Photophysical Properties and Performance of Semiconducting Block Copolymers

Abstract

The covalent incorporation of C60 into one block of a poly(1,4-(2,5-dioctyloxy)phenylene vinylene)-based diblock copolymer resulted in a donor–acceptor diblock copolymer, which demonstrated a very efficient electron transfer upon excitation of the PPV block. The strong quenching of the photoluminescence from the PPV block indicated an efficient electron transfer at the donor–acceptor interface.