Development of novel naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene and thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione based small molecules for bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

Sushil S. Bagde; Hanok Park; Jang Gun Han; Yinji Li; Rohan B. Ambade; Swapnil B. Ambade; Byeong Cheol Kim; Soo Hyoung Lee

doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.10.007

Development of novel naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene and thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione based small molecules for bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

Sushil S. Bagde
, Hanok Park
, Jang Gun Han
, Yinji Li
, Rohan B. Ambade
, Swapnil B. Ambade
, Byeong Cheol Kim
, Soo Hyoung Lee^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Division of Chemical Engineering

Jeonbuk National University
Dason Co., Ltd.

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Abstract

Two new small molecules, composed of naphthodithiophene (NDT) donor core and thienopyrroledione (TPD) group acceptor group end-capped with and without an alkyl-bithiophene, defined as NDT(TPD)₂ and NDT(TPDTT)₂ were designed and synthesized by stille coupling reactions. The thermal and electrochemical analyses carried out for both the small molecules revealed good thermal stability along with high decomposition temperature (>350 °C). NDT(TPD)₂ showed a deep HOMO level (−5.38 eV), compared to slightly upshifted HOMO (−5.26 eV) of NDT(TPDTT)₂. While X-ray diffractometry suggests crystalline and amorphous nature of NDT(TPD)₂ and NDT(TPDTT)₂ respectively, the space charge limited current analysis revealed high hole mobility in the former and appreciable charge balance in the later. The conventional organic solar cell (OSC) devices fabricated using NDT(TPD)₂ and NDT(TPDTT)₂ as donor show power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 0.26% and 0.8% respectively. While NDT(TPDTT)₂ device after blending with additive, owing to the improved D-A heterojunction yielded maximum PCE of 1.31% resulting from enhanced J_sc 3.32 mA/cm², V_oc 0.75 V and FF of 52.44.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-125
Number of pages	9
Journal	Dyes and Pigments
Volume	137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.10.007
State	Published - 2017.02.1

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Organic solar cell
Small molecule
Solution-processed

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Engineering - Petroleum
Engineering - Chemical

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Development of novel naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene and thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione based small molecules for bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

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