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ProfessorMartinHeeney

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Organic Materials
 
 
 
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401GMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Panidi:2023:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00891,
author = {Panidi, J and Mazzolini, E and Eisner, F and Fu, Y and Furlan, F and Qiao, Z and Rimmele, M and Li, Z and Lu, X and Nelson, J and Durrant, JR and Heeney, M and Gasparini, N},
doi = {10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00891},
journal = {ACS Energy Letters},
pages = {3038--3047},
title = {Biorenewable solvents for high-performance organic solar cells},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00891},
volume = {8},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - With the advent of nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs), organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices are now achieving high enough power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) for commercialization. However, these high performances rely on active layers processed from petroleum-based and toxic solvents, which are undesirable for mass manufacturing. Here, we demonstrate the use of biorenewable 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2MeTHF) and cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME) solvents to process donor: NFA-based OPVs with no additional additives in the active layer. Furthermore, to reduce the overall carbon footprint of the manufacturing cycle of the OPVs, we use polymeric donors that require a few synthetic steps for their synthesis, namely, PTQ10 and FO6-T, which are blended with the Y-series NFA Y12. High performance was achieved using 2MeTHF as the processing solvent, reaching PCEs of 14.5% and 11.4% for PTQ10:Y12 and FO6-T:Y12 blends, respectively. This work demonstrates the potential of using biorenewable solvents without additives for the processing of OPV active layers, opening the door to large-scale and green manufacturing of organic solar cells.
AU  - Panidi,J
AU  - Mazzolini,E
AU  - Eisner,F
AU  - Fu,Y
AU  - Furlan,F
AU  - Qiao,Z
AU  - Rimmele,M
AU  - Li,Z
AU  - Lu,X
AU  - Nelson,J
AU  - Durrant,JR
AU  - Heeney,M
AU  - Gasparini,N
DO  - 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00891
EP  - 3047
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 2380-8195
SP  - 3038
TI  - Biorenewable solvents for high-performance organic solar cells
T2  - ACS Energy Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00891
UR  - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:001011674700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=a2bf6146997ec60c407a63945d4e92bb
UR  - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00891
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/108037
VL  - 8
ER  -
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