Study of Photoelectric Conversion in Benzotrithiophene-Based Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers
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- Al-Naamani Eman
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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- Ide Marina
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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- Gopal Anesh
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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- Saeki Akinori
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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- Osaka Itaru
- Emergent Molecular Function Research Group, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)
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- Seki Shu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
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Abstract
Benzotrithiophene (BTT), where three thiophenes are fused to a central benzene, was polymerized with three kinds of electron accepting units, thiadiazolopyridine (TP), difluorobenzothiadiazole (FT), or naphthobisthiadiazole (NTz). These low bandgap polymers exhibited deep HOMO level (-5.4 ~ -5.6 eV) which can lead to increasing open circuit voltage (VOC) of bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics (OPV). One of the BTT polymers and methano[60]fullerene (PCBM) blend showed a high VOC of 0.99 V, owing to the deep HOMO level and low energy loss. The best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.7% was obtained for the BTT-NTz polymer blended with methano[70]fullerene. We have intensively characterized optoelectronic and morphological features of the new polymers by atomic force microscopy, 2-dimensional X-ray diffraction, and time-resolved microwave conductivity. This work highlights the potential of BTT-based polymers for an increase of PCE, because there are extra rooms for further improvement.
Journal
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- Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology
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Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology 28 (4), 605-610, 2015
The Society of Photopolymer Science and Technology(SPST)
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679302511360
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- NII Article ID
- 130005101125
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- NII Book ID
- AA11576862
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- ISSN
- 13496336
- 09149244
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- NDL BIB ID
- 026579273
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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