A highly crystalline low band-gap polymer consisting of perylene and diketopyrrolopyrrole for organic photovoltaic cells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Apr 21;49(31):3248-50. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41160e. Epub 2013 Mar 14.

Abstract

A new, low band-gap donor-acceptor-type conjugated polymer, PDPP-PER, comprising 3,9-perylene (PER) and diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole (DPP) was synthesized. The crystallinity of the synthesized polymer film significantly improved with thermal annealing to 150 °C. The PCE of the PDPP-PER device reached 6.35% with a high open-circuit voltage of 0.79 V.