Photochromic organic solar cells based on diarylethenes

Bart W.H. Saes, Martijn M. Wienk, René A.J. Janssen (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Photovoltaic devices that switch color depending on illumination conditions may find application in future smart window applications. Here a photochromic diarylethene molecule is used as sensitizer in a ternary bulk heterojunction blend, employing poly(4-butylphenyldiphenylamine) (poly-TPD) and [6,6]-phenyl-C 61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC 61BM) for the transport of holes and electrons, respectively. Sandwiched between two electrodes, the blend creates a photochromic photovoltaic device that changes color, light absorption, and photon-to-electron conversion efficiency in the visible spectral range after having been illuminated with UV light.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30176-30185
Number of pages10
JournalRSC Advances
Volume10
Issue number50
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 2020

Funding

We thank Martin Herder, Stefan Hecht, and Michael Pätzel for providing dyes 1 and 3 and for stimulating discussions and Haijun Bin for recording the AFM data. We acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (Grant Agreement No. 339031) and the NWO Spinoza prize awarded to R. A. J. Janssen by the Netherlands Organization for Scientic Research (NWO), and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Gravity program 024.001.035).

FundersFunder number
Seventh Framework Programme339031
H2020 European Research Council
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap024.001.035
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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