Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics&Optoelectronics (IPEROP25)
Publication date: 17th October 2024
Polymer-based organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have been intensively investigated in the last few decades since they can be lightweight, flexible, and semi-transparent. Recently, owing to the development of π-conjugated polymers as the electron donor and non-fullerene acceptors, the power conversion efficiency of OPVs has significantly improved. One of the important strategies for developing conjugated polymers is coplanarization of the backbone, which leads to higher crystallinity and thereby higher photovoltaic performance. However, coplanarization often decreases solubility of the polymer and miscibility with the acceptor materials, which are detrimental to the fabrication and thereby photovoltaic performance. Therefore, achieving high coplanarity and high solubility at the same time is a critical issue for conjugated polymers. On the other hand, with the increase in the efficiency, the chemical structures of the conjugated polymers have become significantly more complex compared to traditional materials. Therefore, how to synthesize them efficiently and how to design their molecular structure simpler are important issues. In this presentation, I will introduce our strategy for the design and synthesis of coplanar and soluble polymers and easily accessible polymers.