Abstract
We report the first examples of carborane-containing non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), and their use in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. NFAs employing an A–D–A′–D–A type design centred around a central electron withdrawing carborane unit (A′), using either para, meta, or ortho-carborane isomers are reported. We demonstrate that the nature of the isomer has a major impact on device performance, despite minor differences in optoelectronic and morphological properties, with the use of ortho-carborane resulting in the highest device efficiencies. We further show that end-group fluorination is an efficient strategy to modulate energy levels and improve device performance of such NFAs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry C |
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| State | Published - Feb 25 2023 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2023-03-07Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): OSR-2019-CRG8-4095
Acknowledgements: We thank the Engineering and Physics Science Research Council (EPSRC) (EP/V048686/1 and EP/T028513/1) and the Royal Society and Wolfson Foundation for financial support. F. A. acknowledges the Wilkinson Charitable Foundation for financial support. This work was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under award OSR-2019-CRG8-4095.
