3-Hexyl-2,5-diphenylthiophene:phenylene vinylene-based conjugated polymer for solar cells application

Umer Mehmood; Muhammad Mansha; Nisar Ullah

doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.05.043

3-Hexyl-2,5-diphenylthiophene:phenylene vinylene-based conjugated polymer for solar cells application

Umer Mehmood
, Muhammad Mansha
, Nisar Ullah^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A conjugated polymer, poly(3-hexyl-2,5-diphenylthiophene)-p-bisdodecyloxy-phenylene vinylene) (CP) was synthesized whose chemical structure was confirmed by ¹H-NMR and FTIR. CP possesses electrochemical band gap of 2.19 eV, determined by cyclic voltammetry (CV), and low laying highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level (5.24 eV). Acting as an electron donor, CP was mixed with electron acceptor PC₆₁BM in (1:1, w/w) to fabricate the photoactive layer. The resultant CP:PC₆₁BM (1:1, w/w) based polymer solar cell (PSC) under AM 1.5G (100 mWcm^{− 2}) showed power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.66% with an open-circuit voltage (V_OC) of 678 mV, a short circuit current density (J_SC) of 7.711 mA/cm² and a fill factor (FF) of 50%. Band gap of CP calculated by Density functional theory (DFT) measurement was determined to 2.04 eV, which was in good agreement with the experimental value obtained by CV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	218-222
Number of pages	5
Journal	Dyes and Pigments
Volume	144
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.05.043
State	Published - Sep 2017

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Conjugated polymer
Density functional theory
Open-circuit voltage
Photoactive solar cell

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Process Chemistry and Technology

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