Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 37, Number 3, March 2007
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Page(s) | 343 - 346 | |
Section | Physics of Energy Conversion and Coupled Phenomena | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2007024 | |
Published online | 24 January 2007 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2007024
Synthesis and characterization of high molecular weight and regioregular poly[3-(4-octylphenyl)thiophene] for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells*
1
LPCP, CNRS-UMR 5067, Université de Pau et des Pays de
l'Adour, Hélioparc, 2 Av. P. Angot, 64053 Pau Cedex, France
2
CEA-Saclay, LCS, DRT-LITEN-GENEC, Bât. 451, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
3
LCABIE, CNRS-UMR 5034, Université de Pau et les Pays de
l'Adour, Hélioparc, 2 Av. P. Angot, 64053 Pau, France
Corresponding authors: roger.hiorns@univ-pau.fr christine.dagron-lartigau@univ-pau.fr
Received:
25
July
2006
Accepted:
8
December
2006
Published online:
24
January
2007
Various poly[3-(4-octylphenyl)thiophene]s (POPTs) were prepared either by oxidative polymerisation or by chain-growth Grignard metathesis (GRIM). In accordance with previous results, the former polymerisation yielded polydisperse POPT. The method based on the GRIM reaction made possible the preparation of medium and higher molecular weight polymers with lower polydispersities. The POPTs were found to have band-gaps of ca. 1.7 eV. The photovoltaic characteristics of POPTs-blend-[6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) composites under AM 1.5 conditions in standard ITO/PEDOT-blend-PSS/POPT-blend-PCBM/LiF/Al solar cells were studied. It was found that POPT prepared via GRIM could deliver greater efficiencies than its equivalent prepared by oxidative polymerisation. It is expected that access to even higher molecular weight POPTs may improve the efficiencies of such devices.
PACS: 82.35.Lr – Physical properties of polymers / 84.60.Jt – Photoelectric conversion: solar cells and arrays
© EDP Sciences, 2007
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