Development of a High-Performance Donor Acceptor Conjugated Polymer: Synergy in Materials and Device Optimization

被引:36
作者
Gao, Mei [1 ]
Subbiah, Jegadesan [2 ]
Geraghty, Paul B. [2 ]
Chen, Ming [1 ]
Purushothaman, Balaji [2 ]
Chen, Xiwen [1 ]
Qin, Tianshi [1 ]
Vak, Doojin [1 ]
Scholes, Fiona H. [1 ]
Watkins, Scott E. [1 ]
Skidmore, Melissa [1 ]
Wilson, Gerard J. [1 ]
Holmes, Andrew B. [2 ]
Jones, David J. [2 ]
Wong, Wallace W. H. [2 ]
机构
[1] CSIRO Mfg Flagship, Bag 10, Clayton, Vic 3169, Australia
[2] Univ Melbourne, Sch Chem, Bio21 Inst, 30 Flemington Rd, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
SOLAR-CELLS; COPOLYMER;
D O I
10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01194
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The development of a high-performance polymer PBDT-BT for bulk heterojunction solar cell devices is summarized. The polymer was first synthesized by Stille polycondensation, and solar cell devices in conventional geometry were optimized through the use of a lithium salt cathode interlayer reaching 6% power conversion efficiency. Improvements were made to the synthesis of the polymer using Suzuki polycondensation giving high-molecular weight material in the M-n = 100 kg/mol range. Further device optimization in inverted geometry gave power conversion efficiency of over 9%. The synthesis scalability as well as the batch-to-batch reproducibility of the polymer were extensively investigated.
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页码:3481 / 3487
页数:7
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