Conjugated alternating copolymer of dialkylquaterthiophene and fluorenone: synthesis, characterisation and photovoltaic properties
作者:Renaud Demadrille、Nicolas Delbosc、Yann Kervella、Muriel Firon、Rémi De Bettignies、Martial Billon、Patrice Rannou、Adam Pron
DOI:10.1039/b708372f
日期:——
New π-conjugated alternating copolymers containing thienylene and fluorenone units, namely poly[(5,5‴-dioctyl-[2,2′;5′,2″;5″,2‴]quaterthiophene)-alt-(2,7-fluoren-9-one)] (PQTF8), as well as its analogue without fluorenone groups (PQT8), have been synthesized. Absorption studies carried out both in solution and in thin films indicate that the presence of fluorenone chromophores in PQTF8 leads to a significant extension of the absorption spectrum in the visible range as compared to PQT8. The redox properties of both polymers, in particular their LUMO and HOMO levels, have been characterized by cyclic voltammetry and have been found suitable for potential use of these systems in organic solar cells. Finally, these materials have been tested as donor components in bulk-heterojunction-type photovoltaic cells using PCBM as an electron acceptor. We demonstrate a strong effect of the polymer's molecular weight on crucial cell parameters, such as the short-circuit current density Jsc, and therefore on the overall cell efficiency. This effect is particularly pronounced for PQTF8-based cells leading to power conversion efficiencies up to 1.5% for the highest molecular weights.
我们合成了含有噻吩和芴酮单元的新型π共轭交替共聚物,即聚[(5,5‴-二辛基-[2,2′;5′,2″;5″,2‴]季噻吩)-alt-(2,7-芴-9-酮)](PQTF8)及其不含芴酮基团的类似物(PQT8)。在溶液和薄膜中进行的吸收研究表明,与 PQT8 相比,PQTF8 中芴酮发色团的存在使其在可见光范围内的吸收光谱显著扩展。这两种聚合物的氧化还原特性,特别是它们的 LUMO 和 HOMO 水平,已通过循环伏安法进行了表征,并发现这些系统适用于有机太阳能电池的潜在用途。最后,我们还测试了这些材料在使用 PCBM 作为电子受体的体外异质结型光伏电池中作为供体元件的性能。我们证明,聚合物的分子量对电池的关键参数(如短路电流密度 Jsc)有很大影响,因此对电池的整体效率也有很大影响。这种影响对于基于 PQTF8 的电池尤为明显,最高分子量的电池的功率转换效率可达 1.5%。