articleMacromoleculesDec 6, 2012Closed access

Design, Application, and Morphology Study of a New Photovoltaic Polymer with Strong Aggregation in Solution State

Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Chemistry · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

A new conjugated polymer based on 5,7-bis(2-ethylhexyl)benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c′]dithiophene-4,8-dione, named as PBDTBDD, was designed, synthesized, and applied in polymer solar cells (PSCs). A power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.67% was obtained from the PBDTBDD/PC61BM-based PSC, which is a remarkable result for the PSCs using PC61BM as electron acceptor. The PBDTBDD/PC61BM-based device exhibits a narrow absorption band and excellent quantum efficiency in the range from 500 to 700 nm. Furthermore, PBDTBDD shows a strong aggregation effect in solution state, and the study indicates that although the temperature used in solution preparation has little influence on molecular orientation as well as crystallinity of…

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