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J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Apr 21;132(15):5330-1. doi: 10.1021/ja101888b.

A thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-based copolymer for efficient solar cells.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Yingping Zou, Ahmed Najari, Philippe Berrouard, Serge Beaupré, Badrou Réda Aïch, Ye Tao, Mario Leclerc

Affiliations

  1. Département de Chimie, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1V 0A6.

PMID: 20349958 DOI: 10.1021/ja101888b

Abstract

A new low-band-gap thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-based copolymer, PBDTTPD, has been designed and synthesized. PBDTTPD is soluble in chloroform or o-dichlorobenzene upon heating and shows a broad absorption in the visible region. The HOMO and LUMO energy levels were estimated to be at -5.56 and -3.75 eV, respectively. These electrochemical measurements fit well with an optical bandgap of 1.8 eV. When blended with PC(71)BM, this polymer demonstrated a power conversion efficiency of 5.5% in a bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic device having an active area of 1.0 cm(2).

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