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Effect of Electron-Withdrawing Chlorine Substituent on Morphological and Photovoltaic Properties of All Chlorinated
Seok Woo Lee1, Hee Jeong Shin2, Byoungwook Park3
1Department of Industrial Chemistry, Pukyong National University, 48513 Busan, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
The choice of the chlorine (Cl) atom as an electron-withdrawing substituent in conjugated polymers leads to a higher potential in the commercialization of polymer solar cells than its fluorine counterpart because of the versatility and cost-effectiveness of the chlorination process. In addition, the population and location of Cl substituents can significantly influence the photovoltaic characteristics of polymers. In this study, three chlorinated quinoxaline-based polymers were invented to examine the numerical and positioning effects of the Cl atom on their photovoltaic characteristics. The number of Cl substituents in the reference polymer, PBCl-Qx, was adjusted to three: two Cl atoms in the benzodithiophene-type D unit and one Cl atom in the quinoxaline-type A unit. Subsequently, two more Cl atoms were selectively introduced at the 4- and 5-positions of the alkylated thiophene moieties at the 2,3-positions of the quinoxaline moiety in PBCl-Qx to obtain the additional polymers PBCl-Qx4Cl and PBCl-Qx5Cl, respectively. The conventional PBCl-Qx4Cl device exhibited a better power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 12.95% as compared to those of PBCl-Qx (12.44%) and PBCl-Qx5Cl (11.82%) devices. The highest PCE of the device with PBCl-Qx4Cl was ascribed to an enhancement in the open-circuit voltage and fill factor induced by the deeper energy level of the highest occupied molecular orbital and the favorable morphological features in its blended film with Y6.
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