Poly((2-alkylbenzo[1,2,3]triazole-4,7-diyl)vinylene)s for Organic Solar Cells

Akpinar H., CEVHER Ş. C., Wei L., ÇIRPAN A., WONG B. M., Venkataraman D., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS, cilt.53, sa.21, ss.1539-1545, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 21
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/polb.23785
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1539-1545
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Poly((2-Alkylbenzo[1,2,3]triazole-4,7-diyl)vinylene)s (pBTzVs) synthesized by Stille coupling show different absorption spectra, solid-state morphology, and photovoltaic performance, depending on straight-chain versus branched-chain (pBTzV12 and pBTzV20) pendant substitution. Periodic boundary condition density functional computations show limited alkyl pendant effects on isolated chain electronic properties; however, pendants could influence polymer backbone conjugative planarity and polymer solid film packing. The polymers are electronically ambipolar, with best performance by pBTzV12 with hole and electron transport mobilities of 4.86 x 10(-6) and 1.96 x 10(-6) cm(2) V-1 s(-1), respectively. pBTzV12 gives a smooth film morphology, whereas pBTzV20 gives a very different fibrillar morphology. For ITO/PEDOT:PSS/(1:1 w/w polymer: PC71BM)/LiF/Al devices, pBTzV12 gives power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 2.87%, and pBTzV20 gives up to PCE = 1.40%; both have open-circuit voltages of V-OC=0.6-0.7 V. (C) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.