Ordering effects in benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6- dione polymers with >7% solar cell efficiency

Warnan, Julien; Cabanetos, Clement; El Labban, Abdulrahman; Hansen, Michael Ryan; Tassone, Christopher J.; Toney, Michael F.; Beaujuge, Pierre

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Article

Authors

Warnan, Julien
Cabanetos, Clement
El Labban, Abdulrahman

Hansen, Michael Ryan
Tassone, Christopher J.
Toney, Michael F.
Beaujuge, Pierre

KAUST Department

Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
Chemical Science Program
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division

Date

2014-05-15

Online Publication Date

2014-05-15

Print Publication Date

2014-07

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http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563549

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Abstract

Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (PBDFTPD) polymers prepared by microwave-assisted synthesis can achieve power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) >7% in bulk-heterojunction solar cells with phenyl-C61/71-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). In "as-cast" PBDFTPD-based devices solution-processed without a small-molecule additive, high PCEs can be obtained in spite of the weak propensity of the polymers to self-assemble and form π-aggregates in thin films. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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The authors acknowledge financial support under Baseline Research Funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The authors thank KAUST Analytical Core Labs for mass spectrometry and elemental analyses, and Sandra Seywald (MPIP - Mainz, Germany) for SEC measurements. The authors thank the Advanced Imaging and Characterization Laboratories at KAUST for technical support. Portions of this research were carried out at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource user facility, operated by Stanford University on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. MRH acknowledges financial support from the Villum Foundation under the Young Investigator Program.