Wide bandgap OPV polymers based on pyridinonedithiophene unit with efficiency >5%

Schneider, Alexander M.; Lu, Luyao; Manley, Eric F.; Zheng, Tianyue; Sharapov, Valerii; Xu, Tao; Marks, Tobin J.; Chen, Lin X.; Yu, Luping

doi:10.1039/C5SC01427A

Title: Wide bandgap OPV polymers based on pyridinonedithiophene unit with efficiency >5%

Journal Article · Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Chemical Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC01427A· OSTI ID:1208670

Schneider, Alexander M. ^[1]; Lu, Luyao ^[1]; Manley, Eric F. ^[2]; Zheng, Tianyue ^[1]; Sharapov, Valerii ^[1]; Xu, Tao ^[1]; Marks, Tobin J. ^[3]; Chen, Lin X. ^[2]; Yu, Luping ^[1]

Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab., Lemont, IL (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

We report the properties of a new series of wide band gap photovoltaic polymers based on the N-alkyl 2-pyridone dithiophene (PDT) unit. These polymers are effective bulk heterojunction solar cell materials when blended with phenyl-C₇₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM). They achieve power conversion efficiencies (up to 5.33%) high for polymers having such large bandgaps, ca. 2.0 eV (optical) and 2.5 eV (electrochemical). As a result, grazing incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) reveals strong correlations between π–π stacking distance and regularity, polymer backbone planarity, optical absorption maximum energy, and photovoltaic efficiency.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1208670

Journal Information:: Chemical Science, Vol. 6, Issue 8; ISSN 2041-6520

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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