Development of a new s-tetrazine-based copolymer for efficient solar cells.
A new s-tetrazine-based low-bandgap semiconducting polymer, PCPDTTTz, was designed and synthesized. This is the first solution-processable conjugated polymer with tetrazine in the main chain. This polymer shows good thermal stability and broad absorption covering 450-700 nm. The HOMO and LUMO energy levels were estimated to be -5.34 and -3.48 eV, with an electrochemical bandgap of 1.86 eV. Simple polymer solar cells based on PCPDTTTz and PC(71)BM exhibit a calibrated power conversion efficiency of 5.4%.
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Zhao
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Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology, National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6.
Ding
Jianfu
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Song
Naiheng
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Lu
Jianping
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Tao
Ye
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