@inproceedings{02be626f205a47c7a6ee897f5dd93be0,
title = "Organic solar cells: Synthesis and testing of novel, soluble fullerene derivatives",
abstract = "While less efficient than their inorganic counterparts, solution-processed organic solar cells have potential for inexpensive production. Fullerenes have proven useful in organic solar cells because of their solid-state order and high electron mobility. However, their near insolubility in organic solvents makes solution-processing difficult. It has been shown that fullerenes and soluble acenes can be covalently bound by utilizing the Diels-Alder pathway. In doing so, the LUMO energy level of the fullerene is altered. Our goal was to create novel fullerene derivatives that would π-stack in the solid state, be soluble, and have a LUMO energy level suitable for use as an acceptor material in a solar cell. After purification, the derivatives were paired with a donor material in a bulk heterojunction solar cell and the performance tested. Our results yielded a new crystalline fullerene derivative which demonstrated photovoltaic behavior and may potentially be used in high-efficiency organic solar cells.",
author = "Bruzek, {Matthew J.} and Anthony, {John E.} and Parkin, {Sean R.}",
year = "2008",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780841269859",
series = "ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts",
booktitle = "American Chemical Society - 235th National Meeting, Abstracts of Scientific Papers",
note = "235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2008 ; Conference date: 06-04-2008 Through 10-04-2008",
}