Synthesis of new D-A1-D-A2 type low bandgap terpolymers based on different thiadiazoloquinoxaline acceptor units for efficient polymer solar cellsстатья
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Аннотация:Two low bandgap D-A1- D–A2 conjugated copolymers, namely denoted as P1 (nonfluorine
substituted thiadiazoloquinoxaline A2) and P2 (fluorine substituted
thiadiazoloquinoxaline A2) with same D (thiophene) and A1 (benzothiadiazole) groups were
synthesized in order to investigate the effect of fluorine atoms on the photovoltaic
performance of polymer solar cells. The electrochemical properties demonstrate that the
highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level lowered from –5.08 eV (for P1) to
–5.16 eV (for P2), whereas lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels
remain nearly the same. These copolymers showed strong absorption in the wavelength range
300-1100 nm and have a bandgap of around 1.08 and 1.11 eV for P1 and P2, respectively.
After the optimization of weight ratio and concentration of solvent additives 1-
chloronaphathalene (CN), the highest power conversion efficiencies of bulk heterojunction
polymer solar cells achieved was up to 5.30 % and 7.21 % for P1 and P2 as donor and
PC71BM as acceptor. The enhanced Voc and Jsc for P2 based device can be mainly ascribed
to the lower HOMO energy levels and higher hole mobility and better morphology of the
fluorinated copolymer P2:PC71BM blend.
Key words: Low bandgap copolymers, substitution of fluorine atom, bulk heterojunction
solar cells, solvent additives