Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells

Astrid-Caroline Knall; Andrew O. F. Jones; Birgit Kunert; Roland Resel; David Reishofer; Peter W. Zach; Mindaugas Kirkus; Iain McCulloch; Thomas Rath

doi:10.1007/s00706-017-1949-1

Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells

Astrid-Caroline Knall, Andrew O. F. Jones, Birgit Kunert, Roland Resel, David Reishofer, Peter W. Zach, Mindaugas Kirkus, Iain McCulloch, Thomas Rath

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Herein, we describe the synthesis and characterization of a conjugated donor–acceptor copolymer consisting of a pyrrolopyridazinedione (PPD) acceptor unit, and a benzodithiophene (BDT) donor unit. The polymerization was done via a Stille cross-coupling polycondensation. The resulting PPD–BDT copolymer revealed an optical bandgap of 1.8 eV and good processability from chlorobenzene solutions. In an organic solar cell in combination with PC70BM, the polymer led to a power conversion efficiency of 4.5%. Moreover, the performance of the copolymer was evaluated in polymer/nanocrystal hybrid solar cells using non-toxic CuInS2 nanocrystals as inorganic phase, which were prepared from precursors directly in the polymer matrix without using additional capping ligands. The PPD–BDT/CuInS2 hybrid solar cells showed comparably high photovoltages and a power conversion efficiency of 2.2%.Graphical abstract

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	855-862
Number of pages	8
Journal	Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly
Volume	148
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-017-1949-1
State	Published - Mar 30 2017

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Acknowledgements: Open access funding provided by Austrian Science Fund (FWF). A.-C. K. and T. R. gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) via Grants T578-N19 and J3515-N20. The authors thank Sergey Borisov for helpful discussions, the Elettra synchrotron for the allocation of beamtime on the XRD1 beamline and Luisa Barba for experimental support.

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Knall, A.-C., Jones, A. O. F., Kunert, B., Resel, R., Reishofer, D., Zach, P. W., Kirkus, M., McCulloch, I., & Rath, T. (2017). Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells. Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly, 148(5), 855-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-017-1949-1

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Knall, A-C, Jones, AOF, Kunert, B, Resel, R, Reishofer, D, Zach, PW, Kirkus, M, McCulloch, I & Rath, T 2017, 'Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells', Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly, vol. 148, no. 5, pp. 855-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-017-1949-1

Synthesis of a conjugated pyrrolopyridazinedione–benzodithiophene (PPD–BDT) copolymer and its application in organic and hybrid solar cells. / Knall, Astrid-Caroline; Jones, Andrew O. F.; Kunert, Birgit et al.
In: Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly, Vol. 148, No. 5, 30.03.2017, p. 855-862.

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