TY - JOUR
T1 - Low-bandgap poly(4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene) derivatives with 4,7-dithienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole unit for photovoltaic cells
AU - Kim, Jinwoo
AU - Park, Sung Heum
AU - Cho, Shinuk
AU - Jin, Youngeup
AU - Kim, Jaehong
AU - Kim, Il
AU - Lee, Jin Sook
AU - Kim, Joo Hyun
AU - Woo, Han Young
AU - Lee, Kwanghee
AU - Suh, Hongsuk
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund) (KRF-2008-314-C00200).
PY - 2010/1/21
Y1 - 2010/1/21
N2 - A series of conjugated polymer bearing 4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene (CPP) unit have been synthesized and was evaluated in bulk heterojunction solar cell. The alternating copolymers with CPP unit were incorporated with 4,7-dithienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT) unit by Suzuki conditions. The newly synthesized copolymers, poly(2,6-((4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene))-alt-(4,7-((2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole))) (PCPP-DTBT), and poly(2,6-(4,4-bis(4-((2-ethylhexyl)oxy)phenyl)-4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene)-alt-(4,7-((2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole))) (PBEHPCPP-DTBT), contain dialkyl and bis(alkoxyphenyl) groups in the CPP unit, respectively. The HOMO-LUMO energy bandgaps of these materials, estimated from UV-vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry (CV), were 2.00 eV for PCPP-DTBT and 1.80 eV for PBEHPCPP-DTBT. Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on the blends of the polymers with [6,6]phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) gave power conversion efficiencies as 1.00% for PCPP-DTBT and 1.12% for PBEHPCPP-DTBT under AM 1.5, 100 mW/cm2.
AB - A series of conjugated polymer bearing 4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene (CPP) unit have been synthesized and was evaluated in bulk heterojunction solar cell. The alternating copolymers with CPP unit were incorporated with 4,7-dithienyl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT) unit by Suzuki conditions. The newly synthesized copolymers, poly(2,6-((4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene))-alt-(4,7-((2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole))) (PCPP-DTBT), and poly(2,6-(4,4-bis(4-((2-ethylhexyl)oxy)phenyl)-4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene)-alt-(4,7-((2-thienyl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole))) (PBEHPCPP-DTBT), contain dialkyl and bis(alkoxyphenyl) groups in the CPP unit, respectively. The HOMO-LUMO energy bandgaps of these materials, estimated from UV-vis spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry (CV), were 2.00 eV for PCPP-DTBT and 1.80 eV for PBEHPCPP-DTBT. Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on the blends of the polymers with [6,6]phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) gave power conversion efficiencies as 1.00% for PCPP-DTBT and 1.12% for PBEHPCPP-DTBT under AM 1.5, 100 mW/cm2.
KW - Benzothiadiazole
KW - Cyclopentaphenanthrene
KW - Polymer solar cell
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U2 - 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.12.009
DO - 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.12.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:73949159464
VL - 51
SP - 390
EP - 396
JO - Polymer (United Kingdom)
JF - Polymer (United Kingdom)
SN - 0032-3861
IS - 2
ER -
