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A Class of Semiconducting Polymers as Potential Materials for Polymer Solar Cells

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In this work, fifteen polymers have been studied to test their potential as donors for polymer solar cells by density functional theory. Those polymers contained five homopolymers based on pyridazine, [1,2,thiadiazolo [3,4-pyridazine, [1,2,oxadiazole [3,4-pyridazine, isothiazolo [3,4-pyridazine and isoxazolo [3,4-pyridazine, and ten copolymers composed of the above compounds and thiophene incorporated with 1:1 and 1:2 ratios. The fifteen polymers have been examined in terms of the abilities of absorbing sunlight, stabilities in the environment, and photovoltaic properties. The results suggest that the copolymes DTHP, DTHTP, DTHOP, DTHITP, and DTHIXP are good material candidates of polymer donor for polymer solar cells.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 716)

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Xiao Hua Xie, Wei Shen, Rong Xing He, Ming Li

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Charge-Tansport Rate, Open-Circuit Voltage, Polymer Solar Cell

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