Decacyclene triimides: Paving the road to universal non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

Toan V. Pho, Francesca M. Toma, Bertrand J. Tremolet De Villers, Sarah Wang, Neil D. Treat, Nancy D. Eisenmenger, Gregory M. Su, Robert C. Coffin, Jessica D. Douglas, Jean M.J. Fréchet, Guillermo C. Bazan, Fred Wudl*, Michael L. Chabinyc

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    Abstract

    A novel n-type material, an alkylated decacyclene triimide (DTI), is utilized in organic photovoltaic devices as the first non-fullerene acceptor that performs efficiently with the benchmark donor polymer poly(3- hexylthiophene) (P3HT) as well as various narrow band gap polymers.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Article number1301007
    JournalAdvanced Energy Materials
    Volume4
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 2 2014

    Keywords

    • electron acceptors
    • fullerenes
    • imides
    • organic photovoltaic devices
    • polycyclic hydrocarbons

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    • General Materials Science

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