In this study, three kinds of polymers based on phenothiazine-benzothiadiazole were synthesized by a Suzuki coupling reaction, and the various side-chains were substituted at the nitrogen of phenothiazine. The optical and electrochemical properties of synthesized polymers were analyzed. The results indicate that their absorption ranged from 300 to 700 nm, and alsoconfirmed the ideal highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level was about -5.4 eV with low band-gap energy. Photovoltaic devices were fabricated using a photoactive layer composed of a blended solution of the polymer and PC71BMin ortho-dichlorobenzene The device with P2HDPZ-bTP-OBT containing the branched side-chain and long chain showed the best performance; the maximum power conversion efficiency of this device was 2.4% (with VOC : 0.74 V, JSC : 6.9 mA/cm2,FF : 48.0%).

본 연구에서는 phenothiazine과 benzothiadiazole을 기반으로 하고, phenothiazine의 질소 위치에 다양한 side-chain을 치환한 고분자를 합성하였다. 합성된 고분자는 광학적, 전기화학적 분석 결과 300~700 nm에서 흡수를 보였고, -5.4 eV정도의 이상적인 HOMO energy level를 갖는 특성을 확인하였다. 고분자와 PC71BM을 광활성층으로 사용한 소자를 제작하였고, 측정결과 branched side-chain을 가지며 탄소수가 많은 P2HDPZ-bTP-OBT가 2.4%로 최대 광전변환효율을 갖는 것으로 확인되었다(VOC : 0.74 V, JSC : 6.9 mA/cm2, FF : 48.0%).