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Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl)

Name: Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl)
Brand: ALDRICH

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Synonym(s):

P3HT

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Linear Formula:

(C₁₀H₁₄S)_n

CAS Number:

156074-98-5

UNSPSC Code:

12352103

NACRES:

NA.23

MDL number:

MFCD00217686

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Properties

Quality Level

100

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color

red

mp

238 °C

solubility

chloroform, methylene chloride, toluene, and THF: soluble

fluorescence

λ_ex 420 nm; λ_em 551 nm in chloroform

OPV device performance

ITO/NiO/P3HT/PC61BM/LiF/Al

Short-circuit current density (J_sc): 11.3 mA/cm²
Open-circuit voltage (V_oc): 0.64 V
Fill Factor (FF): 0.69
Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE): 5.16 %

, ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PC61BM (1:08)/Al

Short-circuit current density (J_sc): 9.5 mA/cm²
Open-circuit voltage (V_oc): 0.63 V
Fill Factor (FF): 0.68
Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE): 5 %

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SMILES string

[s]1c(c(cc1Br)CCCCCC)Br

InChI key

NSYFIAVPXHGRSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

1:1 (head-to-head):(head-to-tail) linkages of regioisomers

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Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) is a poly(alkylthiophene) based semiconducting polymer that is hydrophobic at the neutral state and has π-π conjugation as a backbone. It′s hole mobility is in the range of 10^-3-10^-1cm²V^-1s^-1 and it can be mainly used in the development of organic electronic based devices.

Application

P3HT is a conducting polymer that can be used in the fabrication of a variety of devices which include solar cells, field effect transistors (FETs), light emitting diodes (LEDs) and photovoltaic cells.

This material has solid state properties.