X-shape oligo（thiophene）s as donor materials for vacuum-deposited organic photovoltaic cells

The films of two x-shape oligo（thiophene）s, 3, 4-dibithienyl-2, 5-dithienylthiophene （7T） and 2, 5-dibithienyl-3, 4- ditrithienylthiophene （11T）, which are prepared by vacuum evaporation, have been investigated as novel electron donor layers in two-layer photovoltaic cells. UV-Vis absorptions show red-shifted and broadened absorptions of the vacuumevaporated films as compared with those of the corresponding solutions and spin-coating films, which is beneficial for photovoltaic properties. X-ray diffraction （XRD） and differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） measurements show that the vacuum-evaporated films are almost amorphous. Two-layer photovoltaic cells have been realized by the thermal evaporation of 7T and llT as donors and N, N′-bis（1-ethylpropyl）-3, 4：9,10-perylene bis（tetracarboxyl diimide） （EP- PTC） as an acceptor. An energy conversion efficiency （ECE） of 0.18% of the cell based on 7T with an irradiation of white light at 100 mw/cm^2 has been demonstrated by the measurements of current （I）- voltage （V） curves of the cells to be higher than the ECE of the reference system based on donor dihexylterthienyl （H3T） that is linear and without α, β linkage.

X-shape oligo(thiophene)s as donor materials for vacuum-deposited organic photovoltaic cells

The films of two $x$-shape oligo(thiophene)s, 3, 4-dibithienyl-2, 5-dithienylthiophene (7T) and 2, 5-dibithienyl-3, 4-ditrithienylthiophene (11T), which are prepared by vacuum evaporation, have been investigated as novel electron donor layers in two-layer photovoltaic cells. UV--Vis absorptions show red-shifted and broadened absorptions of the vacuum-evaporated films as compared with those of the corresponding solutions and spin-coating films, which is beneficial for photovoltaic properties. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements show that the vacuum-evaporated films are almost amorphous. Two-layer photovoltaic cells have been realized by the thermal evaporation of 7T and 11T as donors and $N$, $N'-$bis(1-ethylpropyl)-3, 4:9,10-perylene bis(tetracarboxyl diimide) (EP-PTC) as an acceptor. An energy conversion efficiency (ECE) of 0.18{\%} of the cell based on 7T with an irradiation of white light at 100\,mw/cm$^{2}$ has been demonstrated by the measurements of current ($I$)- voltage ($V$) curves of the cells to be higher than the ECE of the reference system based on donor dihexylterthienyl (H3T) that is linear and without $\alpha $, $\beta $ linkage.