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Design of ultra-high luminescent polymers for organic photovoltaic cells with low energy loss

  • Jingwen Wang
  • , Lijiao Ma
  • , Young Woong Lee
  • , Huifeng Yao*
  • , Ye Xu
  • , Shaoqing Zhang
  • , Han Young Woo
  • , Jianhui Hou
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Here, new polymers named PBTT-Cn(n= 3, 4, or 5) have been designed based on carboxylate-functionalized thieno[3,2-b]thiophene units. The electroluminescence external quantum efficiencies (EQEEL) of pristine PBTT-C4 and C5 films are over 1 × 10−2, which are among the highest results for OPV materials. Through combination with BTP-eC9, the PBTT-C4-based film showed a high EQEELof 6 × 10−4and theVnon-radlossis 0.19 eV. As a result, a high open-circuit voltage of 0.89 V and a satisfactory PCE of 15% were recorded in the PBTT-C4-based OPV cells.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)9132-9135
    Number of pages4
    JournalChemical Communications
    Volume57
    Issue number72
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Sept 16

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    J. H. would like to thank the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 21835006 and 51961135103). H. Y. wants to acknowledge the financial support from the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (No. 2018043) and the NSFC (21805287 and 22075301). J. H. is also supported by Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS-CXXM-201903). H. Y. W. acknowledges the financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (Grants 2019R1A2C2085290, 2020M3H4A3081814).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2021.

    UN SDGs

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    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Catalysis
    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Ceramics and Composites
    • General Chemistry
    • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Materials Chemistry

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