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Triphenylamine–thiazolothiazole–benzodithiophene based conjugated copolymers for polymer solar cells

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Two novel conjugated copolymers (P1 and P2) with donor–acceptor architecture, based on triphenylamine, benzodithiophene and thiazolothiazole (TTz), have been prepared by the Stille coupling reaction. Compared with alternative copolymer P1 with the single electron-withdrawing unit TTz, random copolymer P2 introduced another stronger electron-withdrawing unit benzothiadiazole intramolecularly. Incorporation of two different electron-withdrawing units on the backbone was proved to have a significant influence on the optical and electrical properties. Compared with P1, copolymer P2 has the wider absorption spectrum, lower bandgap, and therefore the better device performances.

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The authors are grateful to the NSFC Project (#61274062 and #11204106), the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology (#2012-skllmd-10 and #2014-skllmd-06) and the Scientific and Technological Plan of Guangdong Province (2015A040404043) for financial support.

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    Yingpeng Xie, Tao Jia, Huicong Zhang, Qiong Hou, Suilian Luo & Ronghua Zeng

  2. Siyuan Laboratory, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China

    Zuosheng Peng & Lintao Hou

  3. State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China

    Qiong Hou & Lintao Hou

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Xie, Y., Peng, Z., Jia, T. et al. Triphenylamine–thiazolothiazole–benzodithiophene based conjugated copolymers for polymer solar cells. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 27, 4705–4710 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-4350-7

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