Synthesis of mono- and bisadducts of thieno-o-quinodimethane with C60 for efficient polymer solar cells

Congyun Zhang; Shan Chen; Zuo Xiao; Qiqun Zuo; Liming Ding

doi:10.1021/ol3002392

Synthesis of mono- and bisadducts of thieno-o-quinodimethane with C60 for efficient polymer solar cells

Org Lett. 2012 Mar 16;14(6):1508-11. doi: 10.1021/ol3002392. Epub 2012 Feb 24.

Authors

Congyun Zhang¹, Shan Chen, Zuo Xiao, Qiqun Zuo, Liming Ding

Affiliation

¹ National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.

PMID: 22360793
DOI: 10.1021/ol3002392

Abstract

A series of mono- and bisadducts of thieno-o-quinodimethane with C(60) (TOQC) was efficiently prepared through the Diels-Alder reaction of pristine or solubilizing side-chain-substituted 2,3-bis(chloromethyl)thiophene with C(60). The pristine TOQC bisadduct (bis-TOQC) shows much higher performance than the side-chain-substituted TOQC bisadducts in polymer solar cells, while the situation is inverse for the TOQC monoadducts. The best power conversion efficiency of 5.1% was achieved from the bis-TOQC:P3HT solar cells under simulated AM1.5G irradiation (86 mW/cm(2)).