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Revisiting Conjugated Polymers with Long-Branched Alkyl Chains: High Molecular Weight, Excellent Mechanical Properties, and Low Voltage Losses

Chunhui LiuBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. ChinaChengyi XiaoBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. ChinaJing WangCenter for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. ChinaBaiqiao LiuBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. ChinaYidi HaoBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. ChinaJiayi GuoBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. ChinaJiali SongSchool of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaZheng TangCenter for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, P. R. ChinaYanming SunSchool of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. ChinaWeiwei LiBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China

2022en

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High-molecular-weight conjugated polymers exhibit excellent mechanical properties due to long-chain entanglement, but it is challenging to increase molecular weight since conjugated polymers with rigid backbones show low solubility and tend to be precipitated during polymerization. In this work, we have successfully obtained high-molecular-weight polymers through the introduction of long-branched alkyl chains and optimization of polymerization conditions. Three conjugated polymers with long 2-octyldodecyl side units were obtained with number-average molecular weights (Mns) of 38.8 kDa (OD-PM6_L), 81.2 kDa (OD-PM6_M), and 178.3 kDa (OD-PM6_H), while the conjugated polymer PM6 with short 2-ethylhexyl units showed an Mn of 43.8 kDa. The branched side units and molecular weight have a significant influence on the mechanical properties, in which the elastic ranges and the crack-onset strains were enhanced to >20% and >170% in OD-PM6_H thin films. In addition, due to the suppressed non-nonradiative recombination via increasing the donor–acceptor spacings, organic photovoltaic devices based on OD-PM6_H showed an efficiency of over 13% with low voltage loss. These results demonstrate that introducing longer side units into conjugated polymers provides the opportunity to realize high molecular weight, resulting in excellent mechanical properties and high efficiencies in organic solar cells toward flexible applications.

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DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00741

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