摘要
Non-fullerene organic acceptors have attracted increasing attention in recent years. One of the challenges in the synthesis of non-fullerene organic acceptors is to tune the absorption spectrum and molecular frontier orbitals, affording low bandgap molecules with improved absorption of the near-infrared solar photons. In this paper, we present the synthesis, optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties of a series of dimeric perylene diimide(PDI) based non-fullerene acceptors. These PDI dimers are bridged by oligothiophene(T) from 1T to 6T. With the increase of the oligothienyl size, the highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO) energy is raised from ?5.65 to ?5.10 e V, while that of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit(LUMO) is kept constant at ?3.84 e V, affording narrow bandgap from 1.81 to 1.26 e V. The absorption from the oligothiophene occurs between 350 and 500 nm, which is complementary to that from its bridged PDI units, leading to a wide spectral coverage from 350 to 850 nm. The optimal dihedral angle between the bridged two perylene planes is dependent on the oligothienyl size, varying from 5° to 30°. The solubility of the dimers depends on the oligothienyl size and can be tuned by the alkyl chains on the bridged thienyl units. The possible applications as the solution-processable non-fullerene organic acceptor is primarily studied using commercial P3 HT as the blend donor. The photovoltaic results indicate that 1T, 4T and 6T all yield a higher efficiency of ?1.2%, whereas 2T, 3T and 5T all give a lower efficiency of <0.5%. The difference in the cell performance is related with the tradeoff between the differences of absorption, HOMO level and film-morphology between these dimers.
Non-fullerene organic acceptors have attracted increasing attention in recent years. One of the challenges in the synthesis of non-fullerene organic acceptors is to tune the absorption spectrum and molecular frontier orbitals, affording low bandgap molecules with improved absorption of the near-infrared solar photons. In this paper, we present the synthesis, optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties of a series of dimeric perylene diimide（PDI） based non-fullerene acceptors. These PDI dimers are bridged by oligothiophene（T） from 1T to 6T. With the increase of the oligothienyl size, the highest occupied molecular orbital（HOMO） energy is raised from ？5.65 to ？5.10 e V, while that of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit（LUMO） is kept constant at ？3.84 e V, affording narrow bandgap from 1.81 to 1.26 e V. The absorption from the oligothiophene occurs between 350 and 500 nm, which is complementary to that from its bridged PDI units, leading to a wide spectral coverage from 350 to 850 nm. The optimal dihedral angle between the bridged two perylene planes is dependent on the oligothienyl size, varying from 5° to 30°. The solubility of the dimers depends on the oligothienyl size and can be tuned by the alkyl chains on the bridged thienyl units. The possible applications as the solution-processable non-fullerene organic acceptor is primarily studied using commercial P3 HT as the blend donor. The photovoltaic results indicate that 1T, 4T and 6T all yield a higher efficiency of ？1.2%, whereas 2T, 3T and 5T all give a lower efficiency of 〈0.5%. The difference in the cell performance is related with the tradeoff between the differences of absorption, HOMO level and film-morphology between these dimers.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21327805
91227112
91433202
21221002)
Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB12010200)
Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2011CB808400
2013CB933503
2012YQ120060)
