1246949-11-0Relevant articles and documents
Tuning energy levels of low bandgap semi-random two acceptor copolymers
Zhou, Jinjun,Xie, Sibai,Amond, Emily F.,Becker, Matthew L.
, p. 3391 - 3394 (2013)
A series of low bandgap semi-random copolymers incorporating various ratios of two acceptor units - thienothiadiazole and benzothiadiazole - were synthesized by Pd-catalyzed Stille coupling. The polymer films exhibited broad and intense absorption spectra, covering the spectral range from 350 nm up to 1240 nm. The optical bandgaps and HOMO levels of the polymers were calculated from ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry measurements, respectively. By changing the ratio of the two acceptor monomers, the HOMO levels of the polymers were tuned from -4.42 to -5.28 eV and the optical bandgaps were varied from 1.00 to 1.14 eV. The results indicate our approach could be applied to the design and preparation of conjugated polymers with specifically desired energy levels and bandgaps for photovoltaic applications.
Novel 4,8-benzobisthiazole copolymers and their field-effect transistor and photovoltaic applications
Conboy, Gary,Taylor, Rupert G. D.,Findlay, Neil J.,Kanibolotsky, Alexander L.,Inigo, Anto R.,Ghosh, Sanjay S.,Ebenhoch, Bernd,Krishnan Jagadamma, Lethy,Thalluri, Gopala Krishna V. V.,Sajjad, Muhammad T.,Samuel, Ifor D. W.,Skabara, Peter J.
, p. 11927 - 11936 (2017/11/30)
A series of copolymers containing the benzo[1,2-d:4,5-d′]bis(thiazole) (BBT) unit has been designed and synthesised with bisthienyl-diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP), dithienopyrrole (DTP), benzothiadiazole (BT), benzodithiophene (BDT) or 4,4′-dialkoxybithiazole (BTz) comonomers. The resulting polymers possess a conjugation pathway that is orthogonal to the more usual substitution pathway through the 2,6-positions of the BBT unit, facilitating intramolecular non-covalent interactions between strategically placed heteroatoms of neighbouring monomer units. Such interactions enable a control over the degree of planarity through altering their number and strength, in turn allowing for tuning of the band gap. The resulting 4,8-BBT materials gave enhanced mobility in p-type organic field-effect transistors of up to 2.16 × 10-2 cm2 V-1 s-1 for pDPP2ThBBT and good solar cell performance of up to 4.45% power conversion efficiency for pBT2ThBBT.