Journal article
Enhanced photovoltaic efficiency via light-triggered self-assembly
RJ Kumar, QI Churches, J Subbiah, A Gupta, A Ali, RA Evans, AB Holmes
Chemical Communications | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc43841d
Abstract
Light-initiated, radical and hydrogen-bond induced self-assembly of bis-acetamido-functionalized triarylamines is demonstrated to occur in strongly dipolar “push–pull” molecules. This self-assembly process results in the formation of self-assembled nanostructures which in turn increase the efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, the Australian Solar Institute (ARENA) and the Victorian State Government (DBI-VSA and DPI-ETIS) for generous financial support of the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium. We thank Dr M. Groarke and Mr T. Wilson for their technical assistance and Professor K Ghiggino for helpful discussions.