1. Orientation dependant charge transfer at fullerene/Zn-phthalocyanine (C60/ZnPc) interface: Implications for energy level alignment and photovoltaic properties.
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Javaid, Saqib and Akhtar, M. Javed
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CHARGE transfer , *FULLERENES , *PHTHALOCYANINES , *ENERGY level densities , *OPEN-circuit voltage - Abstract
Recently, experimental results have shown that photovoltaic properties of Fullerene (C60)/ Phthalocyanine based devices improve considerably as molecular orientation is changed from edge-on to face-on. In this work, we have studied the impact of molecular orientation on C60/ZnPc interfacial properties, particularly focusing on experimentally observed face-on and edge-on configuration, using density functional theory based simulations. The results show that the interfacial electronic properties are strongly anisotropic: direction of charge transfer and interface dipole fluctuates as molecular orientation is switched. As a result of orientation dependant interface dipole, difference between acceptor LUMO and donor HOMO increases as the orientation is changed from edge-on to face-on, suggesting a consequent increase in open circuit voltage (VOC). Moreover, adsorption and electronic properties indicate that the interfacial interactions are much stronger in the face-on configuration which should further facilitate the charge-separation process. These findings elucidate the energy level alignment at C60/ZnPc interface and help to identify interface dipole as the origin of the orientation dependence of VOC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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