Issue 19, 2012
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RSC Advances

Copolymers from naphtho[2,3-c]thiophene-4,9-dione derivatives and benzodithiophene: synthesis and photovoltaic applications†

Xuewen Chen,a   Bo Liu,ab   Yingping Zou,*a   Wanjun Tang,a   Yongfang Lic  and  Dequan Xiaod  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
E-mail: yingpingzou@csu.edu.cn

b State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, China

c Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

d Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Abstract

A series of donor–acceptor (D–A) copolymers from a benzodithiophene (BDT) donor unit and a naphtho[2,3-c]thiophene-4,9-dione (NTDO) acceptor unit with different side chains, PBDTNTDO-C1, PBDTNTDO-C2 and PBDTNTDO-C3, were synthesized by a standard Stille cross-coupling polymerization. The thermal, optical and electrochemical properties of the copolymers were well investigated. Preliminary investigations of the copolymers based on the device structure of ITO/PEDOT : PSS/polymer: PC71BM (1 : 2)/Ca/Al showed power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 1.96% for PBDTNTDO-C1, 1.01% for PBDTNTDO-C2 and 2.21% for PBDTNTDO-C3 under the illumination of AM1.5, 100 mW cm−2.

Graphical abstract: Copolymers from naphtho[2,3-c]thiophene-4,9-dione derivatives and benzodithiophene: synthesis and photovoltaic applications

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA20747H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Apr 2012
Accepted
10 Jun 2012
First published
13 Jun 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 7439-7448

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X. Chen, B. Liu, Y. Zou, W. Tang, Y. Li and D. Xiao, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 7439 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20747H

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