- Low-bandgap conjugated polymer for high efficient photovoltaic applications
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We investigate the morphological and performance of organic photovoltaics based on blended films of alternating poly(thiophene-phenylene-thiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM). The resulting fine-scale phase separation leads to enhanced performance and the highest power efficiency (6.4% under AM 1.5G (100 mW cm-2)) when we use solvent annealing process.
- Chen, Yi-Chun,Yu, Chao-Ying,Fan, Yu-Ling,Hung, Ling-I.,Chen, Chih-Ping,Ting, Ching
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- Influence of synthetic pathway, molecular weight and side chains on properties of indacenodithiophene-benzothiadiazole copolymers made by direct arylation polycondensation
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Atom-economic protocols for the synthesis of poly(indacenodithiophene-alt-benzothiadiazole) (PIDTBT) are presented in which all C-C coupling steps are achieved by direct arylation. Using two different synthetic pathways, PIDTBT copolymers with different side chains (hexylphenyl, octylphenyl, dodecyl, methyl/2-octyldodecylphenyl, 2-octyldodecylphenyl/2-octyldodecylphenyl) and molecular weight (MW) are prepared. Route A makes use of direct arylation polycondensation (DAP) of indacenodithiophene (IDT) and 4,7-dibromo-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BTBr2) leading to PIDTBT in high yields, with adjustable MW and without indications for structural defects. Route B starts from a polyketone precursor also prepared by DAP following cyclization. While route B allows introduction of asymmetric side chains at the IDT unit, polymer analogous cyclization gives rise to defect formation. The absorption coefficient of PIDTBT with alkylphenyl side chains made by route A increases with MW. Field-effect hole mobilities around ~10-2 cm2 V-1 s-1 are molecular weight-independent, which is ascribed to a largely amorphous thin film morphology. PIDTBT with linear dodecyl side (C12) chains exhibits a bathochromic shift (20 nm), in agreement with theory, and more pronounced vibronic contributions to absorption spectra. In comparison to alkylphenyl side chains, C12 side chains allow for increased order in thin films, a weak melting endotherm and lower energetic disorder, which altogether explain substantially higher field-effect hole mobilities of ~ 10-1 cm2 V-1 s-1.
- Adamczak, Desiree,Perinot, Andrea,Komber, Hartmut,Illy, Anna,Hultmark, Sandra,Passarella, Bianca,Tan, Wen Liang,Hutsch, Sebastian,Becker-Koch, David,Rapley, Charlotte,Scaccabarozzi, Alberto D.,Heeney, Martin,Vaynzof, Yana,Ortmann, Frank,McNeill, Christopher R.,Müller, Christian,Caironi, Mario,Sommer, Michael
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- Effect of the mode of fixation of the thienyl rings on the electronic properties of electron acceptors based on indacenodithiophene (IDT)
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Indacenodithiophene (IDT) is a major building block for the design of advanced functional π-conjugated polymers and nonfullerene electron-acceptor materials for organic photovoltaics. Preliminary results of a synthetic approach aiming at the modulation of
- Crisan, Andreea Petronela,Grosu, Ion,Hadade, Niculina Daniela,Jungsuttiwong, Siriporn,Pop, Alexandra,Roncali, Jean,Terenti, Natalia
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- Non-fullerene electron acceptor material and organic photovoltaic cell
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The invention provides a non-fullerene electron acceptor material represented by formula (I), and an organic photovoltaic cell having an active layer comprising the non-fullerene electron acceptor material. When the non-fullerene electron acceptor materia
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Paragraph 0058; 0062; 0083-0086
(2021/02/24)
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- Non-fullerene electron acceptor material and organic photovoltaic cell
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Disclosed are a non-fullerene electron acceptor material represented by formula (I) and an organic photovoltaic cell having an active layer comprising the aforementioned non-fullerene electron acceptor material. When the non-fullerene electron acceptor ma
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- High-mobility low-bandgap conjugated copolymers based on indacenodithiophene and thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine units for thin film transistor and photovoltaic applications
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Two new semiconducting polymers based on indacenodithiophene and thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine units were synthesized via Stille coupling polymerization. The polymers, PIDTPyT and PIDTDTPyT, exhibited main absorption bands in the range of 550-800 nm while their absorption maxima were located at around 700 nm in films. With two additional thiophene spacers, PIDTDTPyT showed a broader absorption band but a 20 nm blue-shifted maximum peak compared to that of PIDTPyT. Both of the polymers possess low bandgaps (~1.6 eV) and deep energy levels for both the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO). Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) device measurements indicate that PIDTPyT and PIDTDTPyT have high hole carrier mobilities of 0.066 and 0.045 cm2 V-1 s -1, respectively, with the on/off ratio on the order of 10 6. Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices consisting of the copolymers and PC71BM gave power conversion efficiencies (PCE) as high as 3.91% with broadband photo-response in the range of 300-800 nm. The relationships between the photovoltaic performance and film morphology, energy levels, hole mobilities are discussed.
- Sun, Ying,Chien, Shang-Chieh,Yip, Hin-Lap,Zhang, Yong,Chen, Kung-Shih,Zeigler, David F.,Chen, Fang-Chung,Lin, Baoping,Jen, Alex K.-Y.
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p. 13247 - 13255
(2011/12/16)
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