Abstract
Porphyrins are one of the most promising materials for organic photovoltaics (OPVs) because of their easily tunable functional groups. Herein, we present the design and synthesis of two porphyrin-based small molecule donors, IDT-2TPE and TPE, in which two porphyrin units are bridged by an indacenodithiophene (IDT) diethynylene unit for the former and a single porphyrin monomer for the latter, and 3-ethylrhodanine units are then end-capped symmetrically by phenylenethynylene π-linkers. The porphyrin dimer IDT-2TPE exhibits outstanding red-shifted absorptions with a valley in both solution (400–800 nm) and film (400–900 nm), low-lying energy levels, and excellent thermal stability compared to the porphyrin monomer TPE due to the extended π-conjugation and increased rigidity with the IDT unit. Impressively, the device based on the IDT-2TPE donor and IDTCR nonfullerene acceptor shows a broad photoelectron response up to 1000 nm and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 10.41% at AM 1.5G. For comparison, the device based on the TPE donor and IDTCR acceptor has a much lower PCE of 4.22%. The much better performance of the device IDT-2TPE/IDTCR is attributed to its higher photocurrent generation and more favorable surface morphology with elevated charge carrier mobilities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3032–3041 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | ACS Applied Energy Materials |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 24 Feb 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Mar 2023 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Materials Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electrochemistry
User-Defined Keywords
- dimeric porphyrin
- indacenodithiophene
- nonfullerene
- organic photovoltaics
- porphyrin donor