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10 September 2019 The crucial role of end group planarity for fused-ring electron acceptors in organic solar cells (Conference Presentation)
Jeromy J. Rech, Nicole Bauer, David Dirkes, Joseph Kaplan, Huotain Zhang, Zhengxing Peng, Long Ye, Shubin Liu, Harald Ade, Feng Gao, Wei You
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Proceedings Volume 11094, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XX; 110940Y (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529500
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2019, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
Newly developed fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have proven to be an effective class of materials for extending the absorption window and boosting the efficiency of organic photovoltaics (OPVs). While numerous FREA small molecules have been developed, there is surprisingly little structural diversity among high performance FREAs in literature. For example, of the high efficiency electron acceptors reported, the vast majority utilize derivatives of 2-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydroinden-1-ylidene)malononitrile (INCN) as the acceptor moiety. It has been postulated that the high electron mobility exhibited by FREA molecules with INCN end groups is a result of close π-π stacking between the neighboring planar INCN groups, forming an effective charge transport pathway between molecules. To explore this as a design rationale for electron acceptors, we synthesized a new fused-ring electron acceptor, IDTCF, which has methyl substituents out of plane to the conjugated acceptor backbone. These methyl groups hinder packing and expand the π-π stacking distance by ~ 1 Å, but this change doesn’t affect the optical or electrochemical properties of the individual acceptor molecule. Overall, our results show that intermolecular interactions (especially π-π stacking between end groups) play a crucial role in performance of FREAs. We demonstrated that the planarity of the acceptor unit is of paramount importance as even minor deviations in end group distance are enough to disrupt crystallinity and cripple device performance.
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Jeromy J. Rech, Nicole Bauer, David Dirkes, Joseph Kaplan, Huotain Zhang, Zhengxing Peng, Long Ye, Shubin Liu, Harald Ade, Feng Gao, and Wei You "The crucial role of end group planarity for fused-ring electron acceptors in organic solar cells (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 11094, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XX, 110940Y (10 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529500
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