From benzobisthiadiazole, thiadiazoloquinoxaline to pyrazinoquinoxaline based polymers : effects of aromatic substituents on the performance of organic photovoltaics

From benzobisthiadiazole, thiadiazoloquinoxaline to pyrazinoquinoxaline based polymers : effects of aromatic substituents on the performance of organic photovoltaics

Here we report the syntheses of low bandgap polymers based on benzobisthiadiazole (BBT), thiadiazoloquinoxaline (TQ) and pyrazinoquinoxaline (PQ) core structures with different aromatic substituents. The effects of changing core structures from BBT to PQ and also substituents from biphenyl and bithi...

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Main Authors: Tam, Dexter Teck Lip, Salim, Teddy, Li, Hairong, Zhou, Feng, Grimsdale, Andrew C., Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Su, Haibin, Lam, Yeng Ming
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96235
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11496
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Here we report the syntheses of low bandgap polymers based on benzobisthiadiazole (BBT), thiadiazoloquinoxaline (TQ) and pyrazinoquinoxaline (PQ) core structures with different aromatic substituents. The effects of changing core structures from BBT to PQ and also substituents from biphenyl and bithienyl on the photophysical, electrochemical and morphology of the polymers were studied. These polymers were incorporated into solar cell devices as donors, with PC[71]BM as acceptors, and their device performances were correlated with their properties. It was found that the effect of these structural changes has significant consequences on the overall device performances.

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