Molecular design for improved photovoltaic efficiency: Band gap and absorption coefficient engineering

Rajib Mondal; Sangwon Ko; Joseph E. Norton; Nobuyuki Miyaki; Hector A. Becerril; Eric Verploegen; Michael F. Toney; Jean Luc Brédas; Michael D. McGehee; Zhenan Bao

doi:10.1039/b915222a

Molecular design for improved photovoltaic efficiency: Band gap and absorption coefficient engineering

Rajib Mondal, Sangwon Ko, Joseph E. Norton, Nobuyuki Miyaki, Hector A. Becerril, Eric Verploegen, Michael F. Toney, Jean Luc Brédas, Michael D. McGehee, Zhenan Bao^*

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Abstract

Removing the adjacent thiophene groups around the acceptor core in low band gap polymers significantly enhances solar cell efficiency through increasing the optical absorption and raising the ionization potential of the polymer.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7195-7197
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry
Volume	19
Issue number	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b915222a
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Acknowledgements: This publication was partially based on work supported by the Center for AdvancedMolecular Photovoltaics, Award No KUS-C1015-21, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). We also acknowledge support from the Global Climate and Energy Program (GCEP) and the Stanford Center for Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA). Portions of this research were carried out at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, a national user facility operated by Stanford University on behalf of the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. R. M. thanks Jack E. Parmer, George Margulis, and Eric Hoke for their help.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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Molecular design for improved photovoltaic efficiency: Band gap and absorption coefficient engineering

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