Conjugated anthracene derivatives as donor materials for bulk heterojunction solar cells: olefinic versus acetylenic spacers†
Assunta Marrocchi,Fabio Silvestri,Mirko Seri,Antonio Facchetti,Aldo Taticchi,Tobin J. Marks
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 01/22/2009 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B820829H
Abstract

Substituting olefinic for acetylenic π-spacers in anthracene-based conjugated semiconductor donors leads to appreciable increases in the power conversion efficiencies of the resulting bulk heterojunction solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Conjugated anthracene derivatives as donor materials for bulk heterojunction solar cells: olefinic versus acetylenic spacers