Fluorine substitution enhanced photovoltaic performance of a D-A(1)-D-A(2) copolymer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 18;49(81):9335-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44931a.

Abstract

A new alternating donor-acceptor (D-A1-D-A2) copolymer containing two electron-deficient moieties, isoindigo and quinoxaline, was synthesized. The photovoltaic performance of this polymer could be improved by incorporating fluorine atoms into the quinoxaline units, resulting in an efficiency of 6.32%. This result highlights the attractive promise of D-A1-D-A2 copolymers for high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorine / chemistry*
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Quinoxalines / chemistry
  • Solar Energy*

Substances

  • Indoles
  • Polymers
  • Quinoxalines
  • Fluorine
  • isoindigotin