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- Two new nonfused ring electron acceptors were synthesized, showing a unique A-D-A (acceptor-donor-acceptor) structure and demonstrating significant absorption properties in the range of 540 nm to 700 nm.
- Their fluorescence occurs in the near-IR region, with lifetimes between 75-410 ps, and electrochemical measurements provide insights into their energy levels (HOMO and LUMO).
- The nonfused NFAs were incorporated into photovoltaic cells, achieving impressive power conversion efficiencies of 10.17% and 14.09%, indicating their potential for simpler applications in organic solar technology.
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Two new nonfused ring nonfullerene electron acceptors, NFAs, (dicarbazolyl)bis(2-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1-inden-1-ylidene)malononitrile) () and -(2-(5,6-fluoro-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1-inden-1-ylidene)malononitrile) (), thus exhibiting an A-D-A motif, were synthesized and characterized. As thin films, they exhibit the lowest energy absorption signature near 540 nm, extending down to ∼700 nm. This band is due to an intramolecular charge transfer process from the (nonfused dicarbazoyl; ) moiety to the malononitrile-based units () based on density functional theory calculations (DFT), which are also corroborated by time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) computations. Both NFAs fluoresce in the near-IR region exhibiting a band maximum peaking near 750 nm with biphasic lifetimes in the 75-410 ps time scale. Electrochemical measurements permitted the determination of their HOMO (∼-5.7 eV) and LUMO (∼-4.0 eV) energies. The absorption bands are complementary to those of the commercial copolymer , which was used to prepare binary blends for photovoltaic cell performance assessments (ITO/PEDOT:PSS/active layer/PFN-Br/Ag). The power conversion efficiencies (PCE) are found to be 10.17% for / (short-circuit current = 15.87 mA cm; open-circuit voltage = 1.03 V; fill factor FF = 0.622) and 14.09% for / ( = 20.92 mA cm; = 0.965 V; FF = 0.698). The use of nonfused ring NFAs achieving such high performances is significant and reveals a path toward simpler NFAs for use in organic photovoltaics.
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