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- Ans, Muhammad, et al.
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Designing of non-fullerene 3D star-shaped acceptors for organic solar cells
- 2019
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In: Journal of Molecular Modeling. - : Springer. - 1610-2940 .- 0948-5023. ; 25:5
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The design and fabrication of solar cells have recently witnessed the exploration of non-fullerene-based acceptor molecules for higher efficiency. In this study, the optical and electronic properties of four new three-dimensional (3D) star-shaped acceptor molecules (M1, M2, M3, and M4) are evaluated for use as acceptor molecules in organic solar cells. These molecules contain a triphenylamine donor core with diketopyrrolopyrrole acceptor arms linked via a thiophene bridge unit. Molecules M1–M4 are characterized by different end-capped acceptor moieties, including 2-(5-methylene-6-oxo-5,6-dihydrocyclopenta-b-thiophen-4-ylidene)malononitrile (M1), 2-(2-methylene-3-oxo-2,3-dihydroinden-1-ylidene)malononitrile (M2), 2-(5-methyl-2-methylene-3-oxo-2,3-dihydroinden-1-ylidene)malononitrile (M3), and 3-methyl-5-methylnene-thioxothiazolidin-4-one (M4). The properties of the newly designed molecules were compared with a well-known reference compound R, which was recently reported as an excellent acceptor molecule for organic solar cells. Molecules M1–M4 exhibit suitable frontier molecular orbital patterns for charge mobility. M2 shows maximum absorption (λmax) at 846.8 nm in dichloromethane solvent, which is ideal for the design of transparent solar cells. A strong electron withdrawing end-capped acceptor causes a red shift in absorption spectra. All molecules are excellent for hole mobility due to a lower value of λh compared to the reference R.
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- Ans, Muhammad, et al.
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Opto-electronic properties of non-fullerene fused-undecacyclic electron acceptors for organic solar cells
- 2019
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In: Computational materials science. - : Elsevier. - 0927-0256 .- 1879-0801. ; 159, s. 150-159
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Due to limitations of fullerene based acceptor molecules for solar cell applications, research is recently diverted to explore non-fullerene acceptor molecules. In this regard, four new A-D-A type fused ring electron acceptor molecules (M1, M2, M3 and M4) are evaluated for their opto-electronic properties for transparent organic solar cells. These molecules contain strong electron donor undecacyclic linked with four different acceptor moieties, 2-(3-ethly-5-methylene-4-oxothiazolidin-2-yluidene)malononitrile (M1), 2-(5,6-dicyano-2-methylene-3-oxo -2,3-dihydroindene-1-ylidene)malononitrile (M2), 2-(5-methylene-6-oxo-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopenta-thiophene-4(5H)-ylidene)malononitrile (M3), and 3-ethyl-5-methylene-2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one (M4). The electronic and optical properties of these molecules are compared with the reference molecule R, which is recently reported as excellent non-fullerene based acceptor molecule. Among all molecules, M2 exhibits the maximum red shift where absorption appears 893.5 nm with B3LYP/6-31 + + G(d,p) level of theory due to highly extended conjugation between electron withdrawing end-capped acceptor moieties. The calculated Open circuit voltage (V-oc) of reference molecule R is 1.78 eV with donor polymer PTB7-Th while molecule M2 exhibits the V-oc value of 1.86 eV.
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