Hydrophilic Conjugated Polymers with Large Bandgaps and Deep‐Lying HOMO Levels as an Efficient Cathode Interlayer in Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN： 1521-3927|36|15|1393-1401

ISSN： 1022-1336

Source： MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, Vol.36, Iss.15, 2015-08, pp. : 1393-1401

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Abstract

Two hydrophilic conjugated polymers, PmP‐NOH and PmP36F‐NOH, with polar diethanolamine on the side chains and main chain structures of poly(meta‐phenylene) and poly(meta‐phenylene‐alt‐3,6‐fluorene), respectively, are successfully synthesized. The films of PmP‐NOH and PmP36F‐NOH show absorption edges at 340 and 343 nm, respectively. The calculated optical bandgaps of the two polymers are 3.65 and 3.62 eV, respectively, the largest ones so far reported for hydrophilic conjugated polymers. PmP‐NOH and PmP36F‐NOH also possess deep‐lying highest occupied molecular orbital levels of −6.19 and −6.15 eV, respectively. Inserting PmP‐NOH and PmP36F‐NOH as a cathode interlayer in inverted polymer solar cells with a PTB7/PC71BM blend as the active layer, high power conversion efficiencies of 8.58% and 8.33%, respectively, are achieved, demonstrating that the two hydrophilic polymers are excellent interlayers for efficient inverted polymer solar cells.