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Investigation of Symmetric and Nonsymmetric Dithienothiophene-dioxide Derivatives as Fluorescent Emitters for Luminescent Solar Concentrators

handle: 20.500.14243/542142 , 11568/1308368
Four conjugated donor-acceptor compounds featuring a central dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene-4,4′-dioxide (do-DTT) core, with either a symmetric (DTT-H2, O2, S2) or nonsymmetric (DTT-H1) structure, have been designed based on DFT computational investigations and prepared using direct arylation reactions as the key C-C bond-forming steps. Spectroscopic analysis of the compounds in solution, carried out with both stationary and time-resolved techniques, confirmed that they have properties compatible with application as fluorescent emitters in Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs). Accordingly, their performances were initially screened in thin-film LSCs employing poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as host matrix. The devices fabricated with the emitter DTT-S2, featuring thiomethyl-substituted donor groups, appeared very promising, with a good external photon efficiency (ηext) of up to 5.6%, accompanied by a notable internal photon efficiency (ηint) of up to 43%. Due to these favorable characteristics, this compound was selected as the emitter for PMMA-based slab LSC devices (5 × 5 × 0.3 cm3) fabricated using regenerated MMA. Remarkably, a ηext of 6.7% was reached together with a fluorescence quantum yield (Φfl) of 90%, which resulted in a device efficiency of 0.74% once the LSC was coupled with a Si-PV cell. In addition, a preliminary stability assessment of the doped slabs, conducted by an accelerated protocol, provided encouraging results, with the nonsymmetric emitter DTT-H1 being able to retain >90% of its initial emission intensity after 960 h of simulated time.
- University of Pisa Italy
- National Research Council Italy
photovoltaics, transient absorption spectroscopy, organic emitters, dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene-4,4′-dioxide, luminescent solar concentrators; organic emitters; dithieno[3,2-b:2 ',3 '-d]thiophene-4,4 '-dioxide; DFT calculations; transient absorption spectroscopy; photovoltaics, DFT calculations, luminescent solar concentrators
photovoltaics, transient absorption spectroscopy, organic emitters, dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]thiophene-4,4′-dioxide, luminescent solar concentrators; organic emitters; dithieno[3,2-b:2 ',3 '-d]thiophene-4,4 '-dioxide; DFT calculations; transient absorption spectroscopy; photovoltaics, DFT calculations, luminescent solar concentrators
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