Polymer Photovoltaics with Alternating Copolymer/Fullerene Blends and Novel Device Architectures
Journal article, 2010

The synthesis of novel conjugated polymers, designed for the purpose of photovoltaic energy conversion, and their properties in polymer/fullerene materials and photovoltaic devices are reviewed. Two families of main chain polymer donors, based on fluorene or phenylene and donor-acceptor-donor comonomers in alternating copolymers, are used to absorb the high-energy parts of the solar spectrum and to give high photovoltages in combinations with fullerene acceptors in devices. These materials are used in alternative photovoltaic device geometries with enhanced light incoupling to collect larger photocurrents or to enable tandem devices and enhance photovoltage.

heterojunction solar-cells

open-circuit voltage

response

photocurrent spectral

charge-transport

conjugated polymers

efficiency

low-bandgap polyfluorene

quantum

acceptor units

gap polyfluorene

trapping light

Author

Olle Inganäs

Linköping University

Fengling Zhang

Linköping University

K. Tvingstedt

Linköping University

L. M. Andersson

Linköping University

Stefan Hellström

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polymer Technology

Mats Andersson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polymer Technology

Advanced Materials

09359648 (ISSN) 15214095 (eISSN)

Vol. 22 20 E100-E116

Subject Categories

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1002/adma.200904407

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