Citation: Ansuman Nayak, P.S. Rama Sreekanth, Santosh Kumar Sahu, Duryodhan Sahu. Structural Tuning of Low Band Gap Intermolecular Push/Pull Side-chain Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, ;2017, 35(9): 1073-1085. doi: 10.1007/s10118-017-1967-9 shu

Structural Tuning of Low Band Gap Intermolecular Push/Pull Side-chain Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

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Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Science and Technology, Palur Hills, Berhampur, Odisha India, 761008
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Department of Chemistry, Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gunpur, Odisha India
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Science and Technology, Palur Hills, Berhampur, Odisha India, 761008

Corresponding author: Duryodhan Sahu, duryodhansahu18@gmail.com
Received Date: 6 March 2017
Revised Date: 30 March 2017
Accepted Date: 3 April 2017

A series of novel low band gap donor-acceptor (D-A) type organic co-polymers (BT-F-TPA, BT-CZ-TPA and BT-SI-TPA) consisting of electron-deficient acceptor blocks both in main chains (M1) and at the pendant (M2) were polymerized with different electron rich donor (M3-M5) blocks, i.e., 9, 9-dihexyl-9H-fluorene, N-alkyl-2, 7-carbazole, and 2, 6-dithinosilole, respectively, via Suzuki method. These polymers exhibited relatively low band gaps (1.65-1.88 eV) and broad absorption ranges (680-740 nm). Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells incorporating these polymers as electron donors, blended with[6, 6]-phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM) or[6, 6]-phenyl-C₇₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₇₁BM) as electron-acceptors in different weight ratios were fabricated and tested under 100 mW/cm² of AM 1.5 with white-light illumination. The photovoltaic device containing donor BT-SI-TPA and acceptor PC₇₁BM in 1:2 weight ratio showed the best power conversion efficiency (PCE) value of 1.88%, with open circuit voltage (V_oc)=0.75 V, short circuit current density (J_sc)=7.60 mA/cm², and fill factor (FF)=33.0%.
- Polymer solar cells,
- Low band gap,
- Conducting polymers,
- Charge transfer,
- Donor-acceptor,
- Bulk heterojunction solar cell
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