@article{773c41c0243e4883bc1e9719e8f62de4,
title = "Functional 2-benzyl-1,2-dihydro[60]fullerenes as acceptors for organic photovoltaics: Facile synthesis and high photovoltaic performances",
abstract = "A new series of functional 2-benzyl-1,2-dihydro[60]fullerenes, BnHCs, were synthesized efficiently via co-catalyzed selective monofunctionalization of C60 with functional benzyl bromides. Photophysical and electrochemical properties of the new BnHCs were investigated. PSCs based on 2-MeO-4-CO2Me-BnHC as new acceptor and P3HT as donor showed a power conversion efficiency of 3.75%, which is comparable to that of PC61BM under the same device conditions.",
keywords = "Catalytic synthesis, Fullerene acceptor, Mono-functional benzyl, Polymer solar cells, Power conversion efficiency",
author = "Shirong Lu and Tienan Jin and Takeshi Yasuda and Ashraful Islam and Md Akhtaruzzaman and Liyuan Han and Alamry, {Khalid A.} and Kosa, {Samia A.} and Asiri, {Abdullah Mohamed} and Yoshinori Yamamoto",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), MEXT (Japan). S.L. acknowledges the support of the JSPS fellowships for Young Scientists. We also thank the support of the King Abdulaziz University (KAU), under grant No. ( HiCi/28-3-1432 ). ",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1016/j.tet.2012.11.099",
language = "English",
volume = "69",
pages = "1302--1306",
journal = "Tetrahedron",
issn = "0040-4020",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "4",
}
