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Buckyballs
2013
Buckyballs represent a new and fascinating molecular allotropic form of carbon that has received a lot of attention by the chemical community during the last two decades. The unabating interest on this singular family of highly strained carbon spheres has allowed the establishing of the fundamental chemical reactivity of these carbon cages and, therefore, a huge variety of fullerene derivatives involving [60] and [70]fullerenes, higher fullerenes, and endohedral fullerenes have been prepared. Much less is known, however, of the chemistry of the uncommon non-IPR fullerenes which currently represent a scientific curiosity and which could pave the way to a range of new fullerenes. In this revi…
Influence of the intermediate density-of-states occupancy on open-circuit voltage of bulk heterojunction solar cells with different fullerene accepto…
2010
Electron density of states (DOS) and recombination kinetics of bulk heterojunction solar cells consisting of a poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) donor and two fullerene acceptors, either [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) or 4,4′-dihexyloxydiphenylmethano[60]fullerene (DPM6), have been determined by means of impedance spectroscopy. The observed difference of 125 mV in the output open-circuit voltage is attributed to significant differences of the occupancy of the DOS in both fullerenes. Whereas DPM6 exhibits a full occupation of the electronic band, occupancy is restricted to the tail of the DOS in the case of PCBM-based devices, implying a higher rise of the Fermi level in the D…
Polymer solar cells based on diphenylmethanofullerenes with reduced sidechain length
2011
Diphenylmethanofullerenes (DPMs) show interesting properties as acceptors in polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells due to the high open circuit voltages they generate compared to their energy levels. Here we investigate the effect of reducing the alkane sidechain length of the DPMs from C12 to C6 in the properties of the solar cell. This change leads to an increase in the electron mobility, thus allowing for a lower fullerene content, which in turn results in an increase in the short circuit current and, finally, in an increase in the efficiency of the device (from 2.3 to 2.6%) due to the higher concentration of the more absorbing polymer in the film. Atomic force microscopy images and ex…