Light-harvesting fullerenes for organic solar cells

J. Baffreau; S. Leroy-Lhez; H. Derbal; A.R. Inigo; J-M Nunzi; M. M. Groeneveld; R. M. Williams; P. Hudhomme

doi:10.1051/epjap:2006147

Light-harvesting fullerenes for organic solar cells

J. Baffreau, S. Leroy-Lhez, H. Derbal, A.R. Inigo, J-M Nunzi, M. M. Groeneveld, R. M. Williams, P. Hudhomme

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Abstract

Novel dyads containing [60]fullerene-perylenediimide units were developed as light-harvesting acceptors for the preparation of efficient solar cells. The antenna was grafted onto C-60 with the aim to improve the absorption spectrum of materials used in bulk-heterojunction devices. Electrochemical and photophysical studies of these dyads in solution have revealed that there was no significant ground-state electronic interaction between the covalently bonded PDI and fullerene moieties. Steady-state fluorescence experiments evidenced an effective photoinduced energy transfer from the PDI moiety to C-60. The potential use of these light-harvesting fullerenes in organic solar cells was estimated with their incorporation in bulk-heterojunctions using poly(3-hexylthiophene) as the conjugated pi-donor polymer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	301-305
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Physical Journal: Applied Physics
Volume	36
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2006147
Publication status	Published - Dec 2006
Event	ECHOS 2006 Conference - Paris, France Duration: 28 Jun 2006 → 30 Jun 2006

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Keywords

units
polymer
perylene
light-harvesting fullerenes
network
photovoltaic cells
electron
morphology
organic solar cells

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Light-harvesting fullerenes for organic solar cells

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