The influence of polymer purification on photovoltaic device performance of a series of indacenodithiophene donor polymers

Raja Shahid Ashraf; Bob C. Schroeder; Hugo A. Bronstein; Zhenggang Huang; Stuart Thomas; R. Joseph Kline; Christoph J. Brabec; Patrice Rannou; Thomas D. Anthopoulos; James R. Durrant; Iain McCulloch

doi:10.1002/adma.201300027

The influence of polymer purification on photovoltaic device performance of a series of indacenodithiophene donor polymers

Raja Shahid Ashraf^*, Bob C. Schroeder, Hugo A. Bronstein, Zhenggang Huang, Stuart Thomas, R. Joseph Kline, Christoph J. Brabec, Patrice Rannou, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, James R. Durrant, Iain McCulloch

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Abstract

A series of low bandgap indacenodithiophene polymers is purified by recycling SEC in order to isolate narrow polydispersity fractions. This additional purification step is found to have a significant beneficial influence on the solar cell performance and the reasons for this performance increase are investigated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2029-2034
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	25
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201300027
State	Published - Apr 11 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

fractionation
indacenodithiophene
organic photovoltaics
purification

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General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Ashraf, R. S., Schroeder, B. C., Bronstein, H. A., Huang, Z., Thomas, S., Kline, R. J., Brabec, C. J., Rannou, P., Anthopoulos, T. D., Durrant, J. R., & McCulloch, I. (2013). The influence of polymer purification on photovoltaic device performance of a series of indacenodithiophene donor polymers. Advanced Materials, 25(14), 2029-2034. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201300027

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