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Triplet Excitons in Highly Efficient Solar Cells Based on the Soluble Small Molecule p‐DTS(FBTTh 2 ) 2
- Source :
- Advanced Energy Materials. 7:1602016
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2016.
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Abstract
- Triplet exciton formation in neat 7,7-(4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-silolo[3,2-b:4,5-b′] dithiophene-2,6-diyl)bis(6-fluoro-4-(5′-hexyl-[2,2′-bithiophen]-5-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole) (p-DTS(FBTTh2)2) and blends with [6,6]-Phenyl C70 butyric acid methyl ester (PC70BM), with and without the selective solvent additive 1,8-diiodooctane, is investigated by means of spin sensitive photoluminescence measurements. For all three material systems, a significant amount of long living triplet excitons is detected, situated on the p-DTS(FBTTh2)2 molecules. The characteristic zero-field splitting parameters for this state are identified to be D = 42 mT (1177 MHz) and E = 5 mT (140 MHz). However, no triplet excitons located on PC70BM are detectable. Using electrically detected spin resonance, the presence of these triplet excitons is confirmed even at room temperature, highlighting that triplet excitons form during solar cell operation and influence the photocurrent and photovoltage. Surprisingly, the superior performing blend is found to have the largest triplet population. It is concluded, that the formation of triplet excitons from charge transfer states via electron back transfer has no crucial impact on device performance in p-DTS(FBTTh2)2:PC70BM based solar cells.
- Subjects :
- Photocurrent
education.field_of_study
Materials science
Photoluminescence
Organic solar cell
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Exciton
Population
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Resonance (chemistry)
Photochemistry
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
law.invention
law
Molecule
General Materials Science
0210 nano-technology
Electron paramagnetic resonance
education
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Details
- ISSN :
- 16146840 and 16146832
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c72a81aa01f4c1b012b69bc9a94ed47a