Yibin Li , Xin Liu , Xianglang Sun , Yaxin He , Jiangsheng Yu , Zhong'an Li
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Abstract
Two dimerized merocyanine-based non-fullerene acceptors (Z3 and Z4) with different molecular shapes are synthesized by tuning the central bridge unit. The fluorene-bridged Z3 cannot form a well-defined molecular shape due to small energy differences between different molecular conformations, whereas the indeno[1,2-b]fluorene-bridged Z4 adopts a single, well-defined S-shaped conformation. Both acceptors exhibit J-aggregation behavior in the film state, but only Z4 forms more ordered J-aggregates upon thermal annealing in the blend film, which not only improves molecular packing and charge transport, but also results in a new red-shifted absorption peak at 670 nm. This therefore significantly increases the photocurrent and overall device performance of the resulting organic solar cells.
期刊介绍:
Dyes and Pigments covers the scientific and technical aspects of the chemistry and physics of dyes, pigments and their intermediates. Emphasis is placed on the properties of the colouring matters themselves rather than on their applications or the system in which they may be applied.
Thus the journal accepts research and review papers on the synthesis of dyes, pigments and intermediates, their physical or chemical properties, e.g. spectroscopic, surface, solution or solid state characteristics, the physical aspects of their preparation, e.g. precipitation, nucleation and growth, crystal formation, liquid crystalline characteristics, their photochemical, ecological or biological properties and the relationship between colour and chemical constitution. However, papers are considered which deal with the more fundamental aspects of colourant application and of the interactions of colourants with substrates or media.
The journal will interest a wide variety of workers in a range of disciplines whose work involves dyes, pigments and their intermediates, and provides a platform for investigators with common interests but diverse fields of activity such as cosmetics, reprographics, dye and pigment synthesis, medical research, polymers, etc.