PCBM, high quality electron accepting material for OPV devices
Enables rapid and efficient charge transfer and exciton dissociation
PCBM, CAS number 160848-22-6, is a solubilised version of the buckminsterfullerene, C60, and is one of the most commonly used electron accepting materials in organic photovoltaic devices. The solubility enables PCBM to be dissolved in common solvents used for donor polymers, allowing the simultaneous casting of polymer and fullerene and the formation of an efficient bulk heterojunction. When used in a device with a donor polymer, PCBM enables rapid and efficient charge transfer and exciton dissociation [1], and has a high electron mobility [2].
Soluble fullerene acceptor
Enables efficient charge transfer and exicition dissociation
Tailored purity for different applications
99% purity M111 recommended for OPVs, and 99.5% M112 recommended for OFET
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Available in different purity
>99% and >99.5%
PCBM from Ossila was used in the high-impact paper (IF 18.81), Towards Efficient Integrated Perovskite/Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Interfacial Energetic Requirement to Reduce Charge Carrier Recombination Losses, M. Daboczi et al., Adv. Funct. Mater., 2001482 (2022); DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202001482.
The 99% purity PCBM is recommended for general OPV use, and the 99.5% purity PCBM is recommended for OFET applications where the highest crystallisation and mobility is required.
General Information
CAS Number | 160848-22-6 |
Chemical Formula | C72H14O2 |
Full Name | [6,6]-Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester |
Molecular Weight | 911 g/mol |
HOMO / LUMO | HOMO = -6.1 eV, LUMO = -3.7 eV |
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Classification / Family | Fullerenes, Organic semiconducting materials, Organic Photovoltaics, Polymer Solar Cells, Perovskite Solar cells, OFETs, Electron transport layer materials |
Chemical Structure
MSDS Documentation
Pricing
Product Code | Purity | Quantity | Price |
M111 | >99% | 250 mg | £250 |
M111 | >99% | 500 mg | £400 |
M111 | >99% | 1 g | £680 |
M111 | >99% | 5 g |
£3000 |
M112 | >99.5% | 100 mg | £260 |
M112 | >99.5% | 250 mg | £370 |
M112 | >99.5% | 500 mg | £680 |
M112 | >99.5% | 1 g | £1200 |
Literature and Reviews
- Photoinduced electron transfer from a conducting polymer to a buckminsterfullerene, N. S. Sariciftci et al., Science, 258 (1992), 1474–1476; DOI: 10.1126/science.258.5087.1474.
- Study of field effect mobility in PCBM films and P3HT:PCBM blends, E. Hauff et al., Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 87 (2005), 149–156; DOI: 1016/j.solmat.2004.06.014.