Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Using Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione and Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]silole Copolymer with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.3%
Journal of the American Chemical Society2011Vol. 133(12), pp. 4250–4253
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Ta‐Ya Chu, Jianping Lu, Serge Beaupré, Yanguang Zhang, Jean‐Rémi Pouliot, Salem Wakim, Jiayun Zhou, Mario Leclerc, Zhao Li, Jianfu Ding, Ye Tao
Abstract
A new alternating copolymer of dithienosilole and thienopyrrole-4,6-dione (PDTSTPD) possesses both a low optical bandgap (1.73 eV) and a deep highest occupied molecular orbital energy level (5.57 eV). The introduction of branched alkyl chains to the dithienosilole unit was found to be critical for the improvement of the polymer solubility. When blended with PC(71)BM, PDTSTPD exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 7.3% on the photovoltaic devices with an active area of 1 cm(2).
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