Terthiophene-based D–A polymer with an asymmetric arrangement of alkyl chains that enables efficient polymer solar cells

…, J Liu, Z Li, H Lin, Y Liu, J Zhao, J Zhang…

Index: Liu, Xuncheng; Cai, Ping; Chen, Zhenhui; Zhang, Lianjie; Zhang, Xiaofei; Sun, Jiangman; Wang, Haitao; Chen, Junwu; Peng, Junbiao; Chen, Hongzheng; Cao, Yong Polymer (United Kingdom), 2014 , vol. 55, # 7 p. 1707 - 1715

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Abstract

We report a series of difluorobenzothiadizole (ffBT) and oligothiophene-based polymers with the oligothiophene unit being quaterthiophene (T4), terthiophene (T3), and bithiophene (T2). We demonstrate that a polymer based on ffBT and T3 with an asymmetric arrangement of