Organic Semiconducting Polymer: Highly Regioregular P3HT

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is widely useful in organic electronics research fields, because it is one representative material of soluble organic semiconducting polymers. Normally performance of an electronics material is sensitive to the quality of the material. Among them, purity and molecular weight are important factors for the material performance. We commercialized high purity P3HT [P2513] by using a direct arylation polymerization (DArP)^1,2) which is a collaborative work with Prof. Ozawa at Kyoto University. P2513 has a highly regioregular structure and has a stable molecular weight and polydispersity index. In addition, P2513 is useful for solution process-able organic solar cells,^3,4) perovskite solar cells,⁵⁾ and organic transistor research,⁶⁾ because of its high solubility.

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Advantages

• High regioregularity (RR) >99%
• Number average molecular weight: Mn = 27,000 ～ 45,000
• Electronic material grade: High purity, low metal（Pd <100 ppm）
• Highly soluble, excellent to film

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Synthesis of P3HT by direct arylation polymerization (DArP) and physical properties^1,2)

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Applications

Organic Photovoltaics (OPV)^3,4)

Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC)⁵⁾

Organic Transistor (OFET)⁶⁾

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References

• 1) Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrohalogenative Polycondensation of 2-Bromo-3-hexylthiophene: An Efficient Approach to Head-to-Tail Poly(3-hexylthiophene)
  • Q. Wang, R. Takita, Y. Kikuzaki, F. Ozawa, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11420.
• 2) Structural Analysis of Poly(3‐hexylthiophene) Prepared via Direct Heteroarylation Polymerization
  • J.-R. Pouliot, M. Wakioka, F. Ozawa, Y. Li, M. Leclerc, Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2016, 217, 1493.
• 3) A review of recent plasmonic nanoparticles incorporated P3HT: PCBM organic thin film solar cells
  • E. L. Lim, C. C. Yap, M. A. M. Teridi, C. H. Teh, A. R. M. Yusoff, M. H. H. Jumali, Org. Electron. 2016,36,12.
• 4) Poly(3-hexylthiophene): synthetic methodologies and properties in bulk heterojunction solar cells
  • A. Marrocchi, D. Lanari, A. Facchetti, L. Vaccaro, Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 8457.
• 5) Hole‐Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells
  • L. Calió, S. Kazim, M. Grätzel, S. Ahmad, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14522.
• 6) 25th Anniversary Article: Organic Field‐Effect Transistors: The Path Beyond Amorphous Silicon
  • H. Sirringhaus, Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 1319.

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Related Product Category Pages

• Organic Solar Cell (OPV) Materials
• Perovskite Solar Cell (PSC) Materials
• Organic Transistor (OFET) Materials
• High-Quality Organic Semiconductors [for Organic Electronics]

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