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POLYMER
Volume 50, Issue 19, Pages 4564-4570Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.07.028
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Polymer synthesis; Polymer composite materials; Photovoltaics
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Three small band gap copolymers based on alternating dithiophene and thienopyrazine units were synthesized via Yamamoto coupling and applied in bulk heterojunction solar cells as donor together with PCBM ([6,6]-phenyl C-61 butyric acid methyl ester) as acceptor. The polymers have an optical band gap of about 1.3 eV in the solid state and only vary by the chemical nature of the solubilizing side chains. The nature of the side chain has a major effect on solubility and processability of the polymer. Using n-butoxymethyl side chains a soluble, easy to process polymer was obtained that gave the best photovoltaic performance. With short-circuit currents up to 5.2 mA/cm(2) an efficiency of 0.8% was achieved under estimated standard solar light conditions (AM1.5G, 100 mW/cm(2)) with spectral response up to 950 nm. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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