Issue 3, 2012
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Polymer Chemistry

Naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene-based conjugated polymer as a new electron donor for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells†

Pranabesh Dutta,a   Hanok Park,a   Woo-Hyung Lee,b   Kyuri Kim,a   In Nam Kangb  and  Soo-Hyoung Lee*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Duckjin-dong 664-14, Jeonju, Korea
E-mail: shlee66@jbnu.ac.kr
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b Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University, 43-1, Yeokaok2-dong, Wonmi-gu, Buchen-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Abstract

We report for the first time the synthesis and photovoltaic application of a naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene (NDT) containing donor–acceptor conjugated copolymer. The combination of a thiophene-bridge NDT building block with a quinoxaline acceptor unit results in a new copolymer that has an optical band gap of 1.77 eV, a HOMO level of −5.24 eV, and a hole mobility of 5.0 × 10−5 cm2 V−1 s−1. Preliminary characterization of the bulk-heterojunction solar cell device exhibits a PCE of around 1.5%.

Graphical abstract: Naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene-based conjugated polymer as a new electron donor for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2PY00424K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Sep 2011
Accepted
14 Dec 2011
First published
06 Jan 2012

Polym. Chem., 2012,3, 601-604

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Naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene-based conjugated polymer as a new electron donor for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

P. Dutta, H. Park, W. Lee, K. Kim, I. N. Kang and S. Lee, Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 601 DOI: 10.1039/C2PY00424K

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