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Organic solar cells (OSCs) offer the possibility of harnessing the sun's ubiquitous energy in a low-cost, environmentally friendly and renewable manner. OSCs based on small molecule semiconductors (SMOSCs) – have made a substantial improvement in recent years and are now achieving power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) that match those achieved for polymer:fullerene OSCs. To date, all efficient SMOSCs have relied on the same fullerene acceptor, PCBM, in order to achieve high performance. The use of PCBM however, is unfavourable due to its low lying LUMO level, which limits the open-circuit voltage ( V  OC ). Alternative fullerene derivatives with higher lying LUMOs are thus required to improve the  V  OC . The challenge, however, is to prevent the typical concomitant decrease in the short circuit current density ( J  SC ) when using a higher LUMO fullerene. In this communication, we address the issue by applying methano indene fullerene, MIF, a bis-functionalised C 60  fullerene that has a LUMO level 140 mV higher than PCBM, in solution processed SMOSCs with a well known small molecule donor, DPP(TBFu) 2 . MIF-based devices show an improved  V  OC  of 140 mV over PC 61 BM and only a small decrease in the  J  SC , with the PCE increasing to 5.1% ( vs.  4.5% for PC 61 BM).

Increased Efficiency in Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells Through the Use of a 56-π Electron Acceptor – Methano Indene Fullerene