Marked Alkyl- vs Alkenyl-Substitutent Effects on Squaraine Dye Solid-State Structure, Carrier Mobility, and Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cell Efficiency

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作者
Bagnis, Diego [2 ,3 ,5 ]
Beverina, Luca [1 ]
Huang, Hui [2 ,3 ]
Silvestri, Fabio [1 ]
Yao, Yan [4 ]
Yan, Henry [4 ]
Pagani, Giorgio A. [1 ]
Marks, Tobin J. [2 ,3 ]
Facchetti, Antonio [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Milano Bicocca, Dept Mat Sci, I-20125 Milan, Italy
[2] Northwestern Univ, Dept Chem, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[3] Northwestern Univ, Argonne NW Solar Energy Res Ctr, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[4] Polyera Corp, Skokie, IL 60077 USA
[5] Univ Perugia, NIPLAB INSTM, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, I-05100 Terni, Italy
关键词
POLYMER; PHOTOVOLTAICS; MOLECULE;
D O I
10.1021/ja100520q
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
We report two new squaraine dyes substituted at the pyrrolic rings with n-hexyl (squaraine 1) or n-hexenyl (squaraine 2) chains. Although internal molecular structure variations are minimal, the presence of the terminal double bond results in a much more compact solid-state structure, dramatically affecting charge transport in the thin films; the hole mobility of 2 is similar to 5x that of 1, and the BHJ OPV power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2 is similar to 2x that of 1. PCEs surpassing 2% for ambient solution-processed devices are demonstrated, the largest so far achieved for squaraine-based organic solar cells.
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