The University of Warwick (UK) sponsored the research project 'A new class of electron acceptor for organic solar cells' for Professor Alessandro Troisi in the Department of Chemistry (ref GCHHF0508) and commissioned Prof. Antonella Ciccarese in the Dipartimento DiSTeBA on behalf of the Subcontractor Università del Salento (Lecce,Italy). The design of alternative electron acceptors able to mimic the properties of fullerene derivatives is the aim of the Project. In a recent paper, Liu and Troisi identified the special characteristics of fullerene-based acceptors that makes them so much better as electron acceptors than any other material with otherwise similar characteristics. The subcontracted research is focused on the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of four lead compounds with a "designed" degeneracy of the LUMO levels, in order to mimic the properties of fullerenes and therefore substitute them in the development of alternative electron acceptors.This research relies on the collaboration of Prof. Luigino Troisi, Dr Catia Granito, Dr Gabriele Giancane and co-workers.
A new class of electron acceptor for organic solar cells
CICCARESE, Antonella;
2012-01-01
Abstract
The University of Warwick (UK) sponsored the research project 'A new class of electron acceptor for organic solar cells' for Professor Alessandro Troisi in the Department of Chemistry (ref GCHHF0508) and commissioned Prof. Antonella Ciccarese in the Dipartimento DiSTeBA on behalf of the Subcontractor Università del Salento (Lecce,Italy). The design of alternative electron acceptors able to mimic the properties of fullerene derivatives is the aim of the Project. In a recent paper, Liu and Troisi identified the special characteristics of fullerene-based acceptors that makes them so much better as electron acceptors than any other material with otherwise similar characteristics. The subcontracted research is focused on the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of four lead compounds with a "designed" degeneracy of the LUMO levels, in order to mimic the properties of fullerenes and therefore substitute them in the development of alternative electron acceptors.This research relies on the collaboration of Prof. Luigino Troisi, Dr Catia Granito, Dr Gabriele Giancane and co-workers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
