Branched Electron-Donor Core Effect in D-π-A Star-Shaped Small Molecules on Their Properties and Performance in Single-Component and Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells †

Alexander N. Solodukhin, Yuriy N. Luponosov, Artur L. Mannanov, Petr S. Savchenko, Artem V. Bakirov, Maxim A. Shcherbina, Sergei N. Chvalun, Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk and Sergey A. Ponomarenko
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Alexander N. Solodukhin: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Yuriy N. Luponosov: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Artur L. Mannanov: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Petr S. Savchenko: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Artem V. Bakirov: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Maxim A. Shcherbina: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Sergei N. Chvalun: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia
Sergey A. Ponomarenko: Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St. 70, 117393 Moscow, Russia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: Star-shaped donor-acceptor molecules are full of promise for organic photovoltaics and electronics. However, the effect of the branching core on physicochemical properties, charge transport and photovoltaic performance of such donor-acceptor materials in single-component (SC) and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells has not been thoroughly addressed. This work shows the comprehensive investigation of six star-shaped donor-acceptor molecules with terminal hexyldicyanovinyl blocks linked through 2,2′-bithiophene π-conjugated bridge to different electron-donating cores such as the pristine and fused triphenylamine, tris (2-methoxyphenyl)amine, carbazole- and benzotriindole-based units. Variation of the branching core strongly impacts on such important properties as the solubility, highest occupied molecular orbital energy, optical absorption, phase behavior, molecular packing and also on the charge-carrier mobility. The performance of SC or BHJ organic solar cells are comprehensively studied and compared. The results obtained provide insight on how to predict and fine-tune photovoltaic performance as well as properties of donor-acceptor star-shaped molecules for organic solar cells.

Keywords: donor-acceptor small molecules; star-shaped molecules; triphenylamine; carbazole; benzotriindole; single-component organic solar cells; bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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