Fullerene functionalized polystyrene: Synthesis, characterizations, and application in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells
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Author list: Seeponkai N., Keaitsirisart N., Wootthikanokkhan J., Thanachayanont C., Chuangchote S.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
Publication year: 2014
Journal: International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials (0091-4037)
Volume number: 63
Issue number: 1
Start page: 33
End page: 40
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 0091-4037
eISSN: 1563-535X
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
Fullerene functionalized polystyrene (PSFu) with a variety of fullerene (C60) contents was synthesized and characterized. The best PSFu was selected on the basis of solubility and band gap energy for application studies. Feasibility for using PSFu as a replacement of C60 in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells was explored. Performance of the BHJ cells containing PSFu was comparable to that of the cells containing neat C60, irrespective of the acceptor/donor weight ratios, even the actual amount of C60 in PSFu molecules was (about 5 times) lower than that of the neat C60. ฉ 2014 Taylor and Francis.
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Acceptor, donor
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