Diffusion-enhanced exciton dissociation in single-material organic solar cells

Nong V. Hoang, Vasileios C. Nikolis, Lukasz Baisinger, Koen Vandewal, Maxim S. Pshenichnikov*

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Abstract

Single-material organic solar cells have recently attracted research attention due to their simplicity, morphological robustness and high yield of exciton dissociation. Using α-sexithiophene as a model system, we show that the single-event probability of the exciton dissociation at the boundaries of polycrystalline domains with different molecular orientation is extremely low (∼0.5%), while a high efficiency of charge generation is gained via hundred-fold crossings of the domain boundaries due to the long exciton diffusion length (∼45 nm). This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20848-20853
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume23
Issue number37
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7-Oct-2021

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