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Wide bandgap OPV polymers based on pyridinonedithiophene unit with efficiency >5.


ABSTRACT: We report the properties of a new series of wide band gap photovoltaic polymers based on the N-alkyl 2-pyridone dithiophene (PDT) unit. These polymers are effective bulk heterojunction solar cell materials when blended with phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM). They achieve power conversion efficiencies (up to 5.33%) high for polymers having such large bandgaps, ca. 2.0 eV (optical) and 2.5 eV (electrochemical). Grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) reveals strong correlations between ?-? stacking distance and regularity, polymer backbone planarity, optical absorption maximum energy, and photovoltaic efficiency.

SUBMITTER: Schneider AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5664788 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Wide bandgap OPV polymers based on pyridinonedithiophene unit with efficiency >5.

Schneider Alexander M AM   Lu Luyao L   Manley Eric F EF   Zheng Tianyue T   Sharapov Valerii V   Xu Tao T   Marks Tobin J TJ   Chen Lin X LX   Yu Luping L  

Chemical science 20150604 8


We report the properties of a new series of wide band gap photovoltaic polymers based on the <i>N</i>-alkyl 2-pyridone dithiophene (<b>PDT</b>) unit. These polymers are effective bulk heterojunction solar cell materials when blended with phenyl-C<sub>71</sub>-butyric acid methyl ester (PC<sub>71</sub>BM). They achieve power conversion efficiencies (up to 5.33%) high for polymers having such large bandgaps, <i>ca.</i> 2.0 eV (optical) and 2.5 eV (electrochemical). Grazing incidence wide-angle X-r  ...[more]

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