Fullerenes and carbon nanotubes as acceptor materials in organic photovoltaics

AJ Ferguson, JL Blackburn, N Kopidakis - Materials Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
The development of new acceptor materials has played an important role in advancing the
efficiency of organic photovoltaics (OPV). In this review we survey two types of acceptors …

Addition of dihydromethano group to fullerenes to improve the performance of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells.

Y Matsuo, J Kawai, H Inada, T Nakagawa… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Adding a compact dihydromethano (CH2) group to a 58π-indene fullerene (C60 (Ind))
creates a 56π-electron dihydromethano/indene fullerene (C60 (CH2)(Ind)) and raises the …

Understanding Local and Macroscopic Electron Mobilities in the Fullerene Network of Conjugated Polymer‐based Solar Cells: Time‐Resolved Microwave …

JC Aguirre, C Arntsen, S Hernandez… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The efficiency of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics is sensitive to the
morphology of the fullerene network that transports electrons through the device. This …

Panoramic view of electrochemical pseudocapacitor and organic solar cell research in molecularly engineered energy materials (MEEM)

JC Aguirre, A Ferreira, H Ding… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Our program on capacitive energy storage is a comprehensive one that combines
experimental and computational components to achieve a fundamental understanding of …

Pentaarylazafullerenes and their triaryldihydro and tetraarylmonohydro precursors

R Neubauer, FW Heinemann, F Hampel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - infona.pl
Give me five! The title compounds were isolated from the acid‐catalyzed reaction of a C 59
N precursor with electron‐rich aromatic compounds. Single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction on two …

Structurally defined high-LUMO-level 66π-[70] fullerene derivatives: synthesis and application in organic photovoltaic cells

Z **ao, Y Matsuo, I Soga, E Nakamura - Chemistry of Materials, 2012 - ACS Publications
Two new reactions for the synthesis of structurally defined 66π-electron [70] fullerene
derivatives are reported. The first provides synthetic access to tetra-phenyl or [3+ 1] hybrid …

Investigation of pentaarylazafullerenes as acceptor systems for bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

CD Wessendorf, R Eigler, S Eigler, J Hanisch… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
In a comparative study a novel class of pentaarylazafullerene derivatives is investigated as
acceptor material in solution-processed organic solar cells. Due to their raised lowest …

Crystal‐Packing Trends for a Series of 6, 9, 12, 15, 18‐Pentaaryl‐1‐hydro [60] fullerenes

RD Kennedy, M Halim, SI Khan… - … A European Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between the size of the substituents of aryl groups in a series of fifteen 6, 9,
12, 15, 18‐pentaaryl‐1‐hydro [60] fullerenes and the solid‐state structures and packing …

[PDF][PDF] Sequential processing: A rational route for bulk heterojunction formation via polymer swelling

MT Fontana, TJ Aubry, DT Scholes, SA Hawks… - Handbook of …, 2018 - chem.ucla.edu
Constructing solar cells based on organic materials such as conjugated polymers holds
great potential for low-cost and lightweight power generating applications. Although organic …

From C 60 Ph 5 Cl to C 60 Ph 6: complete phenylation of C 60 derivative renders superior organic photovoltaic performance

L Xue, C Tian, H Liang, L Deng, Y Tan… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Fully phenylated C60Ph6 has never been synthesized in the past two decades largely due
to steric effect and poor thermodynamic stability of the initial intermediate towards its …