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PBDB-T

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Synonym(s):

Poly[[4,8-bis[5-(2-ethylhexyl)-2-thienyl]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl]-2,5-thiophenediyl[5,7-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4,8-dioxo-4H,8H-benzo[1,2-c:4,5-c′]dithiophene-1,3-diyl]] polymer

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Linear Formula:
(C68H78O2S8)n
CAS Number:
1415929-80-4
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23

description

Band gap: 1.8 eV
Limited solubility in CHCl3

Quality Level

100

form

powder

mol wt

Mw >50,000 by GPC (GPC standard: PS)

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Design for Energy Efficiency
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mp

>200 °C

solubility

chlorobenzene: soluble
dichlorobenzene: soluble

Orbital energy

HOMO -5.28 eV 
LUMO -3.48 eV 

PDI

<3.0

greener alternative category

, Enabling

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General description

We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one or more of The 12 Principles of Greener Chemistry. This product belongs to Enabling category of greener alternatives thus aligns with "Design for energy efficency". Hole transport organic materials allow perfect energy level alignment with the absorber layer and therefore efficient charge collection, are prone to degradation in ambient conditions.Click here for more information.

Application

PBDB-T, a conjugated push-pull medium bandgap polymeric donor, can be used as a donor molecule that can be used in polymeric solar cells (PSCs). It can also be used in the fabrication of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs).

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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The influence of air and temperature on the performance of PBDB-T and P3HT in organic thin film transistors
Brixi S, et al.
Journal of Material Chemistry C, 6(44), 11972-11979 (2018)
Effect of dihydronaphthyl-based C60 bisadduct as third component materials on the photovoltaic performance and charge carrier recombination of binary PBDB-T: ITIC polymer solar cells
Niu S, et al.
Nanoscale, 10(18), 8483-8495 (2018)
Reducing the confinement of PBDB-T to ITIC to improve the crystallinity of PBDB-T/ITIC blends
Liang Q, et al.
Journal of Material Chemistry A, 6(32), 15610-15620 (2018)
Energy-Level Modulation of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors to Achieve over 12% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells.
Li S, et al.
Advanced Materials, 28(42), 9423-9429 (2016)
Wenchao Zhao et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 29(2) (2016-11-05)
Ternary polymer solar cells are fabricated based on one donor PBDB-T and two acceptors (a methyl-modified small-molecular acceptor (IT-M) and a bis-adduct of Bis[70]PCBM). A high power conversion efficiency of 12.2% can be achieved. The photovoltaic performance of the ternary
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