Open AccessTHEORETICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND DESIGN OF EFFICIENT PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS BASED ON NAPHTHOPYRROLE AND NAPHTHOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES AIMED TOWARDS ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS
Author(s) -
Walter J. Cuadro,
A. E. Ensuncho,
Juana Robles
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
química nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.214
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1678-7064
pISSN - 0100-4042
DOI - 10.5935/0100-4042.20160101
Subject(s) - characterization (materials science) , organic solar cell , photoactive layer , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer , composite material
In this research we have designed electron donors D-π-A type containing two different π fragments to obtain naphthopyrrole (D-NPR-A) and naphthotiophene (D-NTP-A) derivatives, proposed for the use in organic bulk hetero-junction (BHJ) solar cells (OSCs). These derivatives were characterized by DFT and TD-DFT calculations. For all the electron donors the anchorage fragment was 2-methylenemalononitrile, while the chromophore fragment was spanned between diphenylamine, triphenylamine, thiophene. Properties affecting open-circuit photovoltage (VOC) and short-circuit photocurrent (JSC) from D-π-A type derivatives, such as geometric structure, frontier-molecular orbital energies, exciton driving force energy, natural bond orbital analysis, absorption spectra and light harvesting efficiency. Energy from HOMO and LUMO orbitals was discussed. Theoretical calculations from TD-DFT within Coulumb attenuation method CAM-B3LYP were able to predict excited state properties. The electron donors D-π-A type exhibit photoelectric conversion efficiency above 10%, being the naphthopyrrole derivatives (D-NPR-A) along with the [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) the complexes with higher photoelectric properties, these complexes are proposed as photoactive materials in the construction of organic bulk hetero-junction solar cells