Regular conjugated terpolymers comprising two different acceptors and bithiophene donor in repeating group: Effect of strong and weak acceptors on semiconducting properties

Mai Ha Hoang, Jong Soo Ahn, Duc Nghia Nguyen, Trinh Tung Ngo, Dae Hee Lee, Min Ju Cho, Dong Hoon Choi

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    Abstract

    Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based terpolymers - P(DPP-TPyT) and P(DPP-T3MTT) - bearing bithiophene donating groups and weak accepting units such as pyridine (Py) or methyl thiophene-3-carboxylate (3MT), in the polymer backbone, were successfully synthesized. Although the two polymers had similar physical and electrochemical properties, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction patterns of P(DPP-TPyT) and P(DPP-T3MTT) showed mixed and edge-on orientations, respectively, in thermally annealed films. Accordingly, the P(DPP-T3MTT) showed twice the hole mobility of P(DPP-TPyT) in a thin-film transistor, and a blended film of P(DPP-T3MTT) and [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) showed better power conversion efficiency in a polymer solar cell.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1339-1347
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
    Volume54
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016 May 15

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: This research is funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under grant numbers: "104.02-2013.67" and "104.04.28.09". The authors also acknowledge the financial support from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF2012R1A2A1A01008797) and from Key Research Institute Program (NRF201200020209). MJ Cho particularly acknowledges the support from a Korea University grant (2013"2014).

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    © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

    Keywords

    • conjugated polymer
    • diketopyrrolopyrrole
    • organic thin film transistor
    • polymer solar cell
    • terpolymer

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Polymers and Plastics
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Materials Chemistry

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