New low bandgap near-IR conjugated D-A copolymers for BHJ polymers solar cell applicationsстатья
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Аннотация:We synthesized two novel ultra low bandgap donor-acceptor (D-A) copolymers (Eg≤ 1.2 eV),
containing the thiadiazoloquinoxaline unit as the main electron accepting unit (A) and
benzodithiophene (BDT) and dithienosilole (DTS) as different donor units (D), denoted as P1
and P2, respectively, by cross-coupling Stille reaction. The copolymers possess a light
absorption range from UV (350 nm) to near-IR (1300 nm) with optical bandgaps 1.16 eV and
1.08 eV, respectively. Comparison between quantum-chemical calculations with
experimental data were performed for proposing more detailed conception of the optical and
electronic properties of these copolymers and used a donor for polymer solar cells (PSCs).
The PSCs based on optimized P1:PC71BM and P2:PC71BM showed overall power conversion
efficiency (PCE) of 4.32 % and 3.48 %, respectively. Although the P2 possess broad
absorption coverage up to 1300 nm, the lower PCE may be attributed to the low Jsc, due to the
poor driving force for exciton dissociation, since the LUMO offset with PC71BM is less than
0.3 eV. The PCE has been significantly increased to 7.27 % and 6.68 % for solvent vapor
annealing (SVA) treated P1:PC71BM and P2:PC71BM active layers, respectively. This
improvement arises from the appropriate nanoscale morphology and increase in hole
mobility, induced by SVA treatment of the active layer.
Key words: NIR copolymers, Bulk heterojunction solar cells, solvent vapor annealing, power
conversion efficiency