The Energy of Charge‐Transfer States in Electron Donor–Acceptor Blends: Insight into the Energy Losses in Organic Solar Cells

Advanced Functional Materials - Tập 19 Số 12 - Trang 1939-1948 - 2009
Dirk Veldman1, Stefan C. J. Meskers1, René A. J. Janssen1
1Molecular Materials and Nanosystems Eindhoven University of Technology PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

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AbstractHere, a general experimental method to determine the energy ECT of intermolecular charge‐transfer (CT) states in electron donor–acceptor (D–A) blends from ground state absorption and electrochemical measurements is proposed. This CT energy is calibrated against the photon energy of maximum CT luminescence from selected D–A blends to correct for a constant Coulombic term. It is shown that ECT correlates linearly with the open‐circuit voltage (Voc) of photovoltaic devices in D–A blends via eVoc = ECT − 0.5 eV. Using the CT energy, it is found that photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from the lowest singlet excited state (S1 with energy Eg) in the blend to the CT state (S1 → CT) occurs when Eg − ECT > 0.1 eV. Additionally, it is shown that subsequent charge recombination from the CT state to the lowest triplet excited state (ET) of D or A (CT → T1) can occur when ECT − ET > 0.1 eV. From these relations, it is concluded that in D–A blends optimized for photovoltaic action: i) the maximum attainable Voc is ultimately set by the optical band gap (eVoc = Eg − 0.6 eV) and ii) the singlet–triplet energy gap should be ΔEST < 0.2 eV to prevent recombination to the triplet state. These favorable conditions have not yet been met in conjugated materials and set the stage for further developments in this area.

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Advanced Functional Materials

Tập 19 Số 12

1939-1948

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