Publication date: 17th February 2025
Stability issues of organic solar cells are among the main reasons holding back their commercialization. One of the key factors determining this instability is the phase separation of the active organic materials, inherent to the bulk heterojunction structure. A strategy to overcome this is to chemically connect the individual donor and acceptor materials, giving rise to so-called single-component organic solar cells. Across all different kinds of materials applied for single-component organic photovoltaics, conjugated block copolymers are arguably the most promising ones due to their relatively easy synthesis. Some research on these systems has already been done, yielding a power conversion efficiency of around 15%.[1] However, the synthetic pathways leading to these conjugated block copolymers and the characterization techniques applied are lagging behind.[2] Therefore, we have engaged in a new synthetic endeavor to achieve more control and insights about the chemical structure of these conjugated block copolymers, taking benefit of continuous flow chemistry. Combined with proper analytical techniques, this should result in a better understanding of the structure-property relationships of single-component organic solar cells. In this contribution, our first results on this topic will be presented.
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