화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.101, 135-143, September, 2021
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.06.020  Export Citation
Design and synthesis of the quinacridone-based donor polymers for application to organic solar cells
Doo Hun Kim, Sung Jae Jeon, Yong Woon Han, Young Hoon Kim, Nam Gyu Yang, Hyoung Seok Lee, and Doo Kyung Moon†
  • Nano and Information Materials (NIMs) Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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D-π-A type quinacridone-based polymers were designed with different acceptor moieties and successfully synthesized via a Suzuki coupling reaction. Depending on the introduction of benzothiadiazole and quinoxaline moieties, the synthesized polymers, poly(quinacridone-thienothiphene-benzothiadiazole) (PQCfTB) and poly(quinacridone-thienothiphene-quinoxaline) (PQCfTQx), showed different physical, optical and electrochemical properties. PQCfTB had a more extended π-conjugation length and a higher number average molecular weight (Mn, 365.1 kDa) than that of PQCfTQx (167.5 kDa). Furthermore, each polymer showed different optical behavior and optical band gaps (Egopt: 1.91 eV for PQCfTB; 1.87 eV for PQCfTQx) in the film state. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels of PQCfTB and PQCfTQx were calculated as -5.20 eV and -5.22 eV, as well as -3.29 eV and -3.35 eV, respectively. The XRD measurement results showed that the polymers for PQCfTB and PQCfTQx had bimodal and face-on structures, respectively. Finally, organic solar cells for both polymers were fabricated and optimized with respect to the acceptor. In summary, the PQCfTB-based devices showed higher power conversion efficiencies (w/PC71BM 3.9%; w/IT-M 5.2%; w/PM6:Y6-BO-4Cl 11.0%) than PQcfTQx (2.3%, 4.7%, and 10.0%).
Keywords:Organic solar cells;Quinacridone;Benzothiadiazole;Quinoxaline;π-Spacer;Thienothiophene
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