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Trifluoromethyl‐Directed Supramolecular Self‐Assembly of Fullerenes: Synthesis, Characterization and Photovoltaic Applications

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dc.contributor.author THAWARKAR, S
dc.contributor.author NAGARJUNA, P
dc.contributor.author BAGUI, A
dc.contributor.author NARAYAN, R
dc.contributor.author PANICKER, J S
dc.contributor.author NAIR, V C
dc.contributor.author SINGH, S P
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-16T08:31:11Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-16T08:31:11Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01-23
dc.identifier.citation Chemistry Select; 5(3):1115-1121 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.201902974
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3707
dc.description.abstract Self‐assembly of fullerene derivatives plays an important role in controlling photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, we have synthesized two covalently bonded phenyl substituted fullerene derivatives ‐N‐Mtheyl‐2‐[2,5‐bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] fullerenopyrrolidine (1) and N‐Methyl‐2‐[2,4bis(trifluoro‐methyl‐6‐methoxy)phenyl]fullerenopyrrolidine (2), which are employed as electron acceptors in OSCs. The self‐assembly of two aforementioned molecules were investigated in the binary solvent system of chloroform and methanol (1:1 volume ratio). Further, optical, electro‐chemical and micro‐structural properties of self assembled structures were also studied. It is found that the architecture of assembly is directed by the functional groupsatthe phenyl ring and solvent molecule. The molecule 1 possessing ‐CF3 group and the molecule 2 possessing additional ‐OMe group on fullerene unitform flowers and flakes like structures, respectively. The assembly structure of 1 gets converted from flower to disc like structure with the variation of solvent from methanol to hexane. The OSCs fabricated using molecule 1 and molecule 2 as acceptor with PTB7 donor showed a power conversion efficiency of 6.8 and 3.6%, respectively with high open circuit voltages of ∼0.8 V. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.subject efficiency en_US
dc.subject flowers-flakes en_US
dc.subject fullerene derivatives en_US
dc.subject self-assembly en_US
dc.subject solar cell en_US
dc.title Trifluoromethyl‐Directed Supramolecular Self‐Assembly of Fullerenes: Synthesis, Characterization and Photovoltaic Applications en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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