Synthesis of a Conjugated D-A Polymer with Bi(disilanobithiophene) as a New Donor Component
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Synthesis
2.2. Optical and Electrochemical Properties of pDSBT2-BT
2.3. Device Fabrication
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. General
3.2. Device Fabrication
3.3. Preparation of pDSBT2-BT
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Polymer | Mn (Mw/Mn) b/gmol−1 | UV-vis abs λmax/nm | Eg c/eV | EHOMO d/eV | ELUMO e/eV | |
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Solution | Film | |||||
pDSBT f | 7200 (2.0) | 542 | nd g | 1.9 | nd g | |
pDSBT-BT h | 20,000 (1.9) | 633, 680 | 650, 689 | 1.7 | −5.2 | −3.5 |
pDSBT2-BT | 13,000 (1.9) | 599 | 629, 668 | 1.8 | −5.2 | −3.4 |
Run | Cell Type a | ETL (Thickness/nm) | Annealing Temp/°C | Additive (/vol %) | Active Layer Thickness/nm | Voc/V | Jsc /mAcm−2 | FF | PCE/% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Con | Ca (5) | non | non | 70 | 0.86 | 6.91 | 0.48 | 2.8 |
2 | Con | Ca (25) | non | non | 70 | 0.81 | 4.04 | 0.35 | 1.2 |
3 | Con | LiF (0.5) | non | non | 70 | 0.85 | 7.03 | 0.49 | 2.9 |
4 | Con | LiF (1.0) | non | non | 70 | 0.85 | 5.63 | 0.40 | 1.9 |
5 | Con | LiF (1.5) | non | non | 70 | 0.85 | 6.29 | 0.45 | 2.4 |
6 | Con | LiF (0.5) | 50 | non | 70 | 0.85 | 5.57 | 0.43 | 2.0 |
7 | Con | LiF (0.5) | 80 | non | 70 | 0.84 | 5.47 | 0.42 | 1.9 |
8 | Con | LiF (1.5) | non | DIO b (1) | 70 | 0.52 | 5.14 | 0.40 | 1.1 |
9 | Con | LiF (1.5) | non | DIO b (2.5) | 70 | 0.33 | 2.06 | 0.26 | 0.2 |
10 | Con | LiF (0.5) | non | non | 60 | 0.86 | 7.56 | 0.51 | 3.3 |
11 | Con | LiF (0.5) | non | non | 50 | 0.87 | 7.14 | 0.48 | 3.0 |
12 | Con | LiF (0.5) | non | non | 40 | 0.88 | 6.33 | 0.46 | 2.6 |
13 | Inv | 0.79 | 5.99 | 0.42 | 2.0 |
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Nakashima, M.; Ooyama, Y.; Sugiyama, T.; Naito, H.; Ohshita, J. Synthesis of a Conjugated D-A Polymer with Bi(disilanobithiophene) as a New Donor Component. Molecules 2016, 21, 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21060789
Nakashima M, Ooyama Y, Sugiyama T, Naito H, Ohshita J. Synthesis of a Conjugated D-A Polymer with Bi(disilanobithiophene) as a New Donor Component. Molecules. 2016; 21(6):789. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21060789
Chicago/Turabian StyleNakashima, Makoto, Yousuke Ooyama, Takuya Sugiyama, Hiroyoshi Naito, and Joji Ohshita. 2016. "Synthesis of a Conjugated D-A Polymer with Bi(disilanobithiophene) as a New Donor Component" Molecules 21, no. 6: 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21060789