In this work we have synthesized and characterized four indoline-based small organic molecules
for their use as electron donor moiety in bulk-heterojunction solution processed
organic solar cells combined with PC70BM as electron acceptor. Our results show a wide
range of light to energy efficiencies from 0.8% to 3.5% under standard measurement conditions.
An initial analysis suggests that the main limitation is the device photocurrent due to
the device film thickness. Yet, charge transfer dynamics were studied to correlate charge
loss mechanisms to p-bridge structural variations and, moreover, mobility measurements
were also carried out to fully explain these device limitations.