Isoindigo-3,4-Difluorothiophene Polymer Acceptors Yield “All-Polymer” Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells with over 7 % Efficiency

Shengjian Liu; Yuliar Firdaus; Simil Thomas; Zhipeng Kan; Federico Cruciani; Sergei Lopatin; Jean Luc Bredas; Pierre M. Beaujuge

doi:10.1002/anie.201709509

Isoindigo-3,4-Difluorothiophene Polymer Acceptors Yield “All-Polymer” Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells with over 7 % Efficiency

Shengjian Liu, Yuliar Firdaus, Simil Thomas, Zhipeng Kan, Federico Cruciani, Sergei Lopatin, Jean Luc Bredas, Pierre M. Beaujuge

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Abstract

Poly(isoindigo-alt-3,4-difluorothiophene) (PIID[2F]T) analogues used as “polymer acceptors” in bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells achieve >7 % efficiency when used in conjunction with the polymer donor PBFTAZ (model system; copolymer of benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene and 5,6-difluorobenzotriazole). Considering that most efficient polymer-acceptor alternatives to fullerenes (e.g. PC₆₁BM or its C₇₁ derivative) are based on perylenediimide or naphthalenediimide motifs thus far, branched alkyl-substituted PIID[2F]T polymers are particularly promising non-fullerene candidates for “all-polymer” BHJ solar cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	531-535
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	57
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201709509
State	Published - Jan 8 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

3,4-difluorothiophene
all-polymer solar cells
isoindigo
polymer acceptors
solar cells

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General Chemistry

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