Synthesis of novel thieno[3,2-b]thienobis(silolothiophene) based low bandgap polymers for organic photovoltaics

Bob C. Schroeder; Raja Shahid Ashraf; Stuart Thomas; Andrew J.P. White; Laure Biniek; Christian B. Nielsen; Weimin Zhang; Zhenggang Huang; Pabitra Shakya Tuladhar; Scott E. Watkins; Thomas D. Anthopoulos; James R. Durrant; Iain McCulloch

doi:10.1039/c2cc33718e

Synthesis of novel thieno[3,2-b]thienobis(silolothiophene) based low bandgap polymers for organic photovoltaics

Bob C. Schroeder, Raja Shahid Ashraf^*, Stuart Thomas, Andrew J.P. White, Laure Biniek, Christian B. Nielsen, Weimin Zhang, Zhenggang Huang, Pabitra Shakya Tuladhar, Scott E. Watkins, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, James R. Durrant, Iain McCulloch

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Abstract

Thieno[3,2-b]thienobis(silolothiophene), a new electron rich hexacyclic monomer has been synthesized and incorporated into three novel donor–acceptor low-bandgap polymers. By carefully choosing the acceptor co-monomer, the energy levels of the polymers could be modulated and high power conversion efficiencies of 5.52% were reached in OPV devices.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7699-7701
Number of pages	3
Journal	CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume	48
Issue number	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc33718e
State	Published - Jul 9 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Catalysis
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
General Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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Schroeder, B. C., Shahid Ashraf, R., Thomas, S., White, A. J. P., Biniek, L., Nielsen, C. B., Zhang, W., Huang, Z., Shakya Tuladhar, P., Watkins, S. E., Anthopoulos, T. D., Durrant, J. R., & McCulloch, I. (2012). Synthesis of novel thieno[3,2-b]thienobis(silolothiophene) based low bandgap polymers for organic photovoltaics. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 48(62), 7699-7701. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc33718e

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Synthesis of novel thieno[3,2-b]thienobis(silolothiophene) based low bandgap polymers for organic photovoltaics

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