A new star-shaped small molecule named TCNR3TTPA,with a triphenylamine(TPA)unit as the central building block and2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-3-octyl rhodanine(CNR)as the end-capped group,has been designed and synthesized...A new star-shaped small molecule named TCNR3TTPA,with a triphenylamine(TPA)unit as the central building block and2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-3-octyl rhodanine(CNR)as the end-capped group,has been designed and synthesized.TCNR3TTPA showed a deep highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)energy level( 5.60 e V)and broad absorption.The solution-processed bulk heterojunction(BHJ)solar cells based on TCNR3TTPA:PC61BM(1:1,w/w)exhibited a high open-circuit voltage(Voc)of 0.99 V,a short-circuit current density(Jsc)of 5.76 m A/cm2,and a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 2.50%under the illumination of AM 1.5 G,100 m W/cm2.The high Voc is ascribed to the strong electron-with-drawing ability of the end-capped 2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-3-octyl rhodanine group.These results demonstrated that the Voc of small-molecule organic solar cells could be increased by introducing a strong electron-withdrawing end-capped block,and that this is an effective strategy to design high-performance small molecules for organic solar cells.展开更多
A new solution-processable small-molecule donor material, named DRBDT3, comprised of oligobenzo[l,2-b:4,5-b'] dithio- phene as the backbone and 3-ethyl-rhodanine as the end-capped group has been designed and synthes...A new solution-processable small-molecule donor material, named DRBDT3, comprised of oligobenzo[l,2-b:4,5-b'] dithio- phene as the backbone and 3-ethyl-rhodanine as the end-capped group has been designed and synthesized for application in organic photovoltaic cells. The oligobenzodithiophene derivative exhibits an absorption band from 300 to 640 nm. The film of DRBDT3 shows highly long-range ordering assembly and high mobility of 1.21×10^-4 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1. The new molecule shows a deep highest-occupied molecular orbital energy level. The device based on DRBDT3 as the donor and PC71BM as the acceptor exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 4.09% with a high open-circuit voltage of 0.99 V under AM. 1.5G illumination (100 mW cm^-2).展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51173199,51211140346,61405209)the National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB643501,2010DFA52310)+1 种基金the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR2011BZ007)the Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Program(11-2-4-22-hz)
文摘A new star-shaped small molecule named TCNR3TTPA,with a triphenylamine(TPA)unit as the central building block and2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-3-octyl rhodanine(CNR)as the end-capped group,has been designed and synthesized.TCNR3TTPA showed a deep highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)energy level( 5.60 e V)and broad absorption.The solution-processed bulk heterojunction(BHJ)solar cells based on TCNR3TTPA:PC61BM(1:1,w/w)exhibited a high open-circuit voltage(Voc)of 0.99 V,a short-circuit current density(Jsc)of 5.76 m A/cm2,and a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 2.50%under the illumination of AM 1.5 G,100 m W/cm2.The high Voc is ascribed to the strong electron-with-drawing ability of the end-capped 2-(1,1-dicyanomethylene)-3-octyl rhodanine group.These results demonstrated that the Voc of small-molecule organic solar cells could be increased by introducing a strong electron-withdrawing end-capped block,and that this is an effective strategy to design high-performance small molecules for organic solar cells.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB643502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51373078)the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(IRT1257)
文摘A new solution-processable small-molecule donor material, named DRBDT3, comprised of oligobenzo[l,2-b:4,5-b'] dithio- phene as the backbone and 3-ethyl-rhodanine as the end-capped group has been designed and synthesized for application in organic photovoltaic cells. The oligobenzodithiophene derivative exhibits an absorption band from 300 to 640 nm. The film of DRBDT3 shows highly long-range ordering assembly and high mobility of 1.21×10^-4 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1. The new molecule shows a deep highest-occupied molecular orbital energy level. The device based on DRBDT3 as the donor and PC71BM as the acceptor exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 4.09% with a high open-circuit voltage of 0.99 V under AM. 1.5G illumination (100 mW cm^-2).