Development of new semiconducting polymers for high performance solar cells

Yongye Liang; Yue Wu; Danqin Feng; Szu Ting Tsai; Hae Jung Son; Gang Li; Luping Yu

doi:10.1021/ja808373p

Development of new semiconducting polymers for high performance solar cells

Yongye Liang^*
, Yue Wu
, Danqin Feng
, Szu Ting Tsai
, Hae Jung Son
, Gang Li
, Luping Yu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new low band gap semiconducting polymer, PTB1, was synthesized and found promising for solar energy harvesting. Simple polymer solar cells based on PTB1 and methanofullerene [6,6]-phenyl-C ₇₁-butyric acid methyl esters (PC ₇₁BM) exhibit a solar conversion efficiency of 5.6%. An external quantum efficiency of 67% and fill-factor of 65% are achieved, both of which are among the highest values reported for a solar cell system based on a low band gap polymer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	56-57
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	131
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja808373p
Publication status	Published - 2009 Jan 14
Externally published	Yes

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Catalysis
General Chemistry
Biochemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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