Elucidating the enhancement in optical properties of low band gap polymers by tuning the structure of alkyl side chains

• Main Authors: Lu, Jing, Yao, Yao, Shenai, Prathamesh Mahesh, Chen, Lipeng, Zhao, Yang
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Optics and light
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79417; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25129
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We carry out a computational study of optical properties of two novel 5,6-difluorobenzo{[}c{]}{[}1,2,5{]}-thiadiazole-based polymers, PFBT-T12TT and PFBT-T20TT, aimed at elucidating the remarkably higher potential for applications in polymer solar cells exhibited by the latter as compared to former....