Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of new D‐A copolymers based on 5,6‐bis(2‐ethylhexyl)naphtha[2,1‐b:3,4‐b′]dithiophene‐2,9‐diyl] donor and fluorine substituted 6,7‐bis(9,9‐didodecyl‐9h‐fluoren‐2‐yl)[1,2,5] thiadiazolo[3,4‐g]quinoxaline acceptor units

ABSTRACT Two low band gap D‐A copolymers 5,6‐bis(2‐ethylhexyl)naphtha[2,1‐b:3,4‐b′]dithiophene‐2,9‐diyl] donor and without (P1) and with (P2) fluorine substituted 6,7‐bis(9,9‐didodecyl‐9H‐fluoren‐2‐yl)[1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4‐g]quinoxaline were synthesized and their optical and electrochemical propert...

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Published in:Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry Polymer chemistry, 2018-06, Vol.56 (12), p.1297-1307
Main Authors: Keshtov, Mukhamed L., Konstantinov, Igor O., Kuklin, Sergei A., Khokhlov, Alexei R., Nekrasova, Natalia V., Xie, Zhi‐Yuan, Koukaras, Emmanuel N., Sharma, Ganesh D.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Charge transport
Chemical synthesis
Copolymers
Dipole moments
D‐A copolymers
Electrochemical analysis
Energy conversion efficiency
Energy levels
Fluorine
Heterojunctions
Hole mobility
low band gap
low energy loss
Low voltage
Molecular chains
Molecular orbitals
Naphtha
Optical properties
Photovoltaic cells
polymer solar cells
Polymers
power conversion efficiency
Solar cells
Stacking
Substitutes
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Summary:ABSTRACT Two low band gap D‐A copolymers 5,6‐bis(2‐ethylhexyl)naphtha[2,1‐b:3,4‐b′]dithiophene‐2,9‐diyl] donor and without (P1) and with (P2) fluorine substituted 6,7‐bis(9,9‐didodecyl‐9H‐fluoren‐2‐yl)[1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4‐g]quinoxaline were synthesized and their optical and electrochemical properties were investigated. These copolymers were employed as donor along with PC71BM as acceptor for the fabrication of solution processed bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells. After the optimization of the active layer, that is, different donor‐to‐acceptor weight ratios and concentration of DIO solvent additive, the resultant polymer solar cells showed overall PCE of 5.44% and 8.14% for P1 and P2, respectively, with low voltage loss of 0.40 eV. The higher value of power conversion efficiency of P2 based polymer solar cells as compared to P1 counterparts, my be related to the deeper highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of P2, higher hole mobility, balanced charge transport, suppressed bimolecular recombination and small π‐π stacking distance and higher crystallinity of P2:PC71BM active layer. Although the dipole moment of P2 is slightly lower than P1, the enhanced values of power conversion efficiency of P2 may be related to improve stacking. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2018, 56, 1297–1307 Two low bandgap D‐A copolymers 5,6‐bis(2‐ethylhexyl)naphtha[2,1‐b:3,4‐b′]dithiophene‐2,9‐diyl] donor without (P1) and with (P2) fluorine substituted 6,7‐bis(9,9‐didodecyl‐9H‐fluoren‐2‐yl)[1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4‐g]quinoxaline were synthesized and used as donors, along with PC71BM as an acceptor for polymer solar cells. After the optimization, power conversion efficiency of 8.14% with low voltage loss of 0.40 eV was achieved. This is higher than that for P1 (nonfluorinated copolymer), which is related to the suppressed bimolecular recombination, lower π–π stacking distance balanced charge transport.
ISSN:0887-624X
1099-0518
DOI:10.1002/pola.29011