Issue 31, 2017

High-performance wide-bandgap copolymers based on indacenodithiophene and indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene units

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrated the synthesis and characterization of two novel donor–acceptor type conjugated polymers, IDT-T1 and IDTT-T1, which consist of indacenodithiophene (IDT) and indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene (IDTT) donor and 1,3-bis(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)-5,7-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H,8H-benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c]dithiophene-4,8-dione (T1) acceptor building blocks. The resulting copolymers exhibited a wide bandgap of about 1.90 eV with a comparatively low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level. However, IDTT-T1 with an extended fused-ring unit was found to have better coplanarity and higher carrier mobility (0.11 cm2 V−1 s−1). As a consequence, organic solar cells employing IDTT-T1 as the donor material afforded a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.58%, while IDT-T1-based devices yielded a relatively lower PCE of 6.26%.

Graphical abstract: High-performance wide-bandgap copolymers based on indacenodithiophene and indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene units

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Cax 2017
Accepted
07 Qad 2017
First published
10 Qad 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 7777-7783

High-performance wide-bandgap copolymers based on indacenodithiophene and indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene units

Y. Cai, X. Zhang, X. Xue, D. Wei, L. Huo and Y. Sun, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 7777 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC01909B

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