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Polymer solar cells with an inverted device configuration using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-[60] fullerene dyad as a novel electron acceptor
Science China Chemistry
  • Wen-Bin Zhang
  • YingFeng Tu
  • Hao-Jan Sun
  • Kan Yue
  • Xiong Gong, The University of Akron
  • Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The University Of Akron
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-16-2012
Abstract

A polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-[60]fullerene (POSS-C60) dyad was designed and used as a novel electron acceptor for bulk heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells (PSCs) with an inverted device configuration. The studies of time-resolved photoinduced absorption of the pristine thin film of poly[(4,4′-bis(2-ethylhexyl)dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]silole)-2,6-diyl-alt-(4,7-bis (2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)-5,5′-diyl] (SiPCPDTBT) and the composite thin film of SiPCPDTBT:POSS-C60 indicated efficient electron transfer from SiPCPDTBT to POSS-C60 with inhibited back-transfer. BHJ PSCs made by SiPCPDTBT mixed with POSS-C60 yielded the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 1.50%. Under the same operational conditions, PCEs observed from BHJ PSCs made by SiPCPDTBT mixed with [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester were 0.92%. These results demonstrated that POSS-C60 is a potentially good electron acceptor for inverted BHJ PSCs.

Citation Information
Wen-Bin Zhang, YingFeng Tu, Hao-Jan Sun, Kan Yue, et al.. "Polymer solar cells with an inverted device configuration using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-[60] fullerene dyad as a novel electron acceptor" Science China Chemistry Vol. 55 Iss. 5 (2012) p. 749 - 754
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiong_gong/106/