Crystalline low band-gap alternating indolocarbazole and benzothiadiazole-cored oligothiophene copolymer for organic solar cell applications

Jianping Lu; Fushun Liang; Nicolas Drolet; Jianfu Ding; Ye Tao; Raluca Movileanu

doi:10.1039/B811031J

Crystalline low band-gap alternating indolocarbazole and benzothiadiazole-cored oligothiophene copolymer for organic solar cell applications

Jianping Lu,*^a Fushun Liang,^b Nicolas Drolet,^a Jianfu Ding,*^b Ye Tao*^a and Raluca Movileanu^a

* Corresponding authors

^a Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology (ICPET), National Research Council of Canada (NRC), 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Canada
E-mail: Jianfu.Ding@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca, Ye.Tao@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

^b Institute for Microstructural Sciences (IMS), National Research Council of Canada (NRC), 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Canada
E-mail: Jianping.Lu@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Abstract

A low band-gap alternating copolymer of indolocarbazole and benzothiadiazole-cored oligothiophene demonstrated balanced crystallinity and solubility; a solar cell combining this polymer with PC₆₁BM in a preliminary test demonstrated power conversion efficiencies of 3.6%.

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The article was received on 28 Jun 2008, accepted on 12 Aug 2008 and first published on 15 Sep 2008

Article type: Communication

DOI: 10.1039/B811031J

Citation: Chem. Commun., 2008,0, 5315-5317

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Crystalline low band-gap alternating indolocarbazole and benzothiadiazole-cored oligothiophene copolymer for organic solar cell applications

J. Lu, F. Liang, N. Drolet, J. Ding, Y. Tao and R. Movileanu, Chem. Commun., 2008, 0, 5315
DOI: 10.1039/B811031J
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Crystalline low band-gap alternating indolocarbazole and benzothiadiazole-cored oligothiophene copolymer for organic solar cell applications

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