Improving the ordering and photovoltaic properties by extending π-conjugated area of electron-donating units in polymers with D-A structure

  • Ye Huang
  • , Xia Guo
  • , Feng Liu
  • , Lijun Huo
  • , Yuning Chen
  • , Thomas P. Russell*
  • , Charles C. Han
  • , Yongfang Li
  • , Jianhui Hou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A systematic molecular design process from PBDTTT-S to PBDTDTTT-S-T, a high-performance semiconducting polymer for organic photovoltaics, has been achieved by enhancing structural order, self-assembly and carrier mobility. Solar cells made from PBDTDTTT-S-T blended with PC 70BM show a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.81%, which is 25% higher than that of the parent PBDTTT-S.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3383-3389
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume24
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Jul 2012
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • low bandgap polymers
  • order structure
  • polymer solar cells
  • two-dimensional

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