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Synthesis, characterization, and solar cell and transistor applications of phenanthro[1,2-b:8,7-b′]dithiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole semiconducting polymers
Mori, Hiroki,Suetsugu, Masato,Nishinaga, Shuhei,Chang, Ning-Hui,Nonobe, Hikaru,Okuda, Yasuhiro,Nishihara, Yasushi
, p. 709 - 718 (2015/03/04)
Synthesis, characterization, and polymer solar cell and transistor application of a series of phenanthro[1,2-b:8,7-b′]dithiophene-based donor-acceptor (D-A)-type semiconducting polymers combined with a diketopyrrolopyrrole unit are reported. The present polymers showed some unique features such as strong aggregation behavior, high thermal stability, and short π-π stacking distance (3.5-3.6 ?), which are suitable for high performance organic materials. In addition, they have a significantly extended absorption up to 1000 nm with a band gap of ca. 1.2 eV. However, such strong intermolecular interaction reduced their solubility and molecular weights, which resulted in low crystalline nature and moderate field-effect mobility of 0.01 cm2 V-1 s-1. Furthermore, such strong aggregation behavior led to the large-scale phase separation in the blend films, which may prevent the effective photocurrent generation, limiting Jsc and power conversion efficiency of 2.0%.
Low band-gap diketopyrrolopyrrole-containing polymers for near infrared electrochromic and photovoltaic applications
Low, Jonathan Zhaozhi,Neo, Wei Teng,Ye, Qun,Ong, Wen Jie,Wong, Ivy Hoi Ka,Lin, Ting Ting,Xu, Jianwei
, p. 1287 - 1295 (2015/04/14)
Donor-acceptor type polymers bearing diketopyrrolopyrrole and 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene units are reported. The polymers are green and exhibit very low band-gaps (1.19 eV) with strong and broad absorption (maxima of about 830 nm) in the near infrared (NI
Enhancing field-effect mobility of conjugated polymers through rational design of branched side chains
Fu, Boyi,Baltazar, Jose,Sankar, Ashwin Ravi,Chu, Ping-Hsun,Zhang, Siyuan,Collard, David M.,Reichmanis, Elsa
, p. 3734 - 3744 (2014/07/07)
The design of polymer semiconductors possessing effective π-π intermolecular interactions coupled with good solution processability remains a challenge. Structure-property relationships associated with side chain structure, π-π intermolecular interactions, polymer solubility, and charge carrier transport are reported for a donor-acceptor(1)-donor-acceptor(2) polymer: 5-Decylheptadecyl (5-DH), 2-tetradecyl (2-DT), and linear n-octadecyl (OD) chains are substituted onto a polymer backbone consisting of terthiophene units (T) between two different electron acceptors, benzothiadiazole (B), and diketopyrrolopyrrole (D), pTBTD, to afford pTBTD-5DH, pTBTD-2DT, and pTBTD-OD, respectively. In the 5-DH side chain, the branching position is remote from the polymer backbone, whereas it is proximal in 2-DT. This study demonstrates that incorporation of branched side chains where the branching position is remote from the polymer backbone merges the advantages of improved solubility from branched units with effective π-π intermolecular interactions normally associated with linear chains on conjugated polymers. pTBTD-5DH exhibits superior qualities with respect to the degree of polymerization, solution processability, π-π interchain stacking, and charge carrier transport relative to the other analogs. pTBTD-5DH exhibits a field-effect hole mobility of up to 2.95 cm2 V-1 s-1, a factor of 3-7 times that achieved with pBDT6-DT and pBDT6-OD. 5-Decylheptadecyl (5-DH), 2-tetradecyl (2-DT), and n -octadecyl (OD) side chains are substituted into pTBTD polymer backbone. The branching position is remote or close to pTBTD in 5-DH and 2-DT. 5-DH merges advantages of branched units (2-DT) for improving solubility with those of linear chains (OD) in providing effective π-π intermolecular interactions. 5-DH substituted pTBTD exhibits a field-effect hole mobility reaching 2.95 cm2 V-1 s-1.