Abstract
Herein, a novel wide‐band‐gap donor polymer, PBTVT, which comprises a bis(carboxylic ester)‐substituted thiophene–vinylene–thiophene (TVT) acceptor unit and benzodithiophene donor unit, is designed and synthesized. PBTVT displays good solubility in halogen‐free green solvents such as o‐xylene at elevated temperature. Grazing‐incidence wide‐angle X‐ray scattering (GIWAXS) measurement revealed that PBTVT can form the desired face‐on orientation in the blend films. Organic solar cells are fabricated with PBTVT as the donor and ITOIC‐2F as the acceptor. Although the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level offset between PBTVT and 2,2′‐((2Z,2′Z)‐(((4,4,9,9‐tetrakis(4‐hexylphenyl)‐4,9‐dihydro‐s‐indaceno[1,2‐b:5,6‐b′]dithiophene‐2,7‐diyl)bis(3,4‐bis(hexyloxy)thiophene‐5,2‐diyl))bis(methanylylidene))bis(5,6‐difluoro‐3‐oxo‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐indene‐2,1‐diylidene))dimalononitrile (ITOIC‐2F) is only 0.08 eV, devices still exhibit an overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 11.04%. Especially, devices fabricated with the green solvent o‐xylene outperform those fabricated with halogenated solvents such as 1,2‐dichlorobenzene (o‐DCB).
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