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Development of Carbazole and Bipyridine Copolymers as Novel Photovoltaic Materials
Author(s) -
Bogdal Dariusz,
Pajda Michal,
Sanetra Jerzy,
Pokladko Monika,
Matras Katarzyna,
Attias AndreJean,
Fave JeanLuis
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200850823
Subject(s) - carbazole , copolymer , polymer chemistry , materials science , acrylate , moiety , methacrylate , ethyl acrylate , bipyridine , polymer , side chain , chromophore , photochemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , crystal structure , composite material
Summary: A novel acrylate polymer with a carbazole pendant group and bipyridine derivatives as side chains was synthesized, in which derivatives of bipyridine as electro‐optic chromophores and carbazole as photoconductive moiety were covalently linked to the acrylate backbone. 2–(Carbazol‐9‐yl)ethyl methacrylate (CEM) and methacrylic 2‐[5‐(2‐{5,5′‐dimethyl‐6′‐[2‐(5‐pentylthiophen‐2‐yl)vinyl]‐3,3′‐bipyridin‐6‐yl}vinyl)thiophen‐2‐yl]ethyl methacrylate (BiPy) were synthesized and then copolymerized to give 99:1, 98:2, 92:8 (mol/mol) CEM/BiPy copolymers. Films of the copolymers blended with poly(3‐octylthiophene) (P3OT) or poly(3‐decylthiophene) (PDT) and sandwiched between the transparent ITO and Al electrode were examined for photovoltaic properties.