New Benzotrithiophene-Based Molecules as Organic P-Type Semiconductor for Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

Cristian Castillo; Andrés Aracena; Luis Ballesteros; Gloria Neculqueo; Loik Gence; Franck Quero

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New Benzotrithiophene-Based Molecules as Organic P-Type Semiconductor for Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

Cristian Castillo, Andrés Aracena, Luis Ballesteros, Gloria Neculqueo, Loik Gence, Franck Quero

Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Agronomía

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A new benzotrithiophene-based small molecule, namely 2,5,8-Tris[5-(2,2-dicyanovinyl)-2-thienyl]-benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b′:6,5-b″]-trithiophene (DCVT-BTT), was successfully synthesized and subsequently characterized. This compound was found to present an intense absorption band at a wavelength position of ∼544 nm and displayed potentially relevant optoelectronic properties for photovoltaic devices. Theoretical studies demonstrated an interesting behavior of charge transport as electron donor (hole-transporting) active material for heterojunction cells. A preliminary study of small-molecule organic solar cells based on DCVT-BTT (as the P-type organic semiconductor) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (as the N-type organic semiconductor) exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 2.04% at a donor: acceptor weight ratio of 1:1.

Original language	English
Article number	3759
Journal	Materials
Volume	16
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16103759
State	Published - May 2023

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benzotrithiophene derivative
organic semiconductors
organic solar cells
small molecule
π-stacked assemblies

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