Table 3 Optical and electrochemical energy gaps of polymers

From: The synthesis and purification of amphiphilic conjugated donor–acceptor block copolymers

 

λonset (nm)

Egopt(eV)

HOMO (eV)

LUMO (eV)

Egec (eV)

P3HT-b-PFTEGTBT

670

1.85

  

—

PFTEGTBT

670

1.85

−5.3

−3.5

1.8

P3HT-b-PFTEGT6BT

642

1.93

  

—

PFTEGT6BT

618

2.01

−5.4

−3.4

2

  1. Abbreviations: HOMO, highest occupied molecular orbital; LUMO, lowest unoccupied molecular orbital.
  2. Egopt determined from absorption onset and Egec determined from cyclic voltammetry.
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