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All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with an Ordered Liquid Crystalline Donor
摘要： A new small-molecule donor, namely BTR-Cl, which possesses a strong liquid crystalline property and high crystallinity, works well with the non-liquid crystalline acceptor Y6 and gives a record-high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 13.6% in single-junction all-small-molecule organic solar cells. The BTR-Cl:Y6-based device was certified at the National Institute of Metrology, certifying a PCE of 13.0%.
关键词： All-small-molecule organic solar cells,Phase separation,Liquid crystalline donor,Power conversion efficiency,High crystallinity
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Hybrid plasmonic waveguide coupling of photons from a single molecule
摘要： We demonstrate the emission of photons from a single molecule into a hybrid gap plasmon waveguide. Crystals of anthracene, doped with dibenzoterrylene (DBT), are grown on top of the waveguides. We investigate a single DBT molecule coupled to the plasmonic region of one of the guides and determine its in-plane orientation, excited state lifetime, and saturation intensity. The molecule emits light into the guide, which is remotely out-coupled by a grating. The second-order autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions show that the emitter is a single molecule and that the light emerging from the grating comes from that molecule. The coupling efficiency is found to be βWG = 11.6(1.5)%. This type of structure is promising for building new functionality into quantum-photonic circuits, where localized regions of strong emitter-guide coupling can be interconnected by low-loss dielectric guides.
关键词： single molecule,photon emission,hybrid plasmonic waveguide,quantum-photonic circuits
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Effect of fused triphenylamine core in star-shaped donor-??-acceptor molecules on their physicochemical properties and performance in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells
摘要： In this work, the synthesis of a novel star-shaped donor-acceptor molecule I with acridine-based core being a fused derivative of triphenylamine linked through π-conjugated terthiophene spacers and terminal hexyldicyanovinyl electron-withdrawing units is reported. Its physicochemical and photovoltaic properties were comprehensively studied and compared to those of molecule II being a structural analog but with a pristine propeller-like triphenylamine core. The novel molecule shows combination of the higher crystallinity, solubility and thermal stability. As compared to II, bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on I as a donor and PC71BM as an acceptor showed the three times higher hole mobility, 50% larger external quantum efficiency, which resulted in up to twice higher power conversion efficiency reaching 6.14%. This work demonstrates that the triphenylamine core fused by p-tolylmethylene groups in the star-shaped donor acceptor molecules is a promising building block to design highly soluble and crystalline materials for organic optoelectronic devices.
关键词： oligothiophene,organic solar cell,dicyanovinyl,triphenylamine,donor-acceptor molecule
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Photo-controlled reversible binding between the protein A-derived Z domain and immunoglobulin G
摘要： Photoisomerization of the trans and cis isomers of azobenzene derivatives has been used to control the function of biomolecules in a reversible and non-destructive manner. In this study affibody molecules, representing a class of small, helical proteins that can be engineered for binding to a wide range of target proteins, have been investigated by the incorporation of a photoswitchable azobenzene derivative in the molecule. Three different Z domain variants were produced by solid phase peptide synthesis and conjugated by thiol-directed chemistry to an azobenzene-based photoswitch. The proteins were screened for binding to and light elution from an IgG-sepharose affinity column. One of tested Z variants, ZC3, showed efficient binding to the column and could be eluted by irradiation with light at 400 nm. In a reverse affinity chromatography assay, where the ZC3 variant was coupled to sepharose, human IgG1 could be captured to the column and partially eluted by light. Further studies of the azobenzene-conjugated ZC3 domain by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) confirmed the high affinity binding to IgG, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy showed that the protein has a high alpha-helical secondary structure content.
关键词： immunoglobulin G,affibody molecule,photoswitch,Z domain,affinity chromatography,azobenzene
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Infrared Laser Excitation to Study Transitions in Fullerene (C60) Molecule
摘要： Raman spectroscopy is the study of inelastic scattering of light. A Raman active sample should show a change in polarizability. It provides amongst other things, important information about the vibrational state of matter. Raman studies in scattering entails a sum of both creation and annihilation of photons and law of energy conservation applies to only the overall process and not to individual events. Infrared laser beam is a good choice for studying absorption and emission characteristics of fullerene molecule. The photo physical, photochemical and optical properties have already been studied in detail by many scientists. We intend to study the infrared laser induced characteristics of fullerene molecule. It is expected that laser interaction with C60 molecule can break the carbon bond, creating more free electrons resulting in formation of new compounds.
关键词： Fullerene molecule,Infrared laser,Photo physical,Inelastic scattering,Photochemical,Vibrational state
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Fano resonant behaviour of waveguide mode in all-dielectric multilayer structure directly monitored by fluorescence of embedded dye molecules
摘要： A method that allows direct monitoring of Fano resonant behaviours of local electric fields inside a waveguide layer in multilayer structures was developed. All-dielectric multilayer structures consisting of two polystyrene waveguide layers separated by a polyvinyl alcohol spacer layer were prepared. One of the waveguide layers was doped with fluorescent dye molecules. The fluorescence spectra of the sample were measured in a Kretschmann attenuated-total-reflection geometry as a function of the angle of incidence of the excitation light. The angle-scan fluorescence excitation spectra exhibited a sharp Fano line shape superposed on a broad band. Results of electromagnetic calculations of the electric field distribution inside the multilayer structure revealed that the local electric fields inside the dye-doped waveguide layer exhibit Fano resonant behaviours due to the near-field coupling to the waveguide mode supported by another waveguide layer. Using the calculated local electric fields, theoretical fluorescence spectra were calculated based on a point dipole model. The theoretical fluorescence spectra were found to reproduce the experimental ones very well, confirming that the observed Fano line shapes in the fluorescence spectra are the manifestation of the Fano resonant behaviours of the local electric fields inside the dye-doped layer.
