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D18


Product Code M2248A1-100mg
Price $525.00 ex. VAT

D18, narrow bandgap copolymer with high hole mobility

Higher degree of conjugation than DTBT


D18, also referred to as PCE18, is a narrow bandgap copolymer with a backbone alternating electron donating benzodithiophene (BDT) and electron accepting fused-ring dithienobenzothiadiazole (DTBT) units. With a larger molecular plane structure and higher degree of conjugation from the fused ring DTBT, D18 has a high hole mobility of 1.59 × 10-3 cm2 V-1 s-1.

A device efficiency of 18.22% and certified efficiency of 17.6% have been achieved using D18 as the electron donor and Y6 as an acceptor in a single junction non-fullerene polymer solar cell (NF-PSC) [1].

D18 can also be processed in non-halogenated solvents, i.e. o-xylene, please see our collection of Green Energy Materials.

Device structure: ITO/PEDOT:PSS/D18:Y6 (1:1.6)/PDIN/Ag

Thickness (nm) VOC (V) JSC (mA cm-2) FF (%) PCE (%)
103 0.859 27.7 76.6 18.22

Luminosyn™ D18 (PCE18)

Luminosyn™ D18 (PCE18) is now available.

High purity
D18 (PCE18) is purified via Soxhlet extraction with acetone, hexane, and chlorobenzene under an argon atmosphere

Large quantity orders
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General Information

Full name Poly[(2,6-(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl-3-fluoro)thiophen-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene))-alt-5,5'-(5,8-bis(4-(2-butyloctyl)thiophen-2-yl)dithieno[3',2':3,4;2'',3'':5,6]benzo[1,2-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole)]
Synonyms PCE18
Chemical formula (C76H92F2N2S9)n
CAS number 2433725-54-1
HOMO / LUMO HOMO = -5.51 eV, LUMO = -2.77 eV [1]
Solubility Chloroform, chlorobenzene and dichlorobenzene
Processing solvents o-Xylene, Chloroform, chlorobenzene and dichlorobenzene
Classification / Family Organic semiconducting materials, Medium bandgap polymers, Organic photovoltaics, Polymer solar cells, Perovskite solar cells, Hole-transport layer materials, NF-PSCs, All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs).

Chemical Structure

d18, pce18, CAS# 2433725-54-1
Chemical structure of D18 (PCE18), CAS No. 2433725-54-1

MSDS Documentation

D18 MSDSD18 MSDS sheet

Pricing

Batch Quantity Price
M2248A 100 mg £420
M2248A 250 mg £850
M2248A 500 mg £1450
M2248A 1 g £2600
M2248A 5 g / 10 g* Please contact us for details

*for 5 - 10 grams order quantity, the lead time is 4-6 weeks.

Batch details

Batch Mw Mn PDI Stock Info
M2248A1 74,586 31,378 2.38 Low stock
M2248A2 63,374 33,204 1.91 In stock

Literature and Reviews

  1. 18% Efficiency organic solar cells, Q. Liu et al., Sci. Bull., 65, 272 (2020); doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.01.001.
  2. Progress of the key materials for organic solar cells, Y. Tong et al., Sci. China Chem., 63, 758–765 (2020); DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9726-0.
  3. Multi-channel exciton dissociation in D18/Y6 complexes for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics, Z. Cao et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 8, 20408-20413 (2020); doi: 10.1039/D0TA07996K.

Characterisations

UV-Vis Absorption

polymer d18 uv-vis absorption in film
UV-Vis absorption of of D18 in film (as-cast film from chlorobenzene on glass) and its solubility in o-xylene at 8 mg/ml.

Cyclic Voltammetry

polymer d18 cyclic voltammetry in film and its solubility in o-xylene
Cyclic voltammograms of the D18 film on platinum electrode in 0.1M Bu4NClO4 in acetonitrile at a scan rate of 100 mV s−1.

The cyclic voltammograms (CV) measurements were recorded on Ossila Potentiostat by using a three-electrode system with platinum disc as the working electrode, platinum wire as the counter electrode, Ag/Agelectrode as the reference electrode with a scanning rate of 100 mV/s in a 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (Bu4NClO4) solution. The potential of Ag/Ag+ reference electrode was internally calibrated by using ferrocene/ferroncenium (Fc/Fc+) as the redox couple.


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