Issue 101, 2014

A diketopyrrolopyrrole and benzothiadiazole based small molecule electron acceptor: design, synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties

Abstract

A novel solution-processable electron acceptor based on diketopyrrolopyrrole and benzothiadiazole building blocks was designed and synthesized, which exhibited excellent solubility and thermal stability, and afforded 1.16% power conversion efficiency with high open-circuit voltage (1.08 V) when tested with the classical poly(3-hexylthiophene) electron donor in bulk-heterojunction solar cells. The open-circuit voltage reported here (∼1.1 V) is among the highest values for a single bulk-heterojunction device.

Graphical abstract: A diketopyrrolopyrrole and benzothiadiazole based small molecule electron acceptor: design, synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Sep 2014
Accepted
30 Oct 2014
First published
30 Oct 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 57635-57638

Author version available

A diketopyrrolopyrrole and benzothiadiazole based small molecule electron acceptor: design, synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties

A. M. Raynor, A. Gupta, H. Patil, A. Bilic and S. V. Bhosale, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 57635 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA09668A

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