Electronic Properties and Photovoltaic Performances of a Series of Oligothiophene Copolymers Incorporating Both Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene and 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole Moieties
HADZIIOANNOU, Georges
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
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Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
HADZIIOANNOU, Georges
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
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Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 4 LCPO : Polymer Materials for Electronic, Energy, Information and Communication Technologies
Language
en
Article de revue
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Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 2010, vol. 31, n° 7, p. 651-656
Wiley-VCH Verlag
English Abstract
A series of donor-acceptor alternated conjugated copolymers, composed of thiophene, bithio-phene, thieno[3,2-b]thiophene, and 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole units and differing from each other by the nature and the number of ...Read more >
A series of donor-acceptor alternated conjugated copolymers, composed of thiophene, bithio-phene, thieno[3,2-b]thiophene, and 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole units and differing from each other by the nature and the number of 3-alkylthiophene in the backbone, have been synthesized by Stille cross-coupling polymerization. The material's optical and electrochemical properties, in solution and in thin films, have been investigated using UV-Visible absorption and cyclic voltammetry. Bulk heterojunction solar cells using blends of the newly synthesized copolymers, as electron donor, and C60-PCBM or C70-PCBM, as electron transporting material, have been elaborated. A maximum power conversion efficiency of 1.8% is achieved with a 1:4 PPBzT(2)-C12:C70-PCBM weight ratio.Read less <
English Keywords
photovoltaics
open circuit voltage
bulk heterojunction
conjugated polymers
low-band gap copolymer
Origin
Hal imported