Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of conjugated side chains polymers with different electron‐withdrawing and donating end groups |
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| Authors: | Zhaojie Gu Lijun Deng Hao Luo Xia Guo Haohao Li Zhencai Cao Xunshan Liu Xinwei Li Hongyan Huang Yingzi Tan Yong Pei Songting Tan |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, People's Republic of China;2. Key Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Application Technology of Hunan Province, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, People's Republic of China;3. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | A series of novel low band gap polymers containing conjugated side chains with 4,7‐dithien‐5‐yl‐2,1,3‐benzodiathiazole and different electron‐withdrawing end groups of aldehyde ( PT‐DTBTCHO ), 2‐ethylhexyl cyanoacetate ( PT‐DTBTCN ), 1,3‐diethyl‐2‐thiobarbituric acid ( PT‐DTBTDT ), and electron‐donating end group of 2‐methylthiophene ( PT‐DTBTMT ) have been designed and synthesized. All polymers exhibit good solubility in common organic solvents, film‐forming ability, and thermal stability. These conjugated polymers show the broad ultraviolet‐visible absorption and the narrow optical band gaps in the range of 1.65–1.90 eV. Through changing the end group of conjugated side chains, the photophysical properties and energy levels of the polymers were tuned effectively. Bulk heterojunction solar cells based on the blend of these polymers and (6,6)‐phenyl‐C61‐butyric acid methyl ester (PC61BM) reached the best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.72%. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012 |
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| Keywords: | conjugated polymers end groups functionalization of polymers low band gap photovoltaic properties polymer solar cells side chain synthesis |
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