Synthesis and characterization of two fluorenone-based conjugated polymers and their application in solar cells and thin film transistors

Chia Juan Lim; Yanlian Lei; Bo Wu; Lu Li; Xuyao Liu; Yong Lu; Fu Rong ZHU; Beng ONG; Xiao Hu; Siu Choon Ng

doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.02.048

Synthesis and characterization of two fluorenone-based conjugated polymers and their application in solar cells and thin film transistors

Chia Juan Lim, Yanlian Lei, Bo Wu, Lu Li, Xuyao Liu, Yong Lu, Fu Rong ZHU, Beng ONG^*, Xiao Hu, Siu Choon Ng

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Two new fluorenone-based conjugated polymers, F1 and F2, were synthesized via the Stille cross-coupling polymerization. Spectral measurements showed that both polymers had optical band gaps of 1.99 eV and 1.89 eV, respectively, calculated based on the film onset absorption edge. Cyclic voltammetric studies gave HOMO/LUMO energy levels of -5.18 eV/-3.19 eV and -5.40 eV/-3.51 eV, respectively, and the polymers were thermally stable at temperatures over 300 °C. Organic field-effect transistor and bulk-heterojunction solar cell performance characteristics of both polymers as p-type semiconductors were evaluated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1430-1434
Number of pages	5
Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
Volume	57
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.02.048
Publication status	Published - 30 Mar 2016

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Organic Chemistry

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Conjugated polymers
Fluorenone
OFET
OPV
Stille coupling

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