Strategies toward the end-group modifications of indacenodithiophene based non-fullerene small molecule acceptor to improve the efficiency of organic solar cells; a DFT study
“…Light harvesting efficiency (LHE) measures the ability of a molecule to absorb photons. According to the following eqn (6) , 53 its value is exactly proportional to the oscillator strength ( f os ): LHE = 1 − 10 − f Here, LHE represents light harvesting efficiency, and f represents the oscillator strength, describing the relationship between the two variables. We make use of solvent-phase oscillator strength to evaluate LHE.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Light harvesting efficiency (LHE) measures the ability of a molecule to absorb photons. According to the following eqn (6), 53 its value is exactly proportional to the oscillator strength (f os ):…”
The investigated non-fullerene acceptor molecules TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4, TM5, TM6, and TM7 that are fashioned by making alterations at the terminal position of reference molecule TMR demonstrate significant absorption in the visible region.
“…Light harvesting efficiency (LHE) measures the ability of a molecule to absorb photons. According to the following eqn (6) , 53 its value is exactly proportional to the oscillator strength ( f os ): LHE = 1 − 10 − f Here, LHE represents light harvesting efficiency, and f represents the oscillator strength, describing the relationship between the two variables. We make use of solvent-phase oscillator strength to evaluate LHE.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Light harvesting efficiency (LHE) measures the ability of a molecule to absorb photons. According to the following eqn (6), 53 its value is exactly proportional to the oscillator strength (f os ):…”
The investigated non-fullerene acceptor molecules TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4, TM5, TM6, and TM7 that are fashioned by making alterations at the terminal position of reference molecule TMR demonstrate significant absorption in the visible region.
“…Higher D numbers indicate that molecules are more prone to crystallize, and that they disperse more easily in polar liquids, both of which enhance charge transmission. 66 Molecules with negligible D value are often not soluble in polar aprotic solvents like CHCl 3 . This correlation is not, however, always true since the molecular structure of a given molecule determines its reactivity toward solvents and its ability to transmit charges.…”
Seven new small acceptor molecules (ID1–ID7) have been computationally developed to enhance the efficiency of organic solar cells. Different photovoltaic aspects of these newly proposed molecules are estimated and compared with reference molecules.
“…This, in turn, leads to tight structural packing, which improves the crystalline nature and results in greater solubility in polar solvents. Molecules having a greater D likely become more crystalline, and they diffuse more readily in polar solvents as a result, both of which improve charge conduction . Polar organic solvents like CHCl 3 tend to be insoluble for molecules lacking a dipole moment.…”
In order to enhance the efficacy of organic solar cells,
six new
three-dimensional small donor molecules (IT-SM1 to IT-SM6) have been computationally designed by modifying the
peripheral acceptors of the reference molecule (IT-SMR). The frontier molecular orbitals revealed that IT-SM2 to IT-SM5 had a smaller band gap (E
gap) than IT-SMR. They also had smaller excitation
energies (E
x) and exhibited a bathochromic
shift in their absorption maxima (λmax) when compared
to IT-SMR. In both the gas and chloroform phases, IT-SM2 had the largest dipole moment. IT-SM2 also
had the best electron mobility, while IT-SM6 had the
best hole mobility owing to their smallest reorganization energy for
electron (0.1127 eV) and hole (0.0907 eV) mobility, respectively.
The analyzed donor molecules’ open-circuit voltage (V
OC) indicated that all of these proposed molecules
had greater V
OC and fill factor (FF) values
than the IT-SMR molecule. In accordance with the evidence
of this work, the altered molecules can seem to be quite proficient
for usage by experimentalists and have prospective use in future in
the manufacture of organic solar cells with improved photovoltaic
properties.
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