Beyond Donor-Acceptor (D-A) Approach: Structure-Optoelectronic Properties-Organic Photovoltaic Performance Correlation in New D-A1-D-A2Low-Bandgap Conjugated Polymers

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1600720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christos L. Chochos ◽  
Sofia Drakopoulou ◽  
Athanasios Katsouras ◽  
Benedetta M. Squeo ◽  
Christian Sprau ◽  
...  
Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Li ◽  
Yufei Wang ◽  
Ningning Wang ◽  
Zezhou Liang ◽  
Xu Wang ◽  
...  

A novel (E)-5-(2-(5-alkylthiothiophen-2-yl)vinyl)thien-2-yl (TVT)-comprising benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene (BDT) derivative (BDT-TVT) was designed and synthetized to compose two donor-acceptor (D-A) typed copolymers (PBDT-TVT-ID and PBDT-TVT-DTNT) with the electron-withdrawing unit isoindigo (ID) and naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c′]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole (NT), respectively. PBDT-TVT-ID and PBDT-TVT-DTNT showed good thermal stability (360 °C), an absorption spectrum from 300 nm to 760 nm and a relatively low lying energy level of Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (EHOMO) (−5.36 to –5.45 eV), which could obtain a large open-circuit voltage (Voc) from photovoltaic devices with PBDT-TVT-ID or PBDT-TVT-DTNT. The photovoltaic devices with ITO/PFN/polymers: PC71BM/MoO3/Ag structure were assembled and exhibited a good photovoltaic performance with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.09% (PBDT-TVT-ID) and 5.44% (PBDT-TVT-DTNT), respectively. The best PCE of a PBDT-TVT-DTNT/PC71BM-based device mainly originated from its wider absorption, higher hole mobility and favorable photoactive layer morphology.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 3487-3504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajun Zhao ◽  
Chao Yao ◽  
Muhammad Umair Ali ◽  
Jingsheng Miao ◽  
Hong Meng

In this review, we focus on the recent advances in organic solar cells enabled by A–DA′D–A type acceptors and summarize the correlation between molecular structure, molecular packings, optoelectronic properties, and photovoltaic performance.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (23) ◽  
pp. 5448-5460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Huang ◽  
Meng Qiu ◽  
Quan Li ◽  
Shuli Liu ◽  
Xinzhen Zhang ◽  
...  

Three conjugated polymers based on the thieno[3,2-b]indole (TI) unit as electron-donor block and benzothiadiazole (BT) as electron-accepting block and thiophene rings as spacers. Their photovoltaic performance were finely tuned by thiophene spacers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-687
Author(s):  
Zhiguan Lin ◽  
Gang Wei ◽  
Ling Li ◽  
Zhenhuan Lu ◽  
Jiefeng Hai ◽  
...  

To investigate the effect of different carbon hybridization in 9H-fluorene on the resultant polymers, a series of donor–acceptor conjugated polymers have been synthesized by copolymerizing substituted 9H-fluorenes with triazoloquinoxaline. All polymers exhibit good solution-processability and broad absorption in 350–1000 nm region with narrow optical bandgaps ranging from 1.27 eV to 1.55 eV. The results indicate that fluorene functionalization via different carbon hybridization on 9-position could be an effective strategy to fine-tune the absorption, energy levels, and photovoltaic performance of the polymers. 9-Position sp2-hybridized carbon in fluorene could enhance absorption of ultraviolet-visible and form good morphology of blending layers, through its planar rigid structure. All polymer solar cells devices exhibited moderate performance with the best power conversion efficiency of 3.02% achieved based on P2. Compared to ladder-type multifused fluorene, carbon-hybridized 9H-fluorene units can be a very useful building block for constructing narrow bandgap polymers with facile synthesis, and even interesting optoelectronic properties.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (16) ◽  
pp. 3098-3109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranbir Singh ◽  
Georgia Pagona ◽  
Vasilis G. Gregoriou ◽  
Nikos Tagmatarchis ◽  
Dimosthenis Toliopoulos ◽  
...  

The importance of the monomer's isomeric structure in the design of new D–A copolymers for various applications.


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