Covalently Bound Clusters of Alpha-Substituted PDI-Rival Electron Acceptors to Fullerene for Organic Solar Cells

Qinghe Wu; Donglin Zhao; Alexander M Schneider; Wei Chen; Luping Yu

doi:10.1021/jacs.6b03562

Covalently Bound Clusters of Alpha-Substituted PDI-Rival Electron Acceptors to Fullerene for Organic Solar Cells

J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Jun 15;138(23):7248-51. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b03562. Epub 2016 Jun 1.

Authors

Qinghe Wu¹, Donglin Zhao¹, Alexander M Schneider¹, Wei Chen^{2

3}, Luping Yu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago , 929 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
² Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States.
³ Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago , 5747 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.

PMID: 27219665
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03562

Abstract

A cluster type of electron acceptor, TPB, bearing four α-perylenediimides (PDIs), was developed, in which the four PDIs form a cross-like molecular conformation while still partially conjugated with the BDT-Th core. The blend TPB:PTB7-Th films show favorable morphology and efficient charge dissociation. The inverted solar cells exhibited the highest PCE of 8.47% with the extraordinarily high Jsc values (>18 mA/cm(2)), comparable with those of the corresponding PC71BM/PTB7-Th-based solar cells.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.