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Yutaka Ie1, Shohei Sasada1, Makoto Karakawa1
1The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University , 8-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
Abstract:
Pyradinodithiazole (PDTz) was designed as a new electron-accepting unit. The physical property measurements indicated that the PDTz unit has stronger electron-accepting characteristics than thiazolothiazole and benzodithiazole. A donor-acceptor copolymer containing PDTz as an acceptor unit was synthesized for hole-transporting semiconductors in organic photovoltaics (OPV). Furthermore, an acceptor-acceptor copolymer containing PDTz has also been developed for electron-transporting OPV materials. These copolymer-based blend films showed expected photovoltaic characteristics in individual OPV devices.
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