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Tuning the Donor–Acceptor Strength of Low‐Bandgap Platinum‐Acetylide Polymers for Near‐Infrared Photovoltaic Applications
Author(s) -
Qin Chuanjiang,
Fu Yingying,
Chui ChungHin,
Kan ChiWai,
Xie Zhiyuan,
Wang Lixiang,
Wong WaiYeung
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201100247
Subject(s) - materials science , platinum , electron acceptor , fluorene , acetylide , band gap , acceptor , electron donor , polymer solar cell , photovoltaic system , polymer , photochemistry , energy conversion efficiency , phenazine , infrared , optoelectronics , chemistry , optics , organic chemistry , physics , catalysis , ecology , composite material , biology , condensed matter physics
Two near‐infrared (NIR) absorbing metallopolyynes of platinum ( P1 and P2 ) functionalized with a weakly electron‐donating fluorene unit and two strong electron acceptors (viz. benzo[1,2‐ c :4,5‐ c ′]bis([1,2,5]thiadiazole) and [1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4‐ i ]dibenzo[ a , c ]phenazine) were synthesized and applied for NIR photovoltaic applications. With these designed weak donor–strong acceptor electronic traits, these metallopolymers possess narrow bandgaps of 1.54 and 1.65 eV and a low HOMO level of about 5.50 eV, thus inducing a power conversion efficiency up to 1% for bulk heterojunction solar cells at the NIR wavelength.