Issue 20, 2013

Dithiazolyl-benzothiadiazole-containing polymer acceptors: synthesis, characterization, and all-polymer solar cells

Abstract

Thiazole-containing electron-deficient unit DTABT as a building block was developed to construct donor–acceptor conjugated polymers (P1). Due to the strong electron withdrawing nature of DTABT, polymer P1 exhibited obviously lowered HOMO and LUMO levels relative to its thiophene-containing counterpart P2. Such low-lying LUMO level endowed P1 with high electron mobility, almost two orders of magnitude higher than P2. Meanwhile, balanced ambipolar transport behaviours of P1 were also observed in FET devices. All-polymer solar cells based on both polymers as acceptors were fabricated, in which P3HT/P1 blends showed power conversion efficiency twice as high as that of P3HT/P2. Further investigation showed that a P3HT/P1 blend film displayed smaller surface roughness and lower crystallinity of P3HT, indicating better miscibility of P3HT and P1. Compared to its thiophene-containing counterpart P2, P1 exhibited higher electron mobility and better miscibility with P3HT, and both advantages may together contribute to the significantly improved device performance of P1-based all-polymer solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Dithiazolyl-benzothiadiazole-containing polymer acceptors: synthesis, characterization, and all-polymer solar cells

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Jan 2013
Accepted
19 Feb 2013
First published
20 Feb 2013

Polym. Chem., 2013,4, 5228-5236

Dithiazolyl-benzothiadiazole-containing polymer acceptors: synthesis, characterization, and all-polymer solar cells

Y. Cao, T. Lei, J. Yuan, J. Wang and J. Pei, Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 5228 DOI: 10.1039/C3PY00112A

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