Highly Efficient Benzo-Furan-Based Electron Acceptor Derived from One-Pot Synthesis for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

P. Nagarjuna; Anirban Bagui; Ravulakollu Srinivasa Rao; Vinay Gupta; Surya Prakash Singh

doi:10.1021/acsaem.8b01064

Highly Efficient Benzo-Furan-Based Electron Acceptor Derived from One-Pot Synthesis for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

P. Nagarjuna
, Anirban Bagui
, Ravulakollu Srinivasa Rao
, Vinay Gupta
, Surya Prakash Singh

Physics

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Abstract

A new benzofuran-derived fulleropyrrolidine derivative denoted as FB-C₆₀ is synthesized by Prato single step synthetic protocol and successfully utilized as an electron acceptor in the bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs). The molecule possesses significant optoelectronic and redox properties, which are compatible with popular polymer donors. The OSCs constructed from PTB7/FB-C₆₀ blends yielded a highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.1%. The champion device that was fabricated from PTB7-Th/FB-C₆₀ bulk-composite film demonstrated a PCE of 9.6%, open circuit voltage of 0.83 V, series resistance of 3.3 Ω·cm^-2 and 75.1% of external quantum efficiency at 640 nm wavelength. A promising electron mobility of 1.2 × 10^-3 cm² V^-1 s^-1 of FB-C₆₀ is observed in the fabricated device. FB-C₆₀ shows the potential to positively replace the conventional PCBM to fabricate "cost-effective" high-performance OSCs.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	1019-1025
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01064
State	Published - 25 Feb 2019

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benzofuran-based electron acceptor
bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells
electron mobility
high efficiency
one-pot synthesis

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