Enhanced power conversion efficiencies in bulk heterojunction solar cells based on conjugated polymer with isoindigo side chain

Changwei Wang; Bin Zhao; Zhencai Cao; Ping Shen; Zhuo Tan; Xiangling Li; Songting Tan

doi:10.1039/c3cc40620b

Enhanced power conversion efficiencies in bulk heterojunction solar cells based on conjugated polymer with isoindigo side chain

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 10;49(37):3857-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc40620b.

Authors

Changwei Wang¹, Bin Zhao, Zhencai Cao, Ping Shen, Zhuo Tan, Xiangling Li, Songting Tan

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymeric Materials, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China.

PMID: 23546042
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc40620b

Abstract

A novel conjugated side-chain polymer (PBDT-TID), based on benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene (BDT) and isoindigo (ID) moieties, was designed and synthesized. The new polymer exhibited excellent microphase separation in active layers. Bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells fabricated from PBDT-TID and PC61BM showed promising power conversion efficiencies of 5.25% and 6.51% using conventional and inverted device structures, respectively.