Near Ultra-Violet absorbers for transparent organic solar cells
Résumé
We describe the synthesis of two new dumbbell-shaped small molecules used as near ultraviolet absorbers for transparent organic solar cell application. The electron-donor TAT units, sandwiching the central chromophore, constitute very efficient π-stacking platforms that are nevertheless highly soluble thanks to the presence of three alkyl chains. The TAT units are used in combination, with a small central electron donor unit, either a carbazole or a thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT) unit. The two new dumbbell-shaped small molecules including only electron-donor units are strongly absorbing in the near UV range, due to the reduced electronic conjugation. Combined with a suitable hole mobility, the most conjugated thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-based derivative, when used as electrondonor component in a bulk heterojunction organic solar cell, exhibits a 48% of average visible transmittance with a power conversion efficiency close to 2%.
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