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Monodispersed vs. polydispersed systems for bulk heterojunction solar cells: The case of dithienopyrrole/anthracene based materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry, ISSN: 0959-9428, Vol: 22, Issue: 37, Page: 19752-19760
2012
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Article Description

The article reports on the properties of a new class of arylene-ethynylene semiconductors incorporating anthracene and the bridged bithiophene dithienopyrrole. Two monodispersed structures were synthesised: the first with a dithienopyrrole core bound to two anthracenyl-ethynyl side groups namely the 2,6-bis(anthracen-9-ylethynyl)-4-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-dithieno[3,2-b:2′, 3′-d]pyrrole (ADA); in the second structure the anthracene core was functionalised with two dithienopyrrolylethynyl groups, obtaining 9,10-bis((4-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrol-2-yl) ethynyl)anthracene (DAD). The properties of these materials were compared with those of the corresponding polymer: poly[4-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-dithieno[3,2-b: 2′,3′-d]pyrrole-2,6-diylethynylene-anthracen-9,10-diylethynylene] (polyAD). Devices employing PC BM as an electron acceptor revealed that the monodispersed materials (ADA and DAD) were better performing than polyAD, seemingly due to the better homogeneity of the donor-acceptor blend, as revealed by AFM. The PCE value (1.3%) obtained with DAD ranks among the highest reported for non-polymeric small molecule-based BHJ solar cells constructed without the use of additives or annealing processes, thus demonstrating that ethynylene-containing electron-rich systems are promising donors for organic solar cell applications. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Bibliographic Details

Roberto Grisorio; Giovanni Allegretta; Gian Paolo Suranna; Piero Mastrorilli; Anna Loiudice; Marco Mazzeo; Giuseppe Gigli; Aurora Rizzo

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Chemistry; Materials Science

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