Fluorous Fullerene Acceptors in Vacuum-Deposited Photovoltaic Cells

Reeves, Brian J.; Brook, Colin; Gerdes, Olga; Deng, Shihu; Yuan, Qinqin; Wang, Xuebin; Strauss, Steven H.; Boltalina, Olga V.; Walzer, Karsten

doi:10.1002/solr.201900070

Title: Fluorous Fullerene Acceptors in Vacuum-Deposited Photovoltaic Cells

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Solar RRL

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.201900070· OSTI ID:1634213

Reeves, Brian J. ^[1]; Brook, Colin ^[1]; Gerdes, Olga ^[2]; Deng, Shihu ^[3]; Yuan, Qinqin ^[4]; Wang, Xuebin ^[3]; Strauss, Steven H. ^[1]; Boltalina, Olga V. ^[1]; Walzer, Karsten ^[2]

Colorado State University
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BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

For the first time, a series of fluorous fullerene acceptors with experimental gas-phase electron affinities ranging from 2.8 to 3.3 eV were paired with the new dicyanovinyl thiophene-based molecular donor to study organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs). Direct comparison of their performance in planar and bulk heterojunction architectures in the cells fabricated by vacuum deposition provided unprecedented insights into the role of the acceptor intrinsic molecular and electronic structures, which are not obscured by solvent and additive effects as in the typical solution-processed fullerene-based OPVs.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1634213

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-141960

Journal Information:: Solar RRL, Vol. 3, Issue 7

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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