Fullerene-Functionalized Donor–Acceptor Block Copolymers through Etherification as Stabilizers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Autor: Maria Heuken, Anton Kiriy, Tim Erdmann, Brigitte Voit, Hartmut Komber, Volodymyr Senkovskyy
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Macromolecules. 45:4101-4114
ISSN: 1520-5835
0024-9297
DOI: 10.1021/ma300473w
Popis: A new synthetic method for the covalent linking of fullerenes to polymers is introduced. The Bingel-reaction was used to prepare bromine-functionalized fullerene building blocks that could be covalently linked to hydroxyl groups of model copolymers by the cesium carbonate promoted Williamson ether synthesis. Subsequently, block copolymers with a second block based on styrene and hydroxystyrene or hydroxyethyl methacrylate could be synthesized with a poly(3-hexylthiophene)–TEMPO macroinitiator through NMRP. Fullerene derivatives were linked to these polymers in a controlled manner and donor–acceptor block copolymers with high fullerene contents of near 50 wt % were achieved.
Databáze: OpenAIRE