Dithienocyclopentathieno[3,2‐b]thiophene Hexacyclic Arene for Solution‐Processed Organic Field‐Effect Transistors and Photovoltaic Applications |
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Authors: | Prof. Dr. Yen‐Ju Cheng Chiu‐Hsiang Chen Tai‐Yen Lin Prof. Dr. Chain‐Shu Hsu |
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Affiliation: | Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsin‐Chu, 30010 (Taiwan) |
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Abstract: | We have developed a ladder‐type dithienocyclopentathieno[3,2‐b]thiophene ( DTCTT ) hexacyclic unit in which the central thieno[3,2‐b]thiophene ring was covalently fastened to two adjacent thiophene rings through carbon bridges, thereby forming two connected cyclopentadithiophene ( CPDT ) units in a hexacyclic coplanar structure. This stannylated Sn‐DTCTT building block was copolymerized with three electron‐deficient acceptors, dibromo‐thieno[3,4‐c]pyrrole‐4,6‐dione ( TPD ), dibromo‐benzothiadiazole ( BT ), and dibromo‐phenanthrenequinoxaline ( PQX ), by Stille polymerization, thereby furnishing a new class of alternating donor–acceptor copolymers: PDTCTTTPD , PDTCTTBT , and PDTCTTPQX , respectively. Field‐effect transistors based on PDTCTTPQX and PDTCTTBT yielded high hole mobilities of 0.017 and 0.053 cm2 V?1 s?1, respectively, which are among the highest performances among amorphous donor–acceptor copolymers. A bulk heterojunction solar cell that incorporated PDTCTTTPD with the lower‐lying HOMO energy level delivered a higher Voc value of 0.72 V and a power conversion efficiency (PCE) value of 2.59 %. |
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Keywords: | copolymerization field‐effect transistors photovoltaics polymers solar cells |
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