A fullerene dyad with a tri(octyloxy)benzene moiety induced efficient nanoscale active layer for the poly(3-hexylthiophene)-based bulk heterojunction solar cell applications

Pan Zhang; Chao Li; Yaowen Li; Xiaoming Yang; Liwei Chen; Bin Xu; Wenjing Tian; Yingfeng Tu

doi:10.1039/c3cc41321g

A fullerene dyad with a tri(octyloxy)benzene moiety induced efficient nanoscale active layer for the poly(3-hexylthiophene)-based bulk heterojunction solar cell applications

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 28;49(43):4917-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41321g.

Authors

Pan Zhang¹, Chao Li, Yaowen Li, Xiaoming Yang, Liwei Chen, Bin Xu, Wenjing Tian, Yingfeng Tu

Affiliation

¹ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China.

PMID: 23598773
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41321g

Abstract

A bulk tri(octyloxy)benzene moiety grafted onto fullerene (PCBB-C8) was successfully synthesized, which could effectively induce poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) to form highly ordered bulk heterojunction structure without any external treatment. This ordered active layer exhibits good photovoltaic performance.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't