Donor–Acceptor-Type Semiconducting Polymers Consisting of Benzothiadiazole Derivatives as Electron-Acceptor Units for Organic Photovoltaic Cells
作者:Hee Su Kim、Jong Baek Park、Ji-Hoon Kim、Do-Hoon Hwang
DOI:10.1166/jnn.2015.11530
日期:2015.11.1
We synthesized two fused pentacyclic donor-acceptor structures, where the two different outer electron rich thiophene (DTPBT) and electron poor benzene (ICTh) moieties are covalently bonded to the central electron-deficient benzothiadiazole core by two nitrogen bridges. These new electron-acceptor DTPBT and ICTh building blocks were copolymerized with fluorene, as the electron donor group, via Suzuki coupling polymerization, to produce two new alternating copolymers, PFDTPBT and PFICTh, respectively. The average molecular weights of the synthesized polymers were determined by GPC. The number-average molecular weights of PFDTPBT and PFICTh were 19,000 (PDI=2.5) and 20,000 (PDI=4.0), respectively. The optical bandgap energies of the polymers were measured from their absorption onsets to be 2.15 and 2.55 eV, depending on the polymer structure. The HOMO energy levels of the polymers were determined, by measuring the oxidation onsets of the polymer films by cyclic voltammetry. The measured HOMO energy levels of PFDTPBT and PFICTh were –5.10 and –5.57 eV, respectively. When the polymers were blended with PC71BM, as the active layer for bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices, power conversion efficiencies were 2.08% and 0.34%, respectively, under AM 1.5 G (100 mW cm–2) conditions.
我们合成了两种融合的五环供体-受体结构,其中两种不同的外部富电子噻唑(DTPBT)和贫电子苯(ICTh)单元通过两个氮桥以共价方式连接到中心贫电子的苯并噻二唑核心。这些新的电子受体DTPBT和ICTh构件与氟烯作为电子供体组分通过铃木偶联聚合反应共聚合,分别生成两种新的交替共聚物PFDTPBT和PFICTh。合成聚合物的平均分子量通过凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)测定。PFDTPBT和PFICTh的数均分子量分别为19,000(PDI=2.5)和20,000(PDI=4.0)。聚合物的光学带隙能量通过其吸收起始点测得,分别为2.15和2.55 eV,具体取决于聚合物结构。聚合物的HOMO能量水平通过循环伏安法测量聚合物薄膜的氧化起始点来确定。PFDTPBT和PFICTh的测得HOMO能量水平分别为–5.10 eV和–5.57 eV。当聚合物与PC71BM混合时,作为大块异质结光伏器件的活性层,在AM 1.5 G(100 mW cm–2)条件下的功率转换效率分别为2.08%和0.34%。