Isoindigo fluorination to enhance photovoltaic performance of donor-acceptor conjugated copolymers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Jan 14;50(4):439-41. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47677d.

Abstract

Conjugated copolymers based on isoindigo/fluorinated isoindigo and bis(dialkylthienyl)benzodithiophene, PBDTT-ID and PBDTT-FID, were designed and synthesized for organic photovoltaic applications. The isoindigo fluorination made PBDTT-FID show high PCE of 5.52% and 7.04% in its conventional and inverted PSCs, respectively.