16 research outputs found
Electric Supplementary File from Synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers with polydimethylsiloxane side chains and their application in organic field-effect transistors
Synthetic details of the polymers, UV-vis absorption, XRD patterns and typical output and transfer curves of OFET devices
Electric Supplementary File from Synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers with polydimethylsiloxane side chains and their application in organic field-effect transistors
Synthetic details of the polymers, UV-vis absorption, XRD patterns and typical output and transfer curves of OFET devices
High Energy Efficiency and Stability for Photoassisted Aqueous Lithium–Iodine Redox Batteries
We demonstrated photoassisted lithium–iodine
(Li–I<sub>2</sub>) redox cells integrated with a hematite photoelectrode
that
are applicable to energy storage systems (ESSs). The hematite photoelectrode
presents low cost, light absorption in the visible light region, and
inertness to aqueous electrolytes, which allow for stable production
of photocurrent under illumination. In the aqueous Li–I<sub>2</sub> redox cells, the harnessing of photoenergy generates photocarriers
that promote the I<sup>–</sup> oxidation process without electrolysis
of the aqueous solution. The energy efficiency for the photoassisted
charge process is ∼95.4%, which is ∼20% higher than
that in the absence of illumination at a current rate of 0.075 mA cm<sup>–2</sup>. The hematite is profoundly stable in aqueous I<sup>–</sup>/I<sub>3</sub><sup>–</sup> catholyte and exhibits
over 600 h of cycling without noticeable performance decay and photocorrosion.
This achievement highlights photoinduced ESSs with improved energy
efficiency
Controlled Synthesis of Fullerene-Attached Poly(3-alkylthiophene)-Based Copolymers for Rational Morphological Design in Polymer Photovoltaic Devices
PolyÂ(3-alkylthiophene)-based diblock copolymers with
controllable
block lengths were synthesized by combining the Grignard metathesis
method, Ni-catalyzed quasi-living polymerization, and a subsequent
azide–alkyne click reaction to introduce a fullerene functionality
into the side chains of one of the blocks. The fullerene-attached
copolymers had good solubility (>30 g L<sup>–1</sup> in
chlorobenzene)
with high molecular weights (<i>M</i><sub>n</sub> > 20 000).
The diblock copolymer films formed clear nanostructures with sizes
of ca. 20 nm, driven by crystallization of the polyÂ(3-hexylthiophene)
block and aggregation of the fullerene groups, as observed in AFM
phase images. The copolymer-based photovoltaic device showed a power
conversion efficiency of 2.5%, with a much higher fill factor of 0.63
in comparison to the previously reported single component devices.
These results indicate that rational material designs enable the construction
of suitable donor–acceptor nanostructures for photovoltaic
applications, without relying on the mixing of materials
Effects of Chain Orientation in Self-Organized Buffer Layers Based on Poly(3-alkylthiophene)s for Organic Photovoltaics
Surface-segregated
monolayers (SSMs) based on two polyÂ(3-alkylthiophene)Âs with semifluoroalkyl
groups at either the side chains (P3DDFT) or one end of the main chain
(P3BT-F<sub>17</sub>) were used as self-organized buffer layers at
the electrode interfaces in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaic
devices. Both of the SSMs greatly shifted the vacuum levels of the
BHJ films at the surface due to the aligned permanent dipole moments
of the semifluoroalkyl chains. Hole extraction in the BHJ of polyÂ(3-hexylthiophene)
(P3HT):[6,6]-phenyl C<sub>61</sub>-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)
became more efficient in the presence of the P3DDFT buffer layer,
resulting in an improved power conversion efficiency. In contrast,
the SSM of P3BT-F<sub>17</sub> induced changes in the chain orientation
of P3HT and the morphology of the BHJ films, resulting in decreased
performance. These results indicate that the molecular design of polymer-based
SSMs can affect not only the energy structure at the interface but
also the morphology and the molecular orientations in the BHJs
Bis(naphthothiophene diimide)indacenodithiophenes as Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics
Bis(naphthothiophene
diimide)indacenodithiophenes
as Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaic