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Anthracene-based donor-acceptor low band gap polymers for application in solar cells.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2013-02-12)
Mohammed S Almeataq, Hunan Yi, Solyman Al-Faifi, Abdulaziz A B Alghamdi, Ahmed Iraqi, Nicholas W Scarratt, Tao Wang, David G Lidzey
ABSTRACT

The preparation of anthracene-based low band gap conjugated polymers comprising 2,6-linked anthracene and dithienyl-benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole or dibithiophenyl-benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole alternate repeat units is presented. The photophysical, electrochemical and photovoltaic properties of the polymers in bulk heterojunction solar cells using PC(71)BM as an acceptor are discussed.

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