Synthesis, electrochromic characterization and solar cell application of thiophene bearing alternating copolymers with azobenzene and coumarin subunits


Kalay H., Yigit D., HIZALAN ÖZSOY G., GÜLLÜ M., DEPCİ T., ÇIRPAN A., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY, cilt.57, sa.8, ss.589-599, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10601325.2020.1740598
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.589-599
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Azobenzene, solar cell, thiophene bearing copolymers, coumarin, conducting polymers, POLYMERS, POLYTHIOPHENE, PERFORMANCE, DERIVATIVES
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, azobenzene and coumarin functionalized thiophene comprising two copolymers (poly (4-((3"'-hexyl-[2,2 ':5 ',2 '':5 '',2"'-tetrathiophene] - 3 '-yl)methoxy) - 2H-chromen-2-one (P1) and poly (1-(4-((4"'-hexyl-[2,2 ': 5 ', 2 '': 5 '', 2"' - tetrathiophene] - 3 '-yl) methoxy) phenyl) -2-phenyldiazene) (P2)), were designed and synthesized according to the donor-acceptor (D-A) approach to investigate their electrochemical, optical and photovoltaic behaviors. Among the various copolymerization methods to obtain P1 and P2, Stille copolymerization reaction was preferred. The HOMO and LUMO values were determined via cyclic voltammetry (CV) as -5.64 eV and -3.76 eV for P1 and -5.47 eV and -3.83 eV for P2, respectively. The optical band gaps of the polymers were calculated as 1.88 eV and 1.64 eV using UV-VIS spectrophotometer for P1 and P2. Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies for synthesized copolymers support their usage in organic solar cell applications. The organic solar cells (OSCs) were designed using polymer as an electron donor group and PC60BM as an electron acceptor group. Performances of OSCs based on P1 and P2 were investigated with the device structure of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/Polymer(P1/P2):PC60BM/LiF/Al. The preliminary solar cell results were reported here and studies are going on in our laboratories to increase the efficiency. The highest power conversion efficiency was obtained as 0.81% for P1 based device with 0.47 V open-circuit voltage (V-oc) and 4.92 mA/cm(2) current density (J(sc)) values. The highest efficiency for P2 comprising device was found to be 0.96% under optimum conditions with 0.60 V and 4.98 mA/cm(2), V-oc and J(sc) values, respectively.