Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells
dc.contributor.author | Knall, Astrid-Caroline | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Andrew O. F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kunert, Birgit | |
dc.contributor.author | Resel, Roland | |
dc.contributor.author | Reishofer, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Zach, Peter W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kirkus, Mindaugas | |
dc.contributor.author | McCulloch, Iain | |
dc.contributor.author | Rath, Thomas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-10T07:49:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-10T07:49:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Knall A-C, Jones AOF, Kunert B, Resel R, Reishofer D, et al. (2017) Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells. Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00706-017-1949-1. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0026-9247 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1434-4475 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00706-017-1949-1 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623112 | |
dc.description.abstract | Herein, we describe the synthesis and characterization of a conjugated donor–acceptor copolymer consisting of a pyrrolopyridazinedione (PPD) acceptor unit, and a benzodithiophene (BDT) donor unit. The polymerization was done via a Stille cross-coupling polycondensation. The resulting PPD–BDT copolymer revealed an optical bandgap of 1.8 eV and good processability from chlorobenzene solutions. In an organic solar cell in combination with PC70BM, the polymer led to a power conversion efficiency of 4.5%. Moreover, the performance of the copolymer was evaluated in polymer/nanocrystal hybrid solar cells using non-toxic CuInS2 nanocrystals as inorganic phase, which were prepared from precursors directly in the polymer matrix without using additional capping ligands. The PPD–BDT/CuInS2 hybrid solar cells showed comparably high photovoltages and a power conversion efficiency of 2.2%.Graphical abstract | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Open access funding provided by Austrian Science Fund (FWF). A.-C. K. and T. R. gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) via Grants T578-N19 and J3515-N20. The authors thank Sergey Borisov for helpful discussions, the Elettra synchrotron for the allocation of beamtime on the XRD1 beamline and Luisa Barba for experimental support. | |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | |
dc.relation.url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00706-017-1949-1 | |
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dc.subject | Polymerization, Fullerenes, Materials science, Nanostructures, Photovoltaics, Hybrid nanomaterials | |
dc.title | Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | Chemical Science Program | |
dc.contributor.department | KAUST Solar Center (KSC) | |
dc.contributor.department | Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division | |
dc.identifier.journal | Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly | |
dc.eprint.version | Publisher's Version/PDF | |
dc.contributor.institution | Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, London, UK | |
dc.contributor.institution | Institute of Solid State Physics, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria | |
dc.contributor.institution | Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria | |
kaust.person | Kirkus, Mindaugas | |
kaust.person | McCulloch, Iain | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-06-13T22:01:00Z | |
dc.date.published-online | 2017-03-30 | |
dc.date.published-print | 2017-05 |
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