Issue 19, 2013
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RSC Advances

Cyanothiophene-based low band-gap polymer for organic solar cells†

J. Arul Clement,‡a   Heung Gyu Kim,‡a   Myungsun Sim,‡a   Boseok Kanga  and  Kilwon Cho*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
E-mail: kwcho@postech.ac.kr

Abstract

We report the preparation of a new acceptor unit, 3-alkoxy-4-cyanothiophene, and a 3-alkoxy-4-cyanothiophene-based low band-gap polymer (PBDT–CT) with a deep HOMO energy level (−5.5 eV). A bulk heterojunction solar cell containing PBDT–CT and PC61BM was found to exhibit a high open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.90 V and an efficiency of 3.36%.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA40258D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jan 2013
Accepted
18 Feb 2013
First published
20 Feb 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 6799-6802

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Cyanothiophene-based low band-gap polymer for organic solar cells

J. A. Clement, H. G. Kim, M. Sim, B. Kang and K. Cho, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 6799 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA40258D

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