Synthesis of new methoxy-functionalized polythiophenes for charge transport in organic solar cells

…, L Paganin, D Caretti, L Setti, F Errani

Index: Lanzi, Massimiliano; Paganin, Luisa; Caretti, Daniele; Setti, Leonardo; Errani, Francesco Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2011 , vol. 71, # 7 p. 745 - 755

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Abstract

Abstract The performance of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on poly (3- hexylthiophene) and PCBM can be enhanced by the employment of suitably tailored partially substituted poly (oligothiophene) s. In view of this, three new polythiophenes with a different content in a hexamethylenic side chain ending with a methoxy group have been prepared and characterized completely using NMR and FT-IR techniques. The optical ...