New π-Conjugated polymers containing 4H,4′H-[1,1′-Bithieno [3,4-C]Pyrrole]-4,4′,6,6′(5H,5′H)-Tetraone (biTPD) units and their application to thin-Film transistors and photovoltaic cells

Dae Hee Lee, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jicheol Shin, Min Ju Cho, Dong Hoon Choi

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    Abstract

    We successfully synthesized new D-A copolymers that employ 1,10-bithienopyrrolodione (biTPD), thiophene, and selenophene-based donor monomeric units. Two polymers, PBTPDEBT and PBTPDEBS, exhibited high degrees of crystallinity and unique polymer chain arrangements on the substrate, which is attributed to their enhanced coplanarity and intermolecular interactions between the polymer chains. Among the thin-film transistor devices made of PBTPDEBT and PBTPDEBS, the annealed PBTPDEBS device displayed relatively high hole mobility, which was twice that of the PBTPDEBT-based device. In addition, an organic photovoltaic device based on a PBTPDEBS:PC71BM blend displayed the maximum power conversion efficiency of 3.85%.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1228-1235
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
    Volume54
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 May 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF2012R1A2A1A01008797) and by Key Research Institute Program (NRF20100020209). We are grateful to Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (Pohang, Korea) for allowing us to conduct the grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GI-XRD) measurements.

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    © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

    Keywords

    • charge transport
    • conjugated polymers
    • high performance polymers

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Polymers and Plastics
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Materials Chemistry

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