Organic photovoltaic cells based on functionalized pentacenes

Paul A. Lane; Leonidas C. Palilis; Gary P. Kushto; Zakya H. Kafafi; Balaji Purushothaman; John E. Anthony

doi:10.1117/12.813527

Organic photovoltaic cells based on functionalized pentacenes

Paul A. Lane
, Leonidas C. Palilis
, Gary P. Kushto
, Zakya H. Kafafi
, Balaji Purushothaman
, John E. Anthony

Chemistry

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Abstract

We report a study on solar cells using pentacene derivatives with triisopropylsilylethynyl substitution at the 6,13-position and 1,3-dioxolane substitution to the terminal benzenoid rings of pentacene as the electron donor and C₆₀ as the electron acceptor. A significant increase in the open circuit voltage (V_oc) was obtained in all the pentacene-derivative based cells with the highest V_oc as high as 0.90 V, compared to a 0.24 V value for pentacene. The variation in the V_oc of the cells is in qualitative agreement with the larger offset between ionization potential of the electron donor and the electron affinity of C₆₀- The power conversion efficiency (η) at 100 mW/cm² of EtTP-5/C₆₀ cells reached 0.74%, which is comparable to that of a pentacene/C₆₀ cell (0.82%).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Organic Photovoltaics IX
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.813527
State	Published - 2008

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7052
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Organic photovoltaic
Pentacene
Solar cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Organic photovoltaic cells based on functionalized pentacenes

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