Table 1 Summary of optical properties and electronic energy levels, exciton lifetime τ, annihilation rate constant γ, annihilation radius R, exciton diffusion coefficient D and exciton diffusion length LD of YDT, DY, TY QY and PY-IT

From: Precise synthesis and photovoltaic properties of giant molecule acceptors

Acceptor

λmax sol (nm)

λmax film (nm)

εmax film (105 cm−1)

HOMO (eV)

LUMO (eV)

τ (ns)

γ (10−8cm3s−1)

R (nm)

D (10−3cm2s−1)

LD (nm)

YDT

720

785

1.02

−5.66

−3.73

1.05 ± 0.08

0.88 ± 0.01

2.36

1.48 ± 0.02

12.5 ± 0.5

DY

735

781

1.21

−5.66

−3.74

1.71 ± 0.09

1.1 ± 0.01

2.05

2.14 ± 0.02

19.1 ± 0.6

TY

746

793

1.42

−5.64

−3.75

2.70 ± 0.15

1.5 ± 0.03

2.08

2.87 ± 0.06

27.8 ± 1.1

QY

762

795

1.36

−5.64

−3.76

2.71 ± 0.10

1.7 ± 0.03

1.69

4.00 ± 0.07

32.9 ± 0.9

PY-IT

796

808

1.44

−5.63

−3.77

2.23 ± 0.08

2.1 ± 0.05

1.62

5.40 ± 0.12

34.5 ± 1.2