关键词： dye molecule,multilayer,fluorescence,waveguide,Fano resonance,attenuated total reflection
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Effects of Short‐Axis Alkoxy Substituents on Molecular Self‐Assembly and Photovoltaic Performance of Indacenodithiophene‐Based Acceptors
摘要： The effects of central alkoxy side chain length of a series of narrow bandgap small molecule acceptors (SMAs) on their physicochemical properties and on the photovoltaic performance of the SMA-based polymer solar cells (PSCs) are systematically investigated. It is found that the ordered aggregation of these SMAs in films is enhanced gradually with the increase of alkoxy chain length. The single-crystal structures of these SMAs further reveal that small changes in the side chain length can have a dramatic impact on molecular self-assembly. The short-circuit current density and power conversion efficiency values of the corresponding PSCs increase with the increase of the side chain length of the SMAs. The π–π coherence length of the SMAs in the active layers is increased with the increase of the side chain length, which could be the reason for the increase of the Jsc in the PSCs. The results indicate that small changes in side chain length can have a dramatic impact on the molecular self-assembly, morphology, and photovoltaic performance of the PSCs. The structure–performance relationship established in this study can provide important instructions for the side chain engineering and for the design of efficient SMAs materials.
关键词： polymer solar cells,side chain engineering,morphology,small molecule acceptors,molecular self-assembly
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Molecules for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution From Water
摘要： Self-assembled molecules for outstanding hydrogen evolution rate and durability should promise practical water splitting due to the versatile visible light absorption, low production cost and ease of control. Here, we adapted an amphiphilic molecule as a building block for efficient small molecule based self-assembled photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution from water. The self-assembled molecules with platinum co-catalyst showed outstanding performance (turnover number ~ 27,000) virtually comparable to the state-of-the-art metal oxide based photocatalysts with catalytic activity extending over days. Transient absorption studies in combination with quantum chemical calculations revealed that elaborate excited state engineering of the molecules resulted in such high performance of hydrogen evolution from water. This study shows that the self-assembled amphiphilic molecules could pave the way to more economical and reproducible production of hydrogen from water.
关键词： Platinum co-catalyst,Amphiphilic molecule,Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution,Excited state engineering,Self-assembled molecules
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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17.1%-Efficiency organic photovoltaic cell enabled with two higher-LUMO-level acceptor guests as the quaternary strategy
摘要： Quaternary blended organic solar cells utilize four blended material components (one donor plus three acceptors, two donors and two acceptors, or three donors plus one acceptor) as the active layer materials. The use of four material components allows us to have more material selections and more mechanism choices to improve the photon-to-electron conversion efficiency. In this contribution, we present a new case of quaternary material system, that shows 17.1% efficiency obtained by adding IDIC and PC71BM as the guest acceptors of the host binary of PM6:Y6. The lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels of IDIC and PC71BM are both higher than that of Y6, which is one reason to obtain increased open-circuit voltage (Voc) in the quaternary device. Upon introduction of IDIC and PC71BM as the acceptor guests, the hole and electron mobilities are both increased, which contributes to the increased short-circuit current-density (Jsc). Effects of the weight ratios of the three acceptor components are investigated, which demonstrates that the increased hole and electron mobilities, the accelerated hole-transfer, and the reduced monomolecular recombination are the factors contributing to the increased Jsc and fill-factor. This case of quaternary device demonstrates the applicability of the quaternary strategy in increasing the device functions and hence the efficiencies in the field of organic photovoltaic cells.
关键词： small-molecule acceptor,organic photovoltaic,quaternary solar cell,nonfullerene,fullerene
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Asymmetrical side-chain engineering of small-molecule acceptors enable high-performance nonfullerene organic solar cells
摘要： Three new small molecules based on the benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene (BDT) fused central core with different side-chains, namely DPBDT-4Cl, POBDT-4Cl and COBDT-4Cl, are designed and synthesized to investigate the side-chain effect on the properties of nonfullerene acceptors. DPBDT-4Cl has symmetrical phenylalkyl side-chains on the central BDT unit. In order to narrow the bandgap and reduce the steric hindrance, the phenylalkyl chains are systematically replaced with the flexible electron-donating alkoxy side-chain (POBDT-4Cl) and alkyl side-chain (COBDT-4Cl). As a result, POBDT-4Cl and COBDT-4Cl are characterized with asymmetry-featured side-chains. From DPBDT-4Cl to POBDT-4Cl to COBDT-4Cl, their light absorption abilities, molecular packing behaviors and crystallinity are gradually enhanced. The devices based on these three acceptors all show power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 11% with energy loss below 0.55 eV. Compared to DPBDT-4Cl, POBDT-4Cl and COBDT-4Cl obviously exhibit enhanced device performance with improved short-circuit current densities (Jsc) and fill factors (FFs), which mainly ascribe to their reduced charge recombination and enhanced charge transport. In addition, the COBDT-4Cl achieved a high efficiency of 13.5% with a Jsc of 21.8 mA cm-2 and an FF of 0.71. This result is among the best performance obtained from asymmetry-featured small molecules.
关键词： side-chains,benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene,small-molecule acceptors,asymmetrical
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59