Near-Infrared Harvesting Fullerene-Free All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Based on Porphyrin Donors

Wisnu Tantyo Hadmojo, Dajeong Yim, Septy Sinaga, Wooseop Lee, Du Yeol Ryu, Woo Dong Jang*, In Hwan Jung, Sung Yeon Jang

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    Abstract

    Fullerene-free all-small-molecule organic photovoltaic cells (SM-OPVs) have attracted considerable attention because of well-defined molecular structures with low batch-to-batch variation. Porphyrin derivatives have recently emerged as one of the promising conjugated building blocks for the small-molecule (SM) donors. Herein, we first report fullerene-free SM-OPVs employing porphyrin-based donors. Three zinc porphyrin (PZn)-based SM donors, which have strong bimodal absorption in the visible region and near-infrared region, are synthesized. Constructing bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) active layers using the PZn donors and a SM acceptor, IDIC, which have complementary absorption, achieved panchromatic photon-to-current-conversion from 400 to 900 nm. The manipulation of side chains in the PZn donors considerably influenced the molecular ordering and nanomorphology of the BHJ active layers. PZn-based fullerene-free SM-OPV devices with promising power conversion efficiency of 6.13% were achieved, which also offers crucial guidance for developing fullerene-free OPVs using porphyrin derivatives.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)5306-5313
    Number of pages8
    JournalACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
    Volume6
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 2 2018

    Keywords

    • All-small-molecule solar cell
    • Fullerene free
    • Organic solar cell
    • Panchromatic absoprtion
    • Porphyrin donor

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • Environmental Chemistry
    • General Chemical Engineering
    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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