Influence of the Acceptor Composition on Physical Properties and Solar Cell Performance in Semi-Random Two-Acceptor Copolymers

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作者
Burkhart, Beate
Khlyabich, Petr P.
Thompson, Barry C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ So Calif, Dept Chem, Loker Hydrocarbon Res Inst, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
来源
ACS MACRO LETTERS | 2012年 / 1卷 / 06期
关键词
BANDGAP CONJUGATED POLYMERS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; FILL FACTOR; DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLE; GAP; DITHIENOGERMOLE;
D O I
10.1021/mz300197c
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Five novel semi-random poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) based donor-acceptor copolymers containing either thienopyrroledione (TPD) or both diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) and TPD acceptors were synthesized by Stille copolymerization, and their optical, electrochemical, charge transport, and photovoltaic properties were investigated. Poly(3-hexylthiophene-thiophene-thienopyrroledione) polymers P3HTT-TPD-10% and P3HTT-TPD-15% with either 10% or 15% acceptor content were synthesized as a point of reference. Two-acceptor polymers containing both TPD and DPP were synthesized with varying acceptor ratios to fine-tune electrooptical properties, namely, P3HTT-TPD-DPP (1:1) (7.5% TPD and 7.5% DPP), P3HTT-TPD-DPP (2:1) (10% TPD and 5% DPP), and P3HTT-TPD-DPP (1:2) (5% TPD and 10% DPP). The two-acceptor copolymers have broad and uniformly strong absorption profiles from 350-850 nm with absorption coefficients up to 8 x 10(4) cm(-1) at similar to 700 nm for P3HTT-TPD-DPP (1:2). This is reflected in the photocurrent responses of polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells with PC61BM as an acceptor where P3HTT-TPD-DPP(1:1) and P3HTT-TPD-DPP (1:2) have peak external quantum efficiency (EQE) values of 61% and 68% at 680 nm, respectively, and at 800 nm show impressive EQE values of 29% and 40%. Power conversion efficiencies in solar cells of P3HTT-TPD-10% and P3HTT-TPD-15% are moderate (2.08% and 2.22%, respectively), whereas two-acceptor copolymers achieve high efficiencies between 3.94% and 4.93%. The higher efficiencies are due to a combination of very large short-circuit current densities exceeding 16 mA/cm(2) for P3HTT-TPD-DPP (1:2), which are among the highest published values for polymer solar cells and are considerably higher than those of previously published two-acceptor polymers, as well as fill factors over 0.60. These results indicate that semi-random copolymers containing multiple distinct acceptor monomers are a very promising class of polymers able to achieve large current densities and high efficiencies due to favorable properties such as semicrystallinity, high hole mobility, and importantly broad, uniform, and strong absorption of the solar spectrum.
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