Thermally stable and efficient polymer solar cells based on a novel donor-acceptor copolymer

O Synooka, K-R Eberhardt, J Balko, T Thurn-Albrecht, G Gobsch, W Mitchell, S Berny, M Carrasco-Orozco, H Hoppe
2016 Nanotechnology  
We report high photovoltaic performance of a novel donor-acceptor (D-A) conjugated polymer poly [2,6[4,8-bis(2-ethyl-hexyl)benzo[1,2-b;4,5-b′]dithiophene-co-2,5-thiophene-co-4,7[5,6-bisoctyloxy-benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole]-co-2,5-thiophene] (PBDTTBTZT) in bulk heterojunctions with [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC 70 BM). A power conversion efficiency (PCE) of more than 7% is obtained for optimized charge-extracting electrodes. Upon application of thermal stress via annealing, a
more » ... r thermal stability is demonstrated as compared to poly [N-9″-hepta-decanyl-2,7-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4′,7′-di-2-thienyl-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole)] (PCDTBT).
doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/25/254001 pmid:27242024 fatcat:b6dbdaxedbf4joqufzxu542q64