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  • Accepted Manuscript: Electron Acceptors Based on α-Substituted Perylene Diimide (PDI) for Organic Solar Cells

Title: Electron Acceptors Based on α-Substituted Perylene Diimide (PDI) for Organic Solar Cells

The ortho-position functionalized perylene diimide derivatives (αPPID, αPBDT) were synthesized and used as the electron acceptors in nonfullerene organic photovoltaics. Due to the good planarity of ortho-position functionalized PDI, the αPPID and αPBDT show strong tendency to form aggregate because of their enhanced intermolecular pie-pie interaction. Moreover, they maintain the pure domains and the same packing order as in the pure film if they are blended with PBT7-TH and the SCLC measurement also shows the high electron mobility. The inverted OPVs employing αPDI-based compounds as acceptor and PBT7-TH as the donor give the highest PCE of 4.92 % for αPBDT based device and 3.61 % for αPPID based device, which is 39 % and 4 % higher than that for their counterpart βPBDT and βPPID. The charge separation study shows the more efficient exciton dissociation at interfaces between PDI based compounds and PBT7-TH. In conclusion, the results suggest that compared to beta-substituted ones, alpha-substituted PDI derivatives are more promising electron acceptors for OPV.
Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). James Franck Inst., Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Inst. for Molecular Engineering
Publication Date:
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; SC0001059; DMR-1263006; KC020301
Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemistry of Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Research Org:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 14 SOLAR ENERGY
OSTI Identifier:
1245464
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