Small Molecules Based on Alkyl/Alkylthio-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b鈥瞉dithiophene for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Performance
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Two acceptor鈥揹onor鈥揳cceptor small molecules based on thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b鈥瞉dithiophene, DRBDT-TT with alkyl side chain and DRBDT-STT with alkylthio side chain, were designed and synthesized. Both molecules exhibit good thermal stability, suitable energy levels, and ordered molecular packing. Replacing the alkyl chain with alkylthio increases the dihedral angle between the thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT) and benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b鈥瞉dithiophene (BDT) unit, and thus slightly decreases its intermolecular interactions leading to its blue-shift absorption in the solid state. The best devices based on DRBDT-TT and DRBDT-STT both exhibited power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 8% with high fill factors (FFs) over 0.70 under AM 1.5G irradiation (100 mW cm鈥?), which are attributed to their optimized morphologies with feature size of 20鈥?0 nm and well-balanced charge transport properties. The devices based on DRBDT-STT exhibited relatively lower short-circuit current density (Jsc) and thus slightly lower PCE as compared to the devices of DRBDT-TT, mainly due to its relatively poorer absorption. These results demonstrate that thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b鈥瞉dithiophene derivatives could be promising donor materials for obtaining high efficiencies and fill factors.