (Ministry of Education); College of Chemistry; Sichuan University; Chengdu 610064; P. R. China
Department of Chemistry and the Argonne Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER); Northwestern University; Evanston; USA
Department of Chemistry and the Argonne Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER); Northwestern University; Evanston; USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Argonne Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)
Department of Chemistry and the Argonne Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER); Northwestern University; Evanston; USA; Flexterra Inc.

New unsymmetrical squaraines for organic solar cells (OSCs) are synthesized without using highly toxic reagents. OSCs based on these squaraines exhibit an impressive open-circuit voltage of 0.92 V and power conversion efficiencies approaching 5%.

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1470386

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 4; Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University; ISSN 2050-7526

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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