Materials Today Energy, volume 22, pages 100863
Effect of oligothiophene π-bridge length in D-π-A star-shaped small molecules on properties and photovoltaic performance in single-component and bulk heterojunction organic solar cells and photodetectors
Solodukhin Alexander N
,
Solodukhin Alexander S.
1
,
Mannanov Artur L.
2, 3
,
Savchenko Petr S
1
,
Raul Benedito A L
4
,
Peregudova Svetlana M.
5, 6
,
Surin Nikolay M.
,
Surin Nikolay M.
1
,
Bakirov A. V.
6, 7
,
Shcherbina Maria
3, 8
,
Shcherbina Maxim A
,
Chvalun S. N.
6, 7
,
Chvalun Sergei N.
,
Paraschuk Dmitry Yu.
2, 3
,
Paraschuk Dmitry Yu
,
2
4
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen,Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2021-12-01
Journal:
Materials Today Energy
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ISSN: 24686069
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Abstract
Donor-acceptor molecules with thiophene fragments as the π-bridge represent a promising class of materials for organic photovoltaics especially in single-component (SC) organic solar cells (OSCs) and other related applications. However, the effect of the oligothiophene π-bridge length on physicochemical properties, photophysics, charge transport, and photovoltaic performance of these materials has not been thoroughly addressed. Here, we report on the synthesis and comprehensive investigation of the series of star-shaped donor-acceptor molecules ( 0T – 4T ) with triphenylamine as a donor core linked through an oligothiophene π-bridge of variable length to the terminal hexyl-dicyanovinyl electron-withdrawing groups. We found that variation of the π-bridge length from 0 to 4 thiophene units strongly impacts their properties such as the solubility, highest occupied molecular orbital energy, optical absorption and photophysics, film morphology, phase behavior, and molecular packing as well as the charge carrier mobility . The performance of the SC and bulk heterojunction OSCs and photodetectors is comprehensively studied and compared. The results obtained provide insight into how to fine-tune and predict properties and photovoltaic performance of small molecules for organic solar cells and photodetectors. • A series of star-shaped molecules with various oligothiophene π-bridge length (0T–4T) is synthesized and characterized. • The π-bridge length impacts solubility, photophysics, bandgap, crystallinity, charge carrier mobility, and OSC perfomance. • 1T–4T films show relatively balanced ambipolar charge transport and work in organic solar cells with high V oc (up to 1.14 eV). • PCE of single-component OSCs increases with elongation of the π-bridge from 0.06% to the remarkable 1.1%. • Free charges result from dissociation of charge-transfer excitons, and charge generation follows Onsager’s model.
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Luponosov Y. N. et al. Effect of oligothiophene π-bridge length in D-π-A star-shaped small molecules on properties and photovoltaic performance in single-component and bulk heterojunction organic solar cells and photodetectors // Materials Today Energy. 2021. Vol. 22. p. 100863.
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Luponosov Y. N., Solodukhin A. N., Solodukhin A. S., Mannanov A. L., Savchenko P. S., Raul B. A. L., Peregudova S. M., Surin N. M., Surin N. M., Bakirov A. V., Shcherbina M. A., Shcherbina M., Chvalun S. N., Chvalun S. N., Pshenichnikov M. S., Paraschuk D. Yu., Paraschuk D. Y., Ponomarenko S. A. Effect of oligothiophene π-bridge length in D-π-A star-shaped small molecules on properties and photovoltaic performance in single-component and bulk heterojunction organic solar cells and photodetectors // Materials Today Energy. 2021. Vol. 22. p. 100863.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.mtener.2021.100863
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.mtener.2021.100863
TI - Effect of oligothiophene π-bridge length in D-π-A star-shaped small molecules on properties and photovoltaic performance in single-component and bulk heterojunction organic solar cells and photodetectors
T2 - Materials Today Energy
AU - Luponosov, Yuriy N.
AU - Solodukhin, Alexander N
AU - Mannanov, Artur L.
AU - Savchenko, Petr S
AU - Raul, Benedito A L
AU - Peregudova, Svetlana M.
AU - Surin, Nikolay M.
AU - Bakirov, A. V.
AU - Shcherbina, Maxim A
AU - Chvalun, Sergei N.
AU - Pshenichnikov, Maxim S.
AU - Paraschuk, Dmitry Yu
AU - Ponomarenko, Sergey A.
AU - Solodukhin, Alexander S.
AU - Surin, Nikolay M.
AU - Shcherbina, Maria
AU - Chvalun, S. N.
AU - Paraschuk, Dmitry Yu.
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/12/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 100863
VL - 22
SN - 2468-6069
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@article{2021_Luponosov,
author = {Yuriy N. Luponosov and Alexander N Solodukhin and Artur L. Mannanov and Petr S Savchenko and Benedito A L Raul and Svetlana M. Peregudova and Nikolay M. Surin and A. V. Bakirov and Maxim A Shcherbina and Sergei N. Chvalun and Maxim S. Pshenichnikov and Dmitry Yu Paraschuk and Sergey A. Ponomarenko and Alexander S. Solodukhin and Nikolay M. Surin and Maria Shcherbina and S. N. Chvalun and Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk},
title = {Effect of oligothiophene π-bridge length in D-π-A star-shaped small molecules on properties and photovoltaic performance in single-component and bulk heterojunction organic solar cells and photodetectors},
journal = {Materials Today Energy},
year = {2021},
volume = {22},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {dec},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.mtener.2021.100863},
pages = {100863},
doi = {10.1016/j.mtener.2021.100863}
}