Thiophene-thiazolothiazole copolymers: Significant impact of side chain composition on backbone orientation and solar cell performances

Itaru Osaka; Masahiko Saito; Tomoyuki Koganezawa; Kazuo Takimiya

doi:10.1002/adma.201303059

Thiophene-thiazolothiazole copolymers: Significant impact of side chain composition on backbone orientation and solar cell performances

Itaru Osaka, Masahiko Saito, Tomoyuki Koganezawa, Kazuo Takimiya

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Abstract

The backbone orientation in the thiophene-thiazolothiazole (TzTz) copolymer system can be altered by tuning of the alky side chain composition. We highlight that the orientation significantly impact their solar cell efficiency in particular when using thicker active layers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-338
Number of pages	8
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201303059
Publication status	Published - 2014 Jan 15

Keywords

orientation
semiconducting polymers
side chain
solar cells
thiazolothiazole

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