%0 Journal Article %1 C4TC02931C %A Hermerschmidt, Felix %A Kalogirou, Andreas S. %A Min, Jie %A Zissimou, Georgia A. %A Tuladhar, Sachetan M. %A Ameri, Tayebeh %A Faber, Hendrik %A Itskos, Grigorios %A Choulis, Stelios A. %A Anthopoulos, Thomas D. %A Bradley, Donal D. C. %A Nelson, Jenny %A Brabec, Christoph J. %A Koutentis, Panayiotis A. %D 2015 %I The Royal Society of Chemistry %J J. Mater. Chem. C %K mep %N 10 %P 2358-2365 %R 10.1039/C4TC02931C %T 4H-1,2,6-Thiadiazin-4-one-containing small molecule donors and additive effects on their performance in solution-processed organic solar cells %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4TC02931C %V 3 %X The optical, electrochemical, morphological and transport properties of a series of thiadiazinone (acceptor) and (thienyl)carbazoles (donor) containing small pi-extended donor-acceptor-donors (D-A-D) are presented. Systematic variations in the number of the thienyl units, the choice of branched or straight alkyl side chains and the use of a processing additive demonstrate their use as electron donors in bulk heterojunction solar cells blended with fullerene acceptors. The best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.7% is achieved by adding to the D-A-D 3 : fullerene blend a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) additive, that improves the morphology and doubles the hole mobility within the D-A-D : fullerene blend.

@article{C4TC02931C, abstract = {The optical{,} electrochemical{,} morphological and transport properties of a series of thiadiazinone (acceptor) and (thienyl)carbazoles (donor) containing [small pi]-extended donor-acceptor-donors (D-A-D) are presented. Systematic variations in the number of the thienyl units{,} the choice of branched or straight alkyl side chains and the use of a processing additive demonstrate their use as electron donors in bulk heterojunction solar cells blended with fullerene acceptors. The best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.7% is achieved by adding to the D-A-D 3 : fullerene blend a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) additive{,} that improves the morphology and doubles the hole mobility within the D-A-D : fullerene blend.}, added-at = {2015-11-29T22:59:49.000+0100}, author = {Hermerschmidt, Felix and Kalogirou, Andreas S. and Min, Jie and Zissimou, Georgia A. and Tuladhar, Sachetan M. and Ameri, Tayebeh and Faber, Hendrik and Itskos, Grigorios and Choulis, Stelios A. and Anthopoulos, Thomas D. and Bradley, Donal D. C. and Nelson, Jenny and Brabec, Christoph J. and Koutentis, Panayiotis A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/248bb3b364b9a7ef2d37b7ed95be16b4e/mep.cut.ac.cy}, doi = {10.1039/C4TC02931C}, interhash = {b7d38b213715d795ef3fc24340ed29e0}, intrahash = {48bb3b364b9a7ef2d37b7ed95be16b4e}, journal = {J. Mater. Chem. C}, keywords = {mep}, number = 10, pages = {2358-2365}, publisher = {The Royal Society of Chemistry}, timestamp = {2015-11-29T22:59:49.000+0100}, title = {4H-1,2,6-Thiadiazin-4-one-containing small molecule donors and additive effects on their performance in solution-processed organic solar cells}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4TC02931C}, volume = 3, year = 2015 }