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Novel high-performance photovoltaic D-A conjugated polymers bearing 1,2-squaraine moieties as electron-deficient units

  • Daobin Yang
  • , Zhiqiang Guan
  • , Lin Yang
  • , Yan Huang
  • , Qingjian Wei
  • , Zhiyun Lu
  • , Junsheng Yu

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

Two D-A type conjugated polymers bearing 3,4-dithiophenyl-1,2-squaraine as acceptor segment, thiophene and benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene (BDT) as donor moieties, namely, PTTST and PBDTTST, are synthesized by Stille coupling reaction. Compared with their reference polymer PBDTTT without 1,2-squaraine unit, both PTTST and PBDTTST possess more extended absorption in the vis-NIR region of 600-800 nm and lowered HOMO energy levels of 0.1-0.2 eV. Bulk-heterojunction PSC with PBDTTST as p-type material shows high performance with the best PCE value of 1.26% (V oc=0.87 V, J sc=3.81 mA/cm 2, FF=0.38) under irradiation of 100 mW/cm 2, while that of PBDTTT-based PSC is 0.36%. Therefore, 1,2-squaraine is a promising electron-acceptor component for construction of high performance photovoltaic D-A type conjugated photovoltaic polymers. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)220-228
JournalSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume105
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • 1,2-squaraines
  • Conjugated polymers
  • Photovoltaic
  • Solar cells

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