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Phenylenevinylene copolymers of dihexylthienylbenzothiadiazole and triphenylamine or tetraphenylbenzidine: synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties

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Three novel low-band gap phenylenevinylene copolymers (P1, P2, and P3), containing dihexylthienylbenzothiadiazole (DTBT) and triphenylamine (TPA) or tetraphenylbenzidine (TPD) were synthesized via the Wittig–Horner reaction. The effects of TPA and TPD on the thermal, optical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties were investigated. The UV–Vis spectrum of P3, which contains TPD in the polymer backbone, exhibits a broader and stronger absorption in the film than those of P1 and P2. The bulk heterojunction solar cells were fabricated with the as-synthesized polymers as the donors and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester as the acceptor in a 1:4 weight ratio. The device based on P3 exhibits the maximum power conversion efficiency of 1.11 % under simulated AM 1.5 G solar irradiation (100 mW/cm2).

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This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 50973092, 21004050, 51173154), Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20104301110003) and Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymeric Materials of College of Hunan Province (Nos. 09K037).

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Fang, Y., Huang, H., Jiang, P. et al. Phenylenevinylene copolymers of dihexylthienylbenzothiadiazole and triphenylamine or tetraphenylbenzidine: synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties. J Mater Sci 47, 5706–5714 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6458-3

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