Synthesis, characterization and correlation between structural and performance of D-A conjugated polymers used for photovoltaics

• Grant number: 11/08463-4
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): August 01, 2011
• Effective date (End): January 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Mendonça Faria
• Grantee: Paula Cristina Rodrigues
• Home Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 07/08688-0 - Electronic and optoelectronic polymer devices, AP.TEM

Abstract

The Group of Polymer Bernhard Gross has a long experience in the study of electrical and optical properties of polymers and in the fabrication of organic optoelectronic devices. Recently, a PhD thesis (Adriana Pereira Ibaldo - February 2010) was related to the study of materials applied to photovoltaic devices, and a Master thesis (Douglas José Coutinho - to finish in August 2011) is buiting organic photovoltaic cells having efficiencies close to 4 %. Other thesis about photovoltaics is in progress in the Group of Polymer. The present project has as goals:1.Synthesis of new compounds D-A type by Suzuki and Stille routes;2.Characterization of the synthesized chemical structures and suprastructures;3.Photophysical characterization of excitons: static and of temporal resolution;4.Fabrication and characterization of photovoltaic devices;5.Investigation of the morphological influence in the device performance.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RODRIGUES, PAULA C.; FONTES, BRUNO D.; TORRES, BRUNO B. M.; SOUSA, WASHINGTON S.; FARIA, GREGORIO C.; BALOGH, DEBORA T.; FARIA, ROBERTO M.; AKCELRUD, LENI. Synthesis of a PPV-fluorene derivative: Applications in luminescent devices. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, v. 132, n. 38 OCT 10 2015. Web of Science Citations: 6.