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Synthesis of Conjugated Materials Based on Benzodithiophene - Benzothiadazole and Their Application of Organic Solar Cells

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Electron acceptor-donor-acceptor type oligomers based on benzothiadiazole (BT) unit and a (4,8-bis((2-ethylhexyl)oxy)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl) bis(trimethylstannane) (BDT) unit have been designed and prepared as electron-donating materials, which are 2,6-[5-(7-methyl-benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazol-4-yl)-thiophen-2-yl]-4,8-bis((2-ethylhexyl)oxy)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene) (BDT-TBT) and 2,6-[5′-(3′-hexyl-[2,2′]bithiophenyl-5-yl)-7-methyl-benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole]-4,8-bis((2-ethylhexyl)oxy)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene) (BDT-THTBT), for Organic Solar Cells (OSCs) with PC71BM as electron-accepting materials. The HOMO energy level is elevated by the number of thiophene ring as a p-bridge, which lowers the band gap. Inverted-type organic solar cells (OSCs) with a configuration of ITO/ZnO/BDT-TBT (or BDT-THTBT):PC71BM/MoO3/Al are fabricated. OSC based on BDT-THTBT exhibits the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 1.04% with the best J sc of 4.20 mA/cm2.

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  1. N. Sylvianti and Y. H. Kim equally contributed to this research.

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  1. Department of Polymer Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48547, Korea

    Nadhila Sylvianti, Youn Hwan Kim, Dong Geun Kim, Ratna Dewi Maduwu, Ho Cheol Jin & Joo Hyun Kim

  2. Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk Univerisity, Seoul, 05029, Korea

    Doo Kyung Moon

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Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (No. 20174010201460) and was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2015015683).

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Sylvianti, N., Kim, Y.H., Kim, D.G. et al. Synthesis of Conjugated Materials Based on Benzodithiophene - Benzothiadazole and Their Application of Organic Solar Cells. Macromol. Res. 26, 552–556 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-018-6066-4

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