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Optoelectronic properties of oligomers based on tetrazine, benzothiadiazole, benzodithiophene and thiophene moieties for photovoltaic applications: A theoretical study
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.
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Abstract
- Herein, a theoretical design addressed to the synthesis of new conjugated co-polymers for organic photovoltaic devices based on tetrazine, benzothiadiazole, dithiophene and thiophene moieties has been applied. This theoretical investigation aims to explore which combination of these molecules could be the most promising for photovoltaic applications, by studying their intrinsic electronic properties. In particular, the simulated values of the band gap energy and the open circuit voltage are the parameters to be taken into account for the selection of potential materials for solar cell devices. The results shows that the most suitable combination, giving rise to low band gaps, higher absorption coefficients and with an interesting offset of the HOMO and LUMO energy levels, is the bridge-linked copolymer which alternates the benzodithiophene and the benzothiadiazole moieties, likely because of their push–pull effect.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Open-circuit voltage
business.industry
Band gap
General Chemical Engineering
Chemistry (all)
General Chemistry
Conjugated system
law.invention
Tetrazine
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
law
Solar cell
Thiophene
Optoelectronics
Chemical Engineering (all)
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
business
HOMO/LUMO
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....360c52bbef079da3db1e84c2558fa3ca