2016-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2016 Volume 11: Physics, Advanced/Multifunctional Materials, Composite, Quasi-crystals, Coating
| Editors: | Kongoli F, Marquis F, Lu L, Xia H, Masset P, Rokicki P |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Pages: | 180 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-56-0 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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Dithienogermole-Cored Small Molecules as Donor Materials in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Changduk Yang1;1ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Ulsan, Korea (Republic of [South] Korea);
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 460
Topic: 21
Abstract:
Two small molecule donor materials (DTGe(FBTTh2) 2 and DTGe(FBTBFu) 2) incorporating the dithienogermole (DTGe) moiety with fluorobenzothiadiazole (FBT) and bithiophene (Th2) or benzofuran (BFu) end-capping groups are synthesized and their properties as donor materials in small molecule bulk heterojunction type (BHJ) solar cells are investigated. The DTGe(FBTTh2) 2 with Th2 end groups shows outstanding solar cell characteristics with efficiencies up to 6.4% using a standard BHJ architecture and 7.3% using a ZnO optical spacer, while the BFu end-capped DTGe(FBTBFu)2 has slightly wider band gaps and yields slightly higher open circuit voltage ( VOC ) at the expense of short circuit current ( JSC ) and fill factor (FF). In this study, the DTGe-based molecules are systematically compared to the dithienosilole(DTSi)-based analogues, which are currently among the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) small molecule solar cell donor materials known. The JSC produced by the DTGe molecule is found to be similar to, or slightly higher than the Si analogue, despite similar absorption characteristics, however, the PCE is similar to the Si analogues due to small decreases in VOC and FF. This report marks the first small molecule BHJ based on a Ge-containing heterocycle with PCE over 7%.