Issue 10, 2018

Amino-fulleropyrrolidines as electrotropic additives to enhance organic photovoltaics

Abstract

The synthesis, device fabrication, and electric poling of novel amino-functionalized fulleropyrrolidines in polymer solar cells is reported. Systematically varying the tether lengths between the fullerene cage and tertiary amines provides insight into enhanced device efficiency and stability after poling. DFT calculations in an external electric field result in alignment of molecular dipole moments, which corroborates our hypothesis that electrotropic polarization causes an increased built-in electrostatic potential difference across the device, and results in enhance performance.

Graphical abstract: Amino-fulleropyrrolidines as electrotropic additives to enhance organic photovoltaics

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Jūn. 2018
Accepted
31 Jūl. 2018
First published
08 Aug. 2018

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018,2, 2143-2147

Author version available

Amino-fulleropyrrolidines as electrotropic additives to enhance organic photovoltaics

S. Karak, Z. A. Page, S. Li, J. S. Tinkham, P. M. Lahti, V. V. Duzhko and T. Emrick, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 2143 DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00294K

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