Efficient synthesis and photovoltaic properties of highly rigid perylene-embedded benzothiazolyls

Runfeng Chen, Chunhua Zheng, Cong Li, Huanhuan Li, Zhixiang Wang, Yuting Tang, Hongji Jiang, Zhanao Tan, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Perylene-embedded benzothiazolyls, designed by 2D-fusing of dithienylbenzothiadiazoles (DTBT), have been synthesized and characterized for organic photovoltaic (OPV) applications. A new polymer based on the newly-developed electron-accepting building block exhibits excellent solubility, stability, and photoabsorbability with optimal bandgaps and frontier orbitals, achieving a power efficiency up to 3.22%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)780-784
Number of pages5
JournalPolymer Chemistry
Volume7
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jan 2016
Externally publishedYes

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