Manipulating backbone structure with various conjugated spacers to enhance photovoltaic performance of D-A-type two-dimensional copolymers

  • Dongfeng Dang
  • , Manjun Xiao
  • , Pei Zhou
  • , Junwei Shi
  • , Qiang Tao
  • , Hua Tan
  • , Yafei Wang
  • , Xichang Bao
  • , Yu Liu
  • , Ergang Wang
  • , Renqiang Yang
  • , Weiguo Zhu

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Abstract

A class of low band-gap two-dimensional conjugated polymers of PBDTT-FQ, PBDTT-TQ, PBDTT-BTQ and PBDTT-TTQ was designed and synthesized, which contains the same di(alkylthiophene)-substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene (BDTT) and 6,7-difluoroquinoxaline (Q) units, as well as various conjugated spacers of furan, thiophene, bithiophene and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene in the main chain. Significant effect of the varied spacers between the BDTT and Q units on the thermal, optical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties was investigated and observed for these two-dimensional copolymers in the polymer solar cells. The maximum power conversion efficiency of 5.9% with a short circuit current of 13.7 mA/cm2and a fill factor of 0.56 was obtained for the PBDTT-TQ with thiophene spacer in the bulk hetero-junction PSCs using [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester as acceptor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2876-2884
Number of pages9
JournalOrganic Electronics
Volume15
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Conjugated spacers
  • Photovoltaic properties
  • Polymer solar cells
  • Two-dimensional copolymers

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