Title:
Utilizing Thiazole and Thioalkyl Side Chains in DPP-based Donor-Acceptor Copolymers for Organic Electronics

dc.contributor.author Scholz, Audrey
dc.contributor.author Khau, Brian
dc.contributor.author Buckley, Carolyn
dc.contributor.author Reichmanis, Elsa
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Career Discovery and Development en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Office of Graduate Studies en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Student Government Association en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-25T16:50:52Z
dc.date.available 2020-02-25T16:50:52Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01
dc.description Presented at the Georgia Tech Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC), January 27-28, 2020, Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Atlanta, GA. en_US
dc.description The Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC) is designed to equip on-campus and online graduate students with tools and knowledge to thrive in an ever-changing job market. en_US
dc.description Audrey Scholz, in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech, was the winner of an Executive Vice President for Research Travel Award. en_US
dc.description.abstract Organic semiconducting polymers are a popular topic of research for their use in electronics, such as organic field effect transistors (OFETs) and solar cells. Relative to inorganic semiconductors, organic semiconductors have the advantage of higher affordability, improved sustainability, and easier large-scale fabrication. Current research is aimed at developing new donor-acceptor (D-A) polymers with increased stability, charge carrier mobilities, and effective π-π interactions, while limiting the size of bandgaps to optimize the number of excited electrons that can be collected. Previously, we have shown that replacing thiophene with thiazole in diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based polymers resulted in decreased electron density along the polymer backbone, lowering the HOMO and LUMO levels. This resulted in an increased charge carrier mobility, leading to the design of new DPP-based D-A polymers. To decrease strain and increase stability, the benzodithiophene (BDT) moiety is copolymerized with the DPP unit to form several BDT-DPP donor-acceptor polymers. Specifically, the focus is on substitution of flanking DPP groups to improve planarity across the polymer backbone, which leads to higher effective conjugation and charge carrier mobilities. Furthermore, the incorporation of thioalkyl side chains on the BDT unit could further stabilize the band gap. Initial results show high stability with ionization potentials (Ip) and electron affinities (EA) at approximately 5.91eV and 3.87eV. Intriguingly, these polymers were designed to function as donor materials in solar cells, yet they have demonstrated varying degrees of ambipolarity. With this new development, solar cells will be constructed to ascertain how successfully they function as donors and acceptors. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship National Science Foundation (U.S.) - NSF DMR 1809495 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62472
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries CRIDC
dc.subject Benzodithiophene en_US
dc.subject Diketopyrrolopyrrole en_US
dc.subject Donor-acceptor polymer en_US
dc.subject Solar cells en_US
dc.subject Thiazole en_US
dc.title Utilizing Thiazole and Thioalkyl Side Chains in DPP-based Donor-Acceptor Copolymers for Organic Electronics en_US
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local.contributor.author Reichmanis, Elsa
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