Research Article

Effect of Microwave Radiation on the Synthesis of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and the Subsequent Photovoltaic Performance of CdS/P3HT Solar Cells

Table 3

Dyad (HT and HH) and triad (HT-HT, TT-HT, HT-HH, and TT-HH) contents of P3HT products synthesized in CH2Cl2 with or without MW radiation.

Reaction time in CH2Cl2 (h)HT (%)HH (%)HT-HT (%)TT-HT (%)HT-HH (%)TT-HH (%)

0.5 77.622.467.3612.7613.286.6
1 77.522.566.9210.749.6412.7
2 79.520.568.7213.289.368.64
24 78.221.870.4214.327.537.73
0.5 MW77.322.766.5514.357.5411.56
1 MW79.120.968.9710.1610.1210.75
2 MW74.325.762.369.4611.3216.86