Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 3, Issue 25, Pages 13568-13576Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta02728d
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21172187, 51403178, 51273168, 21202139, 91233112]
- Hunan Natural Science Foundation [12JJ7002, 12JJ8001]
- National Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices [2014-skllmd-10]
- Research Foundation of Education Bureau of Hunan Province [13A102, 14C1099]
- Hunan Postgraduate Science Foundation for Innovation [CX2014B257, CX2013B268]
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Isomeric star-shaped molecules of TPA(T-BT-3Cz)(3) and TPA(BT-T-3Cz)(3) with different moiety sequences in their arms based on the triphenylamine (TPA) core were designed and synthesized in order to study the influence of inserting thiophene (T) units in their arms and the effects of their positions on the photophysical and photovoltaic properties of their molecules. For comparison, parent molecules of TPA(BT-3Cz)(3) were also prepared with three arms containing 4,7-benzothiadiazole (BT) and 3-carbazolyl (3Cz) units. After the thiophene unit was inserted, the molecular planarity, absorption spectra and hole mobility improved significantly in the resulting TPA(BT-T-3Cz)(3) and TPA(T-BT-T-3Cz)(3). However, only TPA(BT- 3Cz)(3) exhibited improved photovoltaic properties in contrast to TPA(BT-3Cz)(3) in the solutionprocessable solar cells with a device structure of ITO/PEDOT: PSS/SMs:PC71BM/Ca/Al. A maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 5.07% with a short-circuit current density (J(sc)) of 10.08 mA cm(-2), an open circuit voltage (V-oc) of 0.90 V and a fill factor (FF) of 54.05% was obtained in the TPA(BT-T-3Cz)(3)-based solar cells. To the best of our knowledge, this PCE is one of the highest PCE values for star shaped molecules with the TPA core in organic solar cells. Our work further indicates that the PCE and J(sc) values of organic solar cells with TPA-based star-shaped molecules can be increased by inserting T units and tuning the moiety sequence of their arms.
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