Porphyrin-incorporated 2D D-A polymers with over 8.5% polymer solar cell efficiency

Adv Mater. 2014 Aug 13;26(30):5205-10. doi: 10.1002/adma.201401345. Epub 2014 Jun 2.

Abstract

A copolymerization strategy is developed to utilize porphyrin as a complementary light-harvesting unit (LHU) in D-A polymers. For polymer solar cells (PSCs), the presence of LHUs increases the short-circuit current density (Jsc ) without sacrificing the open-circuit voltage (Voc ) and fill factor (FF). Up to 8.0% power conversion efficiency (PCE) is delivered by PPor-2:PC71 BM single-junction PSCs. A PCE of 8.6% is achieved when a C-PCBSD cathodic interlayer is introduced.

Keywords: bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaics; conjugated polymers; fullerenes; organic electronics; porphyrin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't