Thieno[3,4‐c]pyrrole‐4,6‐dione‐3,4‐difluorothiophene Polymer Acceptors for Efficient All‐Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Abstract

Branched‐alkyl‐substituted poly(thieno[3,4‐c]pyrrole‐4,6‐dione‐alt‐3,4‐difluorothiophene) (PTPD[2F]T) can be used as a polymer acceptor in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells with a low‐band‐gap polymer donor (PCE10) commonly used with fullerenes. The “all‐polymer” BHJ devices made with PTPD[2F]T achieve efficiencies of up to 4.4 %. While, to date, most efficient polymer acceptors are based on perylenediimide or naphthalenediimide motifs, our study of PTPD[2F]T polymers shows that linear, all‐thiophene systems with adequately substituted main chains can also be conducive to efficient BHJ solar cells with polymer donors.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 06, 2016
Source ID
10.1002/ange.201604307

Entities

People

  • Federico Cruciani
  • Jean‐luc Brédas
  • Pierre M. Beaujuge
  • Shengjian Liu
  • Simil Thomas
  • Zhipeng Kan

Organizations

  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Office of Naval Research Global

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Materials science

Readers

  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.