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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Materials Chemistry C Année : 2023

Star-shape non-fullerene acceptor featuring an aza-triangulene core for organic solar cells

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We present the simple synthesis of a star-shape non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) for application in organic solar cells. This NFA possesses a D(A)3 structure in which the electron-donating core is an aza-triangulene unit and we report the first crystal structure for a star shape NFA based on this motive. We fully characterized this molecule’s optoelectronic properties in solution and thin films, investigating its photovoltaic properties when blended with PTB7-Th as the electron donor component. We demonstrate that the aza-triangulene core leads to a strong absorption in the visible range with an absorption edge going from 700 nm in solution to above 850 nm in the solid state. The transport properties of the pristine molecule were investigated in field effect transistors (OFETs) and in blends with PTB7-Th following a Space-Charge-Limited Current (SCLC) protocol. We found that the mobility of electrons measured in films deposited from o-xylene and chlorobenzene are quite similar (up to 2.70 x 10$^{-4}$ cm$^2$ V$^{-1}$ s$^{-1}$) and that the values are not significantly modified by thermal annealing. The new NFA combined with PTB7-Th in the active layer of inverted solar cells leads to a power conversion efficiency of around 6.3% (active area 0.16 cm$^2$ ) when processed from non-chlorinated solvents without thermal annealing. Thanks to impedance spectroscopy measurements performed on the solar cells, we show that the charge collection efficiency of the devices is limited by the transport properties rather than by recombination kinetics. Finally, we investigated the stability of this new NFA in various conditions and show that the star-shape molecule is more resistant against photolysis in the presence and absence of oxygen than ITIC.

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Chimie organique
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hal-03979214 , version 1 (27-02-2023)

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Yann Kervella, José Maria Andrés Castán, Yatzil Alejandra Avalos-Quiroz, Anass Khodr, Quentin Eynaud, et al.. Star-shape non-fullerene acceptor featuring an aza-triangulene core for organic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023, 11, pp.8161-8169. ⟨10.1039/d2tc05424h⟩. ⟨hal-03979214⟩
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