5,5'-Bis(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)-4,4'-dihexyl-2,2'-bithiazole

Collect

BASIC PARAMETERS Find an error

CAS: 853722-91-5
MF: C26H30N2S4Br2
MW: 658.5978
Synonyms: 5,5'-Bis(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)-4,4'-dihexyl-2,2'-bithiazole

REPORT BY

Yongfang Li

Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
follow
Co-reporter: Haijun Fan, Maojie Zhang, Xia Guo, Yongfang Li, and Xiaowei Zhan
pp: 3646
Publication Date(Web):August 4, 2011
DOI: 10.1021/am200842y
Understanding effect of morphology on charge carrier transport within polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction is necessary to develop high-performance polymer solar cells. In this work, we synthesized a new benzodithiophene-based polymer with good self-organization behavior as well as favorable morphology evolution of its blend films with PC71BM under improved processing conditions. Charge carrier transport behavior of blend films was characterized by space charge limited current method. Evolved blend film morphology by controlling blend composition and additive content gradually reaches an optimized state, featured with nanoscale fibrilla polymer phase in moderate size and balanced mobility ratio close to 1:1 for hole and electron. This optimized morphology toward more balanced charge carrier transport accounts for the best power conversion efficiency of 3.2%, measured under simulated AM 1.5 solar irradiation 100 mW/cm2, through enhancing short circuit current and reducing geminate recombination loss.Keywords: additive; charge transport; conjugated polymer; morphology; phase separation; polymer solar cell;

WenPing Hu

Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
follow