1638802-04-6Relevant articles and documents
Photovoltaic Blend Microstructure for High Efficiency Post-Fullerene Solar Cells. To Tilt or Not to Tilt?
Aldrich, Thomas J.,Alzola, Joaquin M.,Delongchamp, Dean M.,Fabiano, Simone,Facchetti, Antonio,Huang, Wei,Kohlstedt, Kevin L.,Logsdon, Jenna Leigh,Marks, Tobin J.,Matta, Micaela,Melkonyan, Ferdinand S.,Mukherjee, Subhrangsu,Powers-Riggs, Natalia,Schatz, George C.,Strzalka, Joseph W.,Swick, Steven M.,Timalsina, Amod,Wang, Gang,Wasielewski, Michael R.,Yang, Tony,Young, Ryan M.
, (2019)
Achieving efficient polymer solar cells (PSCs) requires a structurally optimal donor-acceptor heterojunction morphology. Here we report the combined experimental and theoretical characterization of a benzodithiophene-benzothiadiazole donor polymer series (PBTZF4-R; R = alkyl substituent) blended with the non-fullerene acceptor ITIC-Th and analyze the effects of substituent dimensions on blend morphology, charge transport, carrier dynamics, and PSC metrics. Varying substituent dimensions has a pronounced effect on the blend morphology with a direct link between domain purity, to some extent domain dimensions, and charge generation and collection. The polymer with the smallest alkyl substituent yields the highest PSC power conversion efficiency (PCE, 11percent), reflecting relatively small, high-purity domains and possibly benefiting from matched donor polymer-small molecule acceptor orientations. The distinctive morphologies arising from the substituents are investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations which reveal that substituent dimensions dictate a well-defined set of polymer conformations, in turn driving chain aggregation and, ultimately, the various film morphologies and mixing with acceptor small molecules. A straightforward energetic parameter explains the experimental polymer domain morphological trends, hence PCE, and suggests strategies for substituent selection to optimize PSC materials morphologies.
Dibromo compounds containing thiophene and thiazolo[4,5,b]thiazole structure and preparation method thereof
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Paragraph 0062-0064, (2020/07/02)
The invention belongs to the technical field of organic synthesis, and discloses dibromo compounds containing thiophene and thiazolo[4,5,b]thiazole structures and a preparation method of the dibromo compound. By utilizing the preparation method, the dibromo compounds containing thiophene and thiazolo[4,5,b]thiazole structures can be obtained, the yield of the dibromo compounds reaches up to 99%, and an effective basic preparation material is provided for conjugated polymers PTZ1. Meanwhile, the structures of representative dibromo compounds containing thiophene and thiazolo[4,5,b]thiazole structures, such as 5a, 6a, are confirmed, and structural characterization is carried out.
AN ELECTRON-DONATING UNIT, A COPOLYMER THEREOF AND THEIR PREPARATION METHODS, AS WELL AS THEIR USES
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, (2017/09/27)
An electron-donating unit of the Formula, a copolymer thereof and their preparation methods, as well as their uses in thin-film transistor or polymer solar cell. The electron-donating unit is an effective building block for constructing high-performance polymer semiconductors due to its solubilizing ability, centrosymmetric geometry, backbone planarity, compact packing, and appropriate electron donating ability versus the previously reported BTOR and DTP units.