D-A-D-A-D push pull organic small molecules based on 5,10-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]indole (DINI) central core donor for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells
2016
Abstract Two D-A-D-A-D small molecules based on same 5,10-dihydroindolo [3,2-b]indole central donor core and different benzothiadiazole (BT) and fluorine substituted BT (FBT) acceptor units, denoted as p-DINI-(BTTh 3 ) 2 ( 1 ) and p-DINI-(FBTTTh 3 ) 2 ( 2 ), respectively were synthesized and their optical and electrochemical properties were investigated. These molecules were applied as donor along with PC 71 BM as electron acceptor for the fabrication of solution processed bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. The solar cells prepared from the optimized active blended layer (1:2) cast from dichlorobenzene (DCB) showed overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.02% and 2.70% for 1 and 2 , respectively as donor. The higher PCE of 2 as compared to 1 is attributed to the higher hole mobility and broader IPCE spectra. In order to improve the PCE we have employed a two step treatment of active layer i.e. solvent vapor annealing after thermal annealing (SVA-TA) and the PCE has been enhanced up to 4.14% and 5.27% for optimized 1 :PC 71 BM and 2 :PC 71 BM active layers, respectively. The improvement in the PCE has been resulted from the improvement in the balanced charge transport and better crystallinity of the donor in the blended active layer.
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