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510823

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

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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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SMILES string

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

InChI key

NSYFIAVPXHGRSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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color

red

mp

238 °C

solubility

chloroform, methylene chloride, toluene, and THF: soluble

fluorescence

λex 420 nm; λem 551 nm in chloroform

OPV device performance

ITO/NiO/P3HT/PC61BM/LiF/Al

  • Short-circuit current density (Jsc): 11.3 mA/cm2
  • Open-circuit voltage (Voc): 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 (Jsc): 9.5 mA/cm2
  • Open-circuit voltage (Voc): 0.63 V
  • Fill Factor (FF): 0.68
  • Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE): 5 %

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100

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General description

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

Packaging

Packaged in glass bottles

Legal Information

Product of Rieke Metals, Inc.
Rieke is a registered trademark of Rieke Metals, Inc.

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Effect of the end group of regioregular poly (3-hexylthiophene) polymers on the performance of polymer/fullerene solar cells
Kim Y, et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(23), 8137-8141 (2007)
Block copolymer containing poly (3-hexylthiophene) and poly (4-vinylpyridine): Synthesis and its interaction with CdSe quantum dots for hybrid organic applications
Palaniappan K, et al.
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 49(8), 1802-1808 (2011)
Effect of doping of zinc oxide on the hole mobility of poly (3-hexylthiophene) in hybrid transistors
Hammer MS, et al.
Organic Electronics, 11(9), 1569-1577 (2010)
Morphological stabilization of polymer photovoltaic cells by using cross-linkable poly (3-(5-hexenyl) thiophene).
Miyanishi S, et al.
Macromolecules, 42(5), 1610-1618 (2009)
Lei Yang et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 14(2), 779-789 (2011-11-26)
Two hole conductor materials, spiro-OMeTAD and P3HT, were compared in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Two organic dyes containing one anchor unit (D35) or two anchor units (M3) were used in the comparison. Absorbed photon to current conversion efficiency close to
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