Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance of Low‐Bandgap Polymers with Deep LUMO Levels

Abstract

Mind the gap! Polymers synthesized by replacing the benzene unit in the acceptor 4,7-dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT) with a π-electron-deficient pyridine unit (DTPyT) show a smaller bandgap than their DTBT counterparts. Power conversion efficiencies of over 6 % are demonstrated in solar cell studies (see picture; PNDT, PQDT, and PBnDT represent dithiophene derivatives as weak donors). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.