Reactive Intermediates in the Initiation Step of the Photo-Oxidation of MDMO-PPV

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作者
Chambon, Sylvain [1 ,2 ]
Rivaton, Agnes [1 ,2 ]
Gardette, Jean-Luc [1 ,2 ]
Firon, Muriel [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Blaise Pascal, Univ Clermont Ferrand 2, Photochim Mol & Macromol Lab, F-63000 Clermont Ferrand, France
[2] CNRS, Photochim Mol & Macromol Lab, UMR 6505, F-63177 Aubiere, France
[3] CEA Grenoble, INES RDI, Lab Composants Solaires, DRT LITEN DTS LCS, F-73377 Le Bourget Du Lac, France
关键词
aging; conjugated polymers; degradation; MDMO-PPV; transient species; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON-TRANSFER; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CHARGE RECOMBINATION; CONJUGATED POLYMER; DEGRADATION; LIFETIMES; PHOTODEGRADATION;
D O I
10.1002/pola.23628
中图分类号
O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
学科分类号
070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Because oxygen cannot be fully eliminated from organic solar cells, the occurrence of oxidative photo-degradation of the device in operating conditions has to be considered. Polyphenylene-vinylene-based photovoltaic devices have a short lifetime that currently limits their applications. In this article, we focus on various transient species that are potentially involved in the initiation step of the photo-oxidation of poly[2-methoxy-5-(3',7'-dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MDMO-PPV). The role of the transient species was investigated by a combination of quenching and sensitization experiments. Complementary information was obtained by transient absorption spectroscopy. Results evidenced the fact that O-1(2) was not the principal reactive intermediate involved in the photo-oxidation of MDMO-PPV This result was in contradiction with previous reports. It was shown that the MDMO-PPV center dot+ radical cation was generated after excitation. The presence of oxygen and the photo-aging favored the formation of the radical cation, suggesting that oxygen and photoproducts act as electron acceptors. The charged radicals formed are likely to evolve and give radicals that initiate the oxidation of the polymer by abstraction of the labile hydrogen in alpha position of the ether function and by addition on the double bonds. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 6044-6052, 2009
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