A simple strategy to the side chain functionalization on the quinoxaline unit for efficient polymer solar cells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 May 25;52(42):6881-4. doi: 10.1039/c6cc01771a. Epub 2016 Mar 30.

Abstract

A new tetrafluoridequinoxaline electron accepting block from a quinoxaline core, which is substituted with a fluorine atom onto its backbone and side chains, was designed. A new copolymer (PBDTT-ffQx) was synthesized from tetrafluoridequinoxaline and benzodithiophene. The copolymer was characterized in detail. The photovoltaic properties were well investigated. A high PCE of 8.6% based on the single junction device was obtained.