Impact of Fullerene on the Photophysics of Ternary Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells
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Karuthedath, Safakath
Firdaus, Yuliar

Liang, Ru-Ze

Gorenflot, Julien

Beaujuge, Pierre

Anthopoulos, Thomas D.

Laquai, Frédéric

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionKAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE),Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
KAUST Grant Number
OSR-2018-CARF/CCF-3079Date
2019-07-22Embargo End Date
2020-07-22Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/656470
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Ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) are among the best-performing organic photovoltaic devices to date, largely due to the recent development of nonfullerene acceptors. However, fullerene molecules still play an important role in ternary OSC systems, since, for reasons not well understood, they often improve the device performance, despite their lack of absorption. Here, the photophysics of a prototypical ternary small-molecule OSC blend composed of the donor DR3, the nonfullerene acceptor ICC6, and the fullerene derivative PC71BM is studied by ultrafast spectroscopy. Surprisingly, it is found that after excitation of PC71BM, ultrafast singlet energy transfer to ICC6 competes efficiently with charge transfer. Subsequently, singlets on ICC6 undergo hole transfer to DR3, resulting in free charge generation. Interestingly, PC71BM improves indirectly the electron mobility of the ternary blend, while electrons reside predominantly in ICC6 domains as indicated by fast spectroscopy. The improved mobility facilitates charge carrier extraction, in turn leading to higher device efficiencies of the ternary compared to binary solar cells. Using the (photo)physical parameters obtained from (transient) spectroscopy and charge transport measurements, the device's current–voltage characteristics are simulated and it is demonstrated that the parameters accurately reproduce the experimentally measured device performance.Citation
Karuthedath, S., Firdaus, Y., Liang, R., Gorenflot, J., Beaujuge, P. M., Anthopoulos, T. D., & Laquai, F. (2019). Impact of Fullerene on the Photophysics of Ternary Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials, 1901443. doi:10.1002/aenm.201901443Sponsors
This publication is based upon work supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No: OSR-2018-CARF/CCF-3079Publisher
WileyJournal
Advanced Energy MaterialsAdditional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aenm.201901443ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/aenm.201901443