Proceedings of September Meeting 2016 (NFM16)
Publication date: 14th June 2016
Oligothiophenes are highly effective donor materials in solution-processed organic bulk heterojunction solar cells (BHJSC) reaching efficiencies up to 10%.[1,2] The structural design frequently comprises the attachment of acceptor groups such as dicyanovinylene[3] or rhodanine[4] at the termini of the oligothiophene backbone. In this contribution, we now investigate difluorinated 5,6-difluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (DFBT) as acceptor, which was terminally attached to various oligothiophene-based donor units. Synthesis, characterization of the physical properties, and application in solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells is described.
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