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Evidence for Strong and Weak Phenyl-C61-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester Photodimer Populations in Organic Solar Cells
Sebastian Pont,
Silvio Osella,
Alastair Smith,
Adam V. Marsh,
Zhe Li,
David Beljonne,
João T. Cabral,
James Durrant 
Chemistry of Materials
Swansea University Author:
James Durrant
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DOI (Published version): 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b05194
Abstract
In polymer/fullerene organic solar cells, the photochemical dimerization of phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) was reported to have either a beneficial or a detrimental effect on device performance and stability. In this work, we investigate the behavior of such dimers by measuring the temp...
| Published in: | Chemistry of Materials |
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| ISSN: | 0897-4756 1520-5002 |
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2019
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50880 |
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In polymer/fullerene organic solar cells, the photochemical dimerization of phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) was reported to have either a beneficial or a detrimental effect on device performance and stability. In this work, we investigate the behavior of such dimers by measuring the temperature dependence of the kinetics of PCBM de-dimerization as a function of prior light intensity and duration. Our data reveal the presence of both “weakly” and “strongly” bound dimers, with higher light intensities preferentially generating the latter. DFT simulations corroborate our experimental findings and suggest a distribution of dimer binding energies, correlated with the orientation of the fullerene tail with respect to the dimer bonds on the cage. These results provide a framework to rationalize the double-edged effects of PCBM dimerization on the stability of organic solar cells. |
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