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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lee, Wonho
• Lee, Changyeon
• Yu, Hojeong
• Kim, Dong-Jun
• Wang, Cheng
• Woo, Han Young
• Oh, Joon Hak
• Kim, Bumjoon J.

Titel

Side Chain Optimization of Naphthalenediimide-Bithiophene-Based Polymers to Enhance the Electron Mobility and the Performance in All-Polymer Solar Cells

Ist Teil von

• Advanced functional materials, 2016-03, Vol.26 (10), p.1543-1553

Ort / Verlag

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Tuning the side chains of conjugated polymers is a simple, yet effective strategy for modulating their structural and electrical properties, but their impact on n‐type conjugated polymers has not been studied extensively, particularly in the area of all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs). Herein, the effects of side chain engineering of P(NDI2OD‐T2) polymer (also known as Polyera Activink N2200) are investigated, which is the most widely used n‐type polymer in all‐PSCs and organic field‐effect transistors (OFETs), on their structural and electronic properties. A series of naphthalenediimide‐bithiophene‐based copolymers (P(NDIR‐T2)) is synthesized, with different side chains (R) of 2‐hexyldecyl (2‐HD), 2‐octyldodecyl (2‐OD), and 2‐decyltetradecyl (2‐DT). The P(NDI2HD‐T2) exhibits more noticeable crystalline behaviors than P(NDI2OD‐T2) and P(NDI2DT‐T2), thereby facilitating superior 3D charge transport. For example, the P(NDI2HD‐T2) shows the highest OFET electron mobility (1.90 cm2 V−1 s−1). Also, a series of all‐PSCs is produced using different electron donors of PTB7‐Th, PTB7, and PPDT2FBT. The P(NDI2HD‐T2) based all‐PSCs produce much higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) irrespective of the electron donors. In particular, the PTB7‐Th:P(NDI2HD‐T2) forms highly ordered, strong face‐on interchain stackings, and has better intermixed bulk‐heterojunction morphology, producing the highest PCE of 6.11% that has been obtained by P(NDIR‐T2) based all‐PSCs to date. The effect of side chain modification of naphthalenediimide–bithiophene (NDI‐T2)‐based n‐type polymers on their structural and electronic properties has been investigated. The P(NDI2HD‐T2)‐based all‐polymer solar cells produce much better performance than other NDI‐T2‐based devices (i.e., P(NDI2OD‐T2) (Polyera Activink N2200)) irrespective of the electron donor due to superb electron transport ability of P(NDI2HD‐T2).