Title Exploring the charge-transport and optical characteristics of organic doublet radicals: a theoretical and experimental study with photovoltaic applications /
Authors Stanitska, Mariia ; Keruckiene, Rasa ; Sini, Gjergji ; Volyniuk, Dmytro ; Marsalka, Arunas ; Shi, Zhong-En ; Liu, Chung-Ming ; Lin, Yan-Ru ; Chen, Chih-Ping ; Grazulevicius, Juozas V
DOI 10.1021/acsami.4c08524
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Is Part of ACS Applied materials and interfaces.. Washington : American Chemical Society. 2024, vol. 16, iss. 31, p. 41230-41243.. ISSN 1944-8244. eISSN 1944-8252
Keywords [eng] blue emission ; carbazole ; dimethylacridan ; PSC ; radical
Abstract [eng] Herein, we present a series of stable radicals containing a trityl carbon-centered radical moiety exhibiting interesting properties. The radicals demonstrate the most blue-shifted anti-Kasha doublet emission reported so far with high color purity (full width at half-maximum of 46 nm) and relatively high photoluminescence quantum yields of deoxygenated toluene solutions reaching 31%. The stable radicals demonstrate equilibrated bipolar charge transport with charge mobility values reaching 10-4 cm2/V·s at high electric fields. The experimental results in combination with the results of TD-DFT calculations confirm that the blue emission of radicals violates the Kasha rule and originates from higher excited states, whereas the bipolar charge transport properties are found to stem from the particularity of radicals to involve the same molecular orbital(s) in electron and hole transport. The radicals act as the efficient materials for interlayers, passivating interfacial defects and enhancing charge extraction in PSCs. Consequently, this leads to outstanding performance of PSC, with power conversion efficiency surpassing 21%, accompanied by a remarkable increase in open-circuit voltage and exceptional stability.
Published Washington : American Chemical Society
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2024
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