Syntheses and Characterization of Benzotriazole, Thienopyrroledione, and Benzodithiophene Containing Conjugated Random Terpolymers for Organic Solar Cells

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2019-11-20

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Goksu, Kardelen
Hizalan, Gonul
Udum, Yasemin Arslan
Hacioglu, Serife Ozdemir
Cevher, Sevki Can
Akrema, Akrema
Toppare, Levent Kamil
Çırpan, Ali

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Two random terpolymers bearing alkoxy-benzodithiophene as an electron-rich unit and N-octylthieno[3,4,c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) as an electron deficient group with thiophene and selenophene pi bridges, were synthesized and characterized. Electrochemical, optical properties of the polymers were analyzed to get an insight on the effect of different p bridges. Photovoltaic performances of the polymers were investigated with a conventional device architecture. PBTS, PBTSe based polymer solar cells (PSCs) exhibited power conversion efficiency of 3.32% and 3.19%. PCE of PBTS:PC71BM based PSCs were improved to 4.30% with the addition of 1% (vol/vol) 1,8-diiodooctane (DIO) as a solution processing additive. With the introduction of diphenyl ether (DPE) as the solvent additive, PBTSe based polymer solar cells attained 5.15% PCE value due to the formation of the interpenetrated network structure of domains. (C) 2019 The Electrochemical Society.

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Condensed Matter Physics

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37656

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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

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https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1161915jes

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Department of Chemistry, Article

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K. Goksu et al., “Syntheses and Characterization of Benzotriazole, Thienopyrroledione, and Benzodithiophene Containing Conjugated Random Terpolymers for Organic Solar Cells,” JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, pp. 0–0, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37656.