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Tetrathienoanthracene-based Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells

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Author(s)

Feng He, Wei Wang, Wei Chen, Tao Xu, Seth B. Darling, Joseph Strzalka, Yun Liu, Luping Yu

Abstract

A series of semiconducting copolymers (PTAT-x) containing extended π-conjugated tetrathienoanthracene units have been synthesized. It was shown that the extended conjugation system enhanced the π-π stacking in the polymer/ PC61BM blend films and facilitated the charge transport in heterojunction solar cell devices. After structural fine-tuning, the polymer with bulky 2-butyloctyl side chains (PTAT-3) exhibited a PCE of 5.6% when it was blended with PC61BM.
Citation
Journal of American Chemical Society
Volume
133

Keywords

solar cells, thin film, small angle neutron scattering

Citation

He, F. , Wang, W. , Chen, W. , Xu, T. , Darling, S. , Strzalka, J. , Liu, Y. and Yu, L. (2011), Tetrathienoanthracene-based Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells, Journal of American Chemical Society, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=907558 (Accessed June 1, 2024)

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Created February 17, 2011, Updated October 12, 2021