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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 241-249Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pola.26385
Keywords
conjugated polymer; copolymerization; synthesis; dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indene; 2H-benzimidazole
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Korea government (MEST) [2010-0015069]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [R32-2012-000-10174-0, 2010-0015069] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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A new electron deficient unit, dimethyl-2H-benzimidazole (MBI), and dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indene (ININE) moiety as electron-rich unit were coupled to synthesize the conjugated polymers containing electron donoracceptor pair for organic photovoltaics. ININE, MBI, and thiophene (or bithiophene) units were incorporated using Stille and Suzuki polymerization to generate poly(2,7-(5,5,10,10-tetrakis(2-ethylhexyl)-5,10-dihydro- indeno[2,1-a]indene)-alt-5,5-(4',7'-di-2-thienyl-2,2-dimethyl-2H-benzimidazole)) (PININEDTMBIs) (or PININEBBTMBIs). In MBI, the sulfur at 2-position of 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BT) unit was replaced with dialkyl-substituted carbon, whereas keeping the 1,2-quinoid form, to improve the solubility of the polymers. The field-effect hole mobility of PININEBBTMBI was 3.2 x 10-4 cm2/Vs which was improved as compared to that of PININEDTMBI (2.7 x 10-5 cm2/Vs) caused by the introduction of bithiophene units. In case of the most efficient polymer, PININEBBTMBI, the device with the configuration of indium tin oxide (ITO)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT):polystyrene sulfonate (PSS)/polymer:PC71BM(1:4 w/w)/Al, annealed at 100 degrees C for 10 min demonstrated a open circuit voltage of 0.78 V, a short-circuit current density of 6.66 mA/cm2, and a fill factor of 0.41, leading to the power conversion efficiency of 2.11%, under white-light illumination (AM 1.5 G, 100 mW/cm2). (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2013
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