Facile synthesis and photovoltaic applications of a new alkylated bismethano fullerene as electron acceptor for high open circuit voltage solar cells

Articles > Article · 2015

Authors: Derya BARAN, Şule ERTEN ELA, Andreas KRATZER, Tayebeh AMERI, Christoph J. Brabec, Andreas HIRSCH

RSC Advances, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2015, vol 5, pp 64724-64730

DOI: 10.1039/c5ra10089e

Summary

In this work, a bis-adduct C 60 derivative was facilely synthesized using an alkyl solubilizing group. This semiconductor offers a higher LUMO level compared to PCBM, which resulted in a significantly enhanced V oc of 0.73 V in organic solar cells.

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