Issue 15, 2023

Easy and fast prediction of green solvents for small molecule donor-based organic solar cells through machine learning

Abstract

Solubility plays a critical role in many aspects of research (drugs to materials). Solubility parameters are very useful for selecting appropriate solvents/non-solvents for various applications. In the present study, Hansen solubility parameters are predicted using machine learning. More than 40 machine models are tried in the search for the best model. Molecular descriptors and fingerprints are used as inputs to get a comparative view. Machine learning models trained using molecular descriptors have shown higher prediction ability than the model trained using molecular fingerprints. Machine learning models trained using molecular descriptors have shown their potential to be easy and fast models compared to the density functional theory (DFT)/thermodynamic approach. Machine learning creates a “black box” connection to the properties. Therefore, minimal computational cost is required. With the help of the best-trained machine learning model, green solvents are selected for small molecule donors that are used in organic solar cells. Our introduced framework can help to select solvents for organic solar cells in an easy and fast way.

Graphical abstract: Easy and fast prediction of green solvents for small molecule donor-based organic solar cells through machine learning

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Jan 2023
Accepted
10 Mas 2023
First published
10 Mas 2023

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023,25, 10417-10426

Easy and fast prediction of green solvents for small molecule donor-based organic solar cells through machine learning

A. Mahmood, Y. Sandali and J. Wang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 10417 DOI: 10.1039/D3CP00177F

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