Enhancement of efficiency in organic photovoltaic devices containing self-complementary hydrogen-bonding domains
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Self-complementary hydrogen-bonding domains were incorporated as the electron deficient unit in "push-pull", p-type small molecules for organic photovoltaic active layers. Such compounds were found to enhance the fill factor, compared with similar non-self-organized compounds reported in the literature, leading to higher device efficiencies. Evidence is presented that the ability of these molecules to form one-dimensional hydrogen-bonded chains and subsequently exhibit hierarchical self-assembly into nanostructured domains can be correlated with improved device efficiency.
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