Multifunctional conjugated polymers with main-chain donors and side-chain acceptors for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs)

Dong Wook Chang; Seo Jin Ko; Jin Young Kim; Su Moon Park; Hyo Joong Lee; Liming Dai; Jong Beom Baek

doi:10.1002/marc.201100447

Multifunctional conjugated polymers with main-chain donors and side-chain acceptors for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs)

Dong Wook Chang
, Seo Jin Ko
, Jin Young Kim
, Su Moon Park
, Hyo Joong Lee^*
, Liming Dai
, Jong Beom Baek

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Chemistry

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Case Western Reserve University

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Abstract

A novel multifunctional conjugated polymer (RCP-1) composed of an electron-donating backbone (carbazole) and an electron-accepting side chain (cyanoacetic acid) connected through conjugated vinylene and terthiophene has been synthesized and tested as a photosensitizer in two major molecule-based solar cells, namely dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs). Promising initial results on overall power conversion efficiencies of 4.11% and 1.04% are obtained from the basic structure of DSSCs and OPVs based on RCP-1, respectively. The well-defined donor (D)-acceptor (A) structure of RCP-1 has made it possible, for the first time, to reach over 4% of power conversion efficiency in DSSCs with an organic polymer sensitizer and good operation stability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1809-1814
Number of pages	6
Journal	Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Volume	32
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201100447
State	Published - 2011.11.15

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Keywords

conjugated polymers
dye sensitized solar cells
organic photovoltaic cells
side-chain acceptors

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Materials Science
Engineering - Petroleum
Chemistry

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