Structural Variation of Donor-Acceptor Copolymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Bithienyl Substituents to Achieve High Open Circuit Voltage in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

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dc.contributor.ISNI0000 0003 8371 1336 (Gnade, BE)
dc.contributor.LCNA00049719‏ (Gnade, BE)
dc.contributor.VIAF55039821 (Stefan, MC)
dc.contributor.authorKularatne, Ruvini S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTaenzler, Ferdinand J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMagurudeniya, Harsha D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDu, Jiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, John W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSheina, E. E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGnade, Bruce E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBiewer, Michael C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStefan, Mihaela C.en_US
dc.contributor.utdAuthorGnade, Bruce E.en_US
dc.contributor.utdAuthorBiewer, Michael C.en_US
dc.contributor.utdAuthorStefan, Mihaela C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-23T21:05:14Z
dc.date.available2014-07-23T21:05:14Z
dc.date.created2013-11-06
dc.date.issued2013-11-06en_US
dc.date.submitted2013-09-13en_US
dc.descriptionSupplementary data is available at the publisher's site.en_US
dc.description.abstractThree new donor-acceptor copolymers P1, P2, and P3 were synthesized with benzodithiophene with bithienyl substituents as the donor and 5,6-difluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole, 4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5] thiadiazole, and 5,6-difluoro-4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole as the acceptors, respectively. The insertion of thiophene spacer between the donor and the acceptor broadened the absorption of the polymers P2 and P3 and resulted in a red shift of ~30 nm as compared to that of the polymer P1. However, the inclusion of fluorine atoms on the polymer had detrimental effects on the photovoltaic properties of the polymers. The synthesized donor-acceptor polymers were tested in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells with [6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) acceptor. Polymer P2 gave a PCE of 3.52% with PC71BM in which the active layer was prepared in chloroform with 3% v/v 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) additive. The effect of fluorine substitution and thiophene group insertion on the UV/Vis absorbance, photovoltaic performances, morphology, and charge carrier mobilities for the polymers are discussed.en_US
dc.description.sponsorship"Financial support for this project from NSF (Career DMR-0956116) and Welch Foundation (AT-1740) is gratefully acknowledged. We gratefully acknowledge the NSF-MRI grant (CHE-1126177) used to purchase the Bruker Avance III 500 NMR instrument."en_US
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationKularatne, R. S., F. J. Taenzler, H. D. Magurudeniya, J. Du, et al. 2013. "Structural variation of donor-acceptor copolymers containing benzodithiophene with bithienyl substituents to achieve high open circuit voltage in bulk heterojunction solar cells." Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1(48): 15535-15543en_US
dc.identifier.issn2050-7488en_US
dc.identifier.issue48en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/3789
dc.identifier.volume1en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoyal Soc Chemistryen_US
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ta13686h
dc.rights©2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry. This article may not be further made available or distributed.en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Materials Chemistry Aen_US
dc.titleStructural Variation of Donor-Acceptor Copolymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Bithienyl Substituents to Achieve High Open Circuit Voltage in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cellsen_US
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dc.type.genrearticleen_US

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