Two Donor–One Acceptor Random Terpolymer Comprised
of Diketopyrrolopyrrole Quaterthiophene with Various Donor π‑Linkers
for Organic Photovoltaic Application
B. SambathKumar
P. Shyam Vinod Kumar
F. Shantanu Deepakrao
S. Sundar Kumar Iyer
V. Subramanian
Ram Datt
Vinay Gupta
Suresh Chand
N. Somanathan
10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07479.s001
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Two_Donor_One_Acceptor_Random_Terpolymer_Comprised_of_Diketopyrrolopyrrole_Quaterthiophene_with_Various_Donor_Linkers_for_Organic_Photovoltaic_Application/4235789
A series of terpolymers
based on diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) and
quaterthiophene (QT) connected randomly using various electron-donating
π-linkers such as fluorene (P4TFDPP), thiophene (P5TDPP), phenyl
(P4TPDPP), and vinyl (P4TVDPP) have been designed and synthesized
via Suzuki and Stille polymerization. In this work we studied the
influence of the π-linker and the effect on their photophysical
properties, and energy levels, band gap, packing nature, surface morphology,
carrier mobility, and photovoltaic behavior were analyzed using various
techniques and correlated with quantum chemical calculation. Bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells were fabricated using these polymers
as donor materials and [6,6]-phenyl-C<sub>71</sub>-butyric acid methyl
ester (PC<sub>71</sub>BM) as an acceptor. A high molecular weight
with larger absorption coefficient and high hole mobility were achieved
for copolymer P4TFDPP compared to other copolymers. The best photovoltaic
performances were achieved for the polymer P4TFDPP with a power conversion
efficiency (PCE) of 4.9%, with <i>V</i><sub>oc</sub> = 0.88
V, <i>J</i><sub>sc</sub> = 9.4 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>, and FF
= 59%, which is the highest PCE, <i>J</i><sub>sc</sub>,
and FF for the fluorene–DPP copolymeric system compared to
that previously reported in the literature, while P5TDPP, P4TVDPP,
and P4TPDPP show a PCE of 4.1%, 2.9%, and 3.9%, respectively. This
work exhibits the importance of selecting a proper π-linker
in the random terpolymer to provide an efficient approach for enhancing
the PCE in polymer solar cells.
2016-11-07 00:00:00
π- linker
FF
power conversion efficiency
Donor
PCE
Organic Photovoltaic Application
PC 71 BM
polymer P 4TFDPP
photovoltaic
P 4TFDPP thiophene
mobility
P 4TPDPP show
terpolymer
P 5TDPP P 4TVDPP
quantum chemical calculation
butyric acid methyl ester
fluorene
copolymer P 4TFDPP
P 5TDPP phenyl
J sc
BHJ
QT
electron-donating π- linkers