PDPP4T, also known as DPP4T, Poly[2,5-bis(2-octyldodecyl)pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H,5H)-dione -3,6-diyl)-alt-(2,2’;5’,2’’;5’’,2’’’-quaterthiophen-5,5’’’-diyl)] is a promising class of semiconducting polymers for organic solar cells. This is due to its small optical band gap and high charge-carrier mobility.

DPP4T has one DPP unit as electron-withdrawing and four five-membered thiophene as electron-rich units in its backbone, resulting a low-band gap polymer semiconductor with planar structure. The alkyl chain attached to DPP unit not only serves as a high-solubilising group, but also has a tendency to crystallise to ensure a better packing film. Due to its electron-rich and planar structure with the capacity of forming well-packed films, DPP4T has been reported exhibiting a hole mobility greater than 1 cm² V^-1 s^-1 [8] in top-contact bottom-gate devices.

By using a solvent swelling assisted sequential deposition (SSA-SD) method to produce bulk heterojunction PSCs based on a crystalline diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) polymer and PC₇₁BM, Device performance PCE of 7.59% with a V_OC of 0.61 V, J_SC of 17.95 mA/cm² , and FF of 69.6%, is reported with PC₇₁BM as electron acceptor [1]. Also by adding polymers like DPP-DTT with high mobility, device performance with higher PCE should be expected [5].

Luminosyn™ PDPP4T

Luminosyn™ PDPP4T is now available.

General Information

Full name	Poly[2,5-bis(2-octyldodecyl)pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H,5H)-dione -3,6-diyl)-alt-(2,2’;5’,2’’;5’’,2’’’-quaterthiophen-5,5’’’-diyl)]
Synonyms	DPP-4T DPP4T pDPP PDQT
CAS number	1267540-03-3
Chemical formula	(C62H90N2O2S4)n
Molecular weight	See Batch Details table above
HOMO / LUMO	HOMO = -5.2 eV, LUMO = -4.0 eV [7]
Classification / Family	Quaterthiophene, Heterocyclic five-membered ring, Organic semiconducting materials, Low band gap polymers, Organic photovoltaics, Polymer solar cells, OFETs

Characterisation

Soxhlet extraction was carried out using methanol, acetone, hexane and then chlorobenzene as washing solvents under argon. Chlorobenzene fraction was concentrated, precipitated with methanol, and dried under vacuum at 40 ^oC for 48 hours. GPC was carried out using 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene as eluent at 140 ^oC by using polystyrene as standards.

Synthetic Route

DPP4T was synthesised by using  3,6-bis(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)-2,5-bis(2-octyldodecyl)pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H,5H)-dione and 5,5"-bis(trimethylstannyl)-2,2"-bithiophene as starting materials via Stille Coupling polymerisation in chlorobenzene. Targeted polymer was purified using Soxhlet extraction with methanol, acetone, hexane and finally chlorobenzene as washing and extracting solvents.

MSDS Documentation

PDPP4T MSDS sheet

Pricing

Batch	Quantity	Price
M333	100 mg	£198.00
M333	250 mg	£400.00
M333	500 mg	£719.00
M333	1 g	£1290.00
M333	5 g / 10 g*	Please enquire

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

Batch Details

Batch	Mw	Mn	PDI	Stock Info
M331	89,700	48,950	1.83	Discontinued
M332	171,138	76,226	2.45	Discontinued
M333	84,446	42,475	1,99	In stock

Literature and Reviews

1. Sequential Deposition: Optimization of Solvent Swelling for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells, Y. Liu et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 653-661 (2015)
2. Copolymers of diketopyrrolopyrrole and thienothiophene for photovoltaic cells, J.C. Bijleveld et al., J. Mater. Chem., 21, 9224-9231 (2011)
3. Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based π‑Conjugated Copolymer Containing β‑Unsubstituted Quintetthiophene Unit: A Promising Material Exhibiting High Hole-Mobility for Organic Thin-Film Transistors, Z. Yi et al., Chem. Mater., 24, 4350-4356 (2012)
4. Universal Correlation between Fibril Width and Quantum Efficiency in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymer Solar Cells, W. Li, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 18942−18948 (2013).
5. Enhanced efficiency of polymer solar cells by adding a high-mobility conjugated polymer, S. Liu et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 8, 1463-1470 (2015).
6. Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Low Bandgap Semi-crystalline DPP Polymer-PCBM Blends, F. Liu et al, Adv. Mater., 24, 3947–3951 (2012).
7. Annealing-Free High-Mobility Diketopyrrolopyrrole−Quaterthiophene Copolymer for Solution-Processed Organic Thin Film Transistors, Y. Li et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 2198–2204 (2011)
8. 2,5-Bis(2-octyldodecyl)pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-(2H,5H)-dione-Based DonorAcceptor Alternating Copolymer Bearing 5,5’-Di (thiophen-2-yl)-2,20 -biselenophene Exhibiting 1.5 cm²V^-1s^-1Hole Mobility in Thin-Film Transistors,  J. S. Ha et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 10364–10367 (2011).
9. Over 11% Effi ciency in Tandem Polymer Solar Cells Featured by a Low-Band-Gap Polymer with Fine-Tuned Properties, Z. Zheng et al., adv. Mater., 28, 5133–5138 (2016); DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600373.

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