CuAAC-Based Assembly and Characterization of a New Molecular Dyad for Single Material Organic Solar Cell

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of a new molecular dyad consisting of a benzodithiophene-based push-pull linked to a fullerene derivative through the use of the well-known Copper Azide-Alkyne Huisgen Cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction is reported herein. Once fully characterized at the molecular level, single component organic solar cells were fabricated to demonstrate photon-to-electron conversion, and therefore the design principle.

Keywords

• organic photovoltaics
• organic synthesis
• molecular dyad
• single-materials organic solar cells