@article{Soon:2011:10.1039/C0SC00606H,
author = {Soon, YW and Clarke, TM and Zhang, W and Agostinelli, T and Kirkpatrick, J and Dyer-Smith, C and McCulloch, I and Nelson, J and Durrant, JR},
doi = {10.1039/C0SC00606H},
journal = {Chemical Science},
pages = {1111--1120},
title = {Energy versus electron transfer in organic solar cells: a comparison of the photophysics of two indenofluorene: fullerene blend films},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00606H},
volume = {2},
year = {2011}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - In this paper, we compare the photophysics and photovoltaic device performance of two indenofluorene based polymers: poly[2,8-(6,6,12,12-tetraoctylindenofluorene)-co-4,7-(2,1,3-benzothiodiazole] (IF8BT) and poly[2,8-(6,6,12,12-tetraoctylindenofluorene)-co-5,5-(4[prime or minute],7[prime or minute]-di-2-thienyl-2[prime or minute],1[prime or minute],3[prime or minute]-benzothiodiazole] (IF8TBTT) blended with [6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). Photovoltaic devices made with IF8TBTT exhibit greatly superior photocurrent generation and photovoltaic efficiency compared to those made with IF8BT. The poor device efficiency of IF8BT/PCBM devices is shown to result from efficient, ultrafast singlet Forster energy transfer from IF8BT to PCBM, with the resultant PCBM singlet exciton lacking sufficient energy to drive charge photogeneration. The higher photocurrent generation observed for IF8TBTT/PCBM devices is shown to result from IF8TBTT's relatively weak, red-shifted photoluminescence characteristics, which switches off the polymer to fullerene singlet energy transfer pathway. As a consequence, IF8TBTT singlet excitons are able to drive charge separation at the polymer/fullerene interface, resulting in efficient photocurrent generation. These results are discussed in terms of the impact of donor/acceptor energy transfer upon photophysics and energetics of charge photogeneration in organic photovoltaic devices. The relevance of these results to the design of polymers for organic photovoltaic applications is also discussed, particularly with regard to explaining why highly luminescent polymers developed for organic light emitting diode applications often give relatively poor performance in organic photovoltaic devices.
AU  - Soon,YW
AU  - Clarke,TM
AU  - Zhang,W
AU  - Agostinelli,T
AU  - Kirkpatrick,J
AU  - Dyer-Smith,C
AU  - McCulloch,I
AU  - Nelson,J
AU  - Durrant,JR
DO  - 10.1039/C0SC00606H
EP  - 1120
PY  - 2011///
SN  - 2041-6520
SP  - 1111
TI  - Energy versus electron transfer in organic solar cells: a comparison of the photophysics of two indenofluorene: fullerene blend films
T2  - Chemical Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00606H
VL  - 2
ER  - 

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