Photochromic organic solar cells based on diarylethenes

Bart W.H. Saes; Martijn M. Wienk; René A.J. Janssen

doi:10.1039/d0ra04508j

Photochromic organic solar cells based on diarylethenes

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

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	30176-30185
Number of pages	10
Journal	RSC Advances
Volume	10
Issue number	50
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra04508j
Publication status	Published - 17 Aug 2020

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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).

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Seventh Framework Programme	339031
H2020 European Research Council
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap	024.001.035
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

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