Panchromatic terthiophenyl-benzodithiophene conjugated porphyrin donor for efficient organic solar cells

Wei Tang; Liuping  Xie; Zhixin  Liu; Jie  Zeng; Xuan  Zhou; Pengqing Bi; Wencheng Tang; Lei Yan; Wai Kwok  Wong; Xunjin  Zhu; Xiaotao  Hao; Weiguo  Zhu; Xingzhu  Wang

doi:10.1039/D1TC01172C

Panchromatic terthiophenyl-benzodithiophene conjugated porphyrin donor for efficient organic solar cells

Wei Tang
, Liuping Xie
, Zhixin Liu
, Jie Zeng
, Xuan Zhou^*
, Pengqing Bi
, Wencheng Tang
, Lei Yan^*
, Wai Kwok Wong
, Xunjin Zhu^*
, Xiaotao Hao^*
, Weiguo Zhu^*
, Xingzhu Wang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Two intermediate-sized acceptor–π–porphyrin–π–acceptor-type molecules MPor1 and MPor2 with panchromatic absorption profiles have been developed towards improving photovoltaic performance. The conjugation of terthiophenyl-benzodithiophene to the porphyrin center successfully fills the absorption gap between the Soret and Q bands of the conventional porphyrin molecules and leads to narrow optical bandgaps within 1.58–1.60 eV. The two molecules possess excellent light-harvesting property within the UV-visible-near-infrared region, and efficient hole-electron separation in the bulk heterojunction layer with PC₇₁BM as the acceptor. Conventional solar cells based on the MPor1/PC₇₁BM active layer shows an optimal performance with a power conversion efficiency of 8.59% and a short circle current of 14.91 mA cm⁻².

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1077-1083
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Early online date	1 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC01172C
Publication status	Published - 21 Jan 2022

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