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Title: Ring-fusion as a perylenediimide dimer design concept for high-performance non-fullerene organic photovoltaic acceptors

Abstract

Here, a series of perylenediimide (PDI) dimers are evaluated as acceptors for organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells.

Authors:
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  1. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
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Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1387517
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001059
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemical Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 6; Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; catalysis (homogeneous); catalysis (heterogeneous); solar (photovoltaic); solar (fuels); photosynthesis (natural and artificial); bio-inspired; hydrogen and fuel cells; electrodes - solar; defects; charge transport; spin dynamics; membrane; materials and chemistry by design; optics; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly)

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Hartnett, Patrick E., Matte, H. S. S. Ramakrishna, Eastham, Nicholas D., Jackson, Nicholas E., Wu, Yilei, Chen, Lin X., Ratner, Mark A., Chang, Robert P. H., Hersam, Mark C., Wasielewski, Michael R., and Marks, Tobin J.. Ring-fusion as a perylenediimide dimer design concept for high-performance non-fullerene organic photovoltaic acceptors. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1039/C5SC04956C.
Hartnett, Patrick E., Matte, H. S. S. Ramakrishna, Eastham, Nicholas D., Jackson, Nicholas E., Wu, Yilei, Chen, Lin X., Ratner, Mark A., Chang, Robert P. H., Hersam, Mark C., Wasielewski, Michael R., & Marks, Tobin J.. Ring-fusion as a perylenediimide dimer design concept for high-performance non-fullerene organic photovoltaic acceptors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC04956C
Hartnett, Patrick E., Matte, H. S. S. Ramakrishna, Eastham, Nicholas D., Jackson, Nicholas E., Wu, Yilei, Chen, Lin X., Ratner, Mark A., Chang, Robert P. H., Hersam, Mark C., Wasielewski, Michael R., and Marks, Tobin J.. Tue . "Ring-fusion as a perylenediimide dimer design concept for high-performance non-fullerene organic photovoltaic acceptors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC04956C. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1387517.
@article{osti_1387517,
title = {Ring-fusion as a perylenediimide dimer design concept for high-performance non-fullerene organic photovoltaic acceptors},
author = {Hartnett, Patrick E. and Matte, H. S. S. Ramakrishna and Eastham, Nicholas D. and Jackson, Nicholas E. and Wu, Yilei and Chen, Lin X. and Ratner, Mark A. and Chang, Robert P. H. and Hersam, Mark C. and Wasielewski, Michael R. and Marks, Tobin J.},
abstractNote = {Here, a series of perylenediimide (PDI) dimers are evaluated as acceptors for organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells.},
doi = {10.1039/C5SC04956C},
journal = {Chemical Science},
number = 6,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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Isomeric N-Annulated Perylene Diimide Dimers for Organic Solar Cells
journal, March 2018

  • Ma, Zetong; Fu, Huiting; Meng, Dong
  • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 8
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Physicochemical Studies on Nafion® Modified ZnO Interlayers for Enhanced Electron Transport in the Inverted Polymer Solar Cells
journal, September 2018


Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Non-Fullerene Acceptors
journal, July 2017


Perylene derivatives for solar cells and energy harvesting: a review of materials, challenges and advances
journal, August 2019

  • Macedo, Andreia Gerniski; Christopholi, Leticia Patricio; Gavim, Anderson E. X.
  • Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Vol. 30, Issue 17
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11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor
journal, December 2016

  • Bin, Haijun; Gao, Liang; Zhang, Zhi-Guo
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 7, Issue 1
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Modulation of the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells via architectural variation of a promising non-fullerene acceptor
journal, January 2018

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Catalyst-free one-step synthesis of ortho-tetraaryl perylene diimides for efficient OPV non-fullerene acceptors
journal, January 2017

  • Li, Xiangchun; Wang, Hengbin; Schneider, Julia A.
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 5, Issue 11
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Organic electronics by design: the power of minor atomic and structural changes
journal, January 2018

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  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 14
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Seleno twisted benzodiperylenediimides: facile synthesis and excellent electron acceptors for additive-free organic solar cells
journal, January 2019

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  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 5
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Concentration-dependent photophysical switching in mixed self-assembled monolayers of pentacene and perylenediimide on gold nanoclusters
journal, January 2018

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  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 20, Issue 13
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N -Annulated perylene diimide derivatives as non-fullerene acceptors for solution-processed solar cells with an open-circuit voltage of up to 1.14 V
journal, January 2018

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  • New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 18
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Defying strain in the synthesis of an electroactive bilayer helicene
journal, January 2019

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  • Chemical Science, Vol. 10, Issue 4
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Effects of conjugated bridges on the photovoltaic properties of ortho -functionalized perylene diimides for non-fullerene polymer solar cells
journal, January 2018

  • Wu, Jiazun; Li, Xiangchun; Liu, Xiaodong
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 48
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Double-caged fullerene acceptors: effect of alkyl chain length on photovoltaic performance
journal, January 2019

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  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 11
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Design of organic small molecules for photovoltaic application with high open-circuit voltage ( V oc )
journal, January 2019

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  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 9
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Trisulfur radical anion-triggered stitching thienannulation: rapid access to largely π-extended thienoacenes
journal, January 2020

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  • Chemical Science, Vol. 11, Issue 6
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Electronic and optical properties of π-bridged perylenediimide derivatives: the role of π-bridges
journal, January 2019

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  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 20
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Fusion or non-fusion of quasi-two-dimensional fused perylene diimide acceptors: the importance of molecular geometry for fullerene-free organic solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Yin, Yuli; Zheng, Zhi; Chen, Daoyuan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 48
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Simply planarizing nonfused perylene diimide based acceptors toward promising non-fullerene solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Bian, Gao-Feng; Zhao, Feng; Lau, Tsz-Ki
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 26
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9tc02013f

Ring fusion attenuates the device performance: star-shaped long helical perylene diimide based non-fullerene acceptors
journal, January 2019

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Novel perylene diimide acceptor for nonfullerene organic solar cells
journal, May 2019


Electron Delocalization in Perylene Diimide Helicenes
journal, September 2016

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Triplet Tellurophene-Based Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells
journal, January 2018


Synthetic Applications of Oxidative Aromatic Coupling : From Biphenols to Nanographenes
other, January 2019

  • Grzybowski, Marek; Sadowski, Bartłomiej; Butenschön, Holger
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Syntheseanwendungen der oxidativen aromatischen Kupplung – von Biphenolen zu Nanographenen
text, January 2019