Skip to Content
Merck
CN

745898

TQ1

Synonym(s):

Poly[[2,3-bis(3-octyloxyphenyl)-5,8-quinoxalinediyl]-2,5-thiophenediyl]

Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.

Select a Size

About This Item

Linear Formula:
(C40H46N2O2S)n
CAS Number:
565228-37-7
NACRES:
NA.23
UNSPSC Code:
12352103

Key Documents

View All Documentation
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist

description

Band gap: 2.4 eV

form

powder

mol wt

average Mn 12,000-45,000 g/mol

λmax

620 nm (thin film, Eg = 1.7eV)

orbital energy

HOMO -5.7 eV , LUMO -3.3 eV 

semiconductor properties

P-type

General description

Solubility: This polymer can be dissolved easily in chloroform, toluene, xylene, THF, chlorobenzene, and dichlorobenzene.
TQ1 is thiophene and quinoxaline based low band-gap semiconducting polymer that forms donor-acceptor structures. It can be used as a charge carrying layer in polymeric solar cell and photovoltaic based applications.

Application

  • High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells (OPVs)
  • Power conversion efficiency (PCE): 6.0%
  • Open circuit voltage (Voc): 0.89 V
  • Short circuit current density (Jsc): 10.5 mA/cm2
  • Fill factor (FF): 0.64

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
MKBR9501V

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Enhanced performance of inverted polymer solar cells by using poly (ethylene oxide)-modified ZnO as an electron transport layer
Shao S, et al.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5(2), 380-385 (2013)
Aqueous processing of low-band-gap polymer solar cells using roll-to-roll methods
Andersen TR, et al.
ACS Nano, 5(5), 4188-4196 (2011)
An easily synthesized blue polymer for high-performance polymer solar cells
Wang E, et al.
Advanced Materials, 22(46), 5240-5244 (2010)
Molecular packing and solar cell performance in blends of polymers with a bisadduct fullerene
Miller NC, et al.
Nano Letters, 12(3), 1566-1570 (2012)
Zheng Tang et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 24(4), 554-558 (2012-01-18)
Inverted polymer solar cells with a bottom metal cathode modified by a conjugated polymer interlayer show considerable improvement of photocurrent and fill factor, which is due to hole blocking at the interlayer, and a modified surface energy which affects the
View All Related Papers

Articles

High-Performance Semiconductor Polymers Based on Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Thienothiophene

The development of high-performance conjugated organic molecules and polymers has received widespread attention in industrial and academic research.

Progress for High Performance Tandem Organic Solar Cells

Professor Chen (Nankai University, China) and his team explain the strategies behind their recent record-breaking organic solar cells, reaching a power conversion efficiency of 17.3%.

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service