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Development of Carbazole and Bipyridine Copolymers as Novel Photovoltaic Materials

  1. Dariusz Bogdal1,*,
  2. Michal Pajda2,
  3. Jerzy Sanetra3,
  4. Monika Pokladko3,
  5. Katarzyna Matras1,
  6. Andre-Jean Attias4,
  7. Jean-Luis Fave4

Article first published online: 21 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1002/masy.200850823

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Macromolecular Symposia

Macromolecular Symposia

Special Issue: Advanced Polymer Materials for Photonics and Electronics

Volume 268, Issue 1, pages 110–114, July 2008

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Bogdal, D., Pajda, M., Sanetra, J., Pokladko, M., Matras, K., Attias, A.-J. and Fave, J.-L. (2008), Development of Carbazole and Bipyridine Copolymers as Novel Photovoltaic Materials. Macromol. Symp., 268: 110–114. doi: 10.1002/masy.200850823

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  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

  2. 2

    Laboratory of Footwear Industry, Zakopianska 9, 30-418 Kraków, Poland

  3. 3

    Institute of Physics, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Podchorazych 1, 30-035 Kraków, Poland

  4. 4

    Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymeres (CNRS, UMR 7610), Université P. et M. Curie, 4 place Jussieu, F- 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France

*Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

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  1. Issue published online: 21 JUL 2008
  2. Article first published online: 21 JUL 2008

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Keywords:

  • bipyridine;
  • carbazole;
  • methacrylates;
  • photovoltaic properties

Abstract

Summary: A novel acrylate polymer with a carbazole pendant group and bipyridine derivatives as side chains was synthesized, in which derivatives of bipyridine as electro-optic chromophores and carbazole as photoconductive moiety were covalently linked to the acrylate backbone. 2–(Carbazol-9-yl)ethyl methacrylate (CEM) and methacrylic 2-[5-(2-{5,5′-dimethyl-6′-[2-(5-pentylthiophen-2-yl)vinyl]-3,3′-bipyridin-6-yl}vinyl)thiophen-2-yl]ethyl methacrylate (BiPy) were synthesized and then copolymerized to give 99:1, 98:2, 92:8 (mol/mol) CEM/BiPy copolymers. Films of the copolymers blended with poly(3-octylthiophene) (P3OT) or poly(3-decylthiophene) (PDT) and sandwiched between the transparent ITO and Al electrode were examined for photovoltaic properties.

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