186682-36-0Relevant articles and documents
New route for [60[fullerene functionalisation in [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction using indene
Puplovskis, Austris,Kacens, Janis,Neilands, Ojars
, p. 285 - 288 (1997)
The Diels-Alder [4 + 2] cycloaddition of isoindene, generated in situ from indene, to [60]fullerene, yielded the new [60]fullerene derivative 1. The product was isolated by column chromatography and spectroscopically characterized. This method provides a new route to derivatives where functional groups can be rigidly attached to the [60]fullerene cage.
Co-catalyzed radical cycloaddition of [60]fullerene with active dibromides: Selective synthesis of carbocycle-fused fullerene monoadducts
Lu, Shirong,Si, Weili,Bao, Ming,Yamamoto, Yoshinori,Jin, Tienan
, p. 4030 - 4033 (2013/09/02)
An efficient and highly selective Co-catalyzed radical cycloaddition of [60]fullerene with active dibromides for the synthesis of three-, five-, six-, and seven-membered carbocycle-fused fullerene monoadducts has been reported. The controlled experiments unambiguously disclosed that the reaction proceeds through the formation of a fullerene monoradical as a key intermediate.
Efficient ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cells with tunable open-circuit voltage
Khlyabich, Petr P.,Burkhart, Beate,Thompson, Barry C.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 14534 - 14537 (2011/10/18)
To explore the potential of ternary blend bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photovoltaics as a general platform for increasing the attainable performance of organic solar cells, a model system based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) as the donor and two soluble fullerene acceptors, phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) and indene-C60 bisadduct (ICBA), was examined. In all of the solar cells, the overall ratio of polymer to fullerene was maintained at 1:1, while the composition of the fullerene component (PC61BM:ICBA ratio) was varied. Photovoltaic devices showed high short-circuit current densities (Jsc) and fill factors (FF) (>0.57) at all fullerene ratios, while the open-circuit voltage (V oc) was found to vary from 0.61 to 0.84 V as the fraction of ICBA was increased. These results indicate that the Voc in ternary blend BHJ solar cells is not limited to the smallest Voc of the corresponding binary blend solar cells but can be varied between the extreme Voc values without significant effect on the Jsc or FF. By extension, this result suggests that ternary blends provide a potentially effective route toward maximizing the attainable JscVoc product (which is directly proportional to the solar cell efficiency) in BHJ solar cells and that with judicious selection of donor and acceptor components, solar cells with efficiencies exceeding the theoretical limits for binary blend solar cells could be possible without sacrificing the simplicity of a single active-layer processing step.