Synthetically facile organic solar cells with >4% efficiency using P3HT and a silicon phthalocyanine non-fullerene acceptor
Trevor M. Grant, Chloé Dindault, Nicole A. Rice, Sufal Swaraj, Benoît H. Lessard
Abstract
We demonstrate organic photovoltaic devices with extremely low synthetic complexity by pairing poly(3-hexithiophene) (P3HT) with a novel non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) bis(tri-<italic>n</italic>-propylsilyl oxide) silicon phthalocyanine ((3PS)<sub>2</sub>-SiPc).
Topics & Concepts
PhthalocyanineFullerenePairingAcceptorOrganic solar cellSiliconMaterials sciencePhotovoltaic systemNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsChemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerPhysicsSuperconductivityBiologyCondensed matter physicsComposite materialQuantum mechanicsEcologyOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures