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Title: | An effective strategy to enhance the dielectric constant of organic semiconductors - CPDTTPD-based low bandgap polymers bearing oligo(ethylene glycol) side chains | Authors: | BREBELS, Jeroen Douvogianni, Evgenia DEVISSCHER, Dries THIRUVALLUR EACHAMBADI, Ragha MANCA, Jean LUTSEN, Laurence VANDERZANDE, Dirk Hummelen, Jan C. MAES, Wouter |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 6(3), p. 500-511 | Abstract: | Conjugated polymers applied in organic electronics (notably photovoltaics and photodetectors) generally exhibit relatively low dielectric constants (epsilon(r) 3-4), which leads to significant recombination losses of photo-generated excitons. As a direct consequence, the performance of the resulting devices is inherently restricted. Some efforts have been directed toward increasing epsilon(r) of the photoactive organic compounds, but the general knowledge on the impact of specific structural variations on the dielectric constant and the final device output remains rather limited. In this study, this problem is addressed. A series of push-pull type alternating copolymers is synthesized based on 4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene (CPDT) and 4H-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6(5H)-dione (TPD) subunits, with the aim to increase the dielectric constant using oligo(ethylene glycol) side chains. The amount of glycol substituents on the polymer backbone is gradually raised to systematically investigate its influence on the dielectric properties. Impedance measurements reveal a doubling of the dielectric constant (up to epsilon(r) 6.3) with respect to the reference polymer. Upon applying these materials in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells, an efficiency of 4.4% is obtained for the best-performing device, with a particularly higher short-circuit current and improved fill factor compared to the pristine alkyl-substituted polymer. Importantly, a non-halogenated solvent - beneficial toward 'green' processing - can also be applied for the active layer deposition, affording comparable results. | Notes: | Maes, W (reprint author), UHasselt Hasselt Univ, Inst Mat Res IMO IMOMEC Design & Synth Organ Synt, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. j.c.hummelen@rug.nl; wouter.maes@uhasselt.be | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/26178 | ISSN: | 2050-7526 | e-ISSN: | 2050-7534 | DOI: | 10.1039/c7tc05264b | ISI #: | 000423305000009 | Rights: | This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 201 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2019 |
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