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Benzochalcogendiazole derivatives are incorporated with thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) acceptor and 4,8-diethoxybenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b 0 ]dithiophene donor to synthesize tree-component random copolymers. Four different copolymers are synthesized and their electronic, optical and photovoltaic properties are compared. Comparisons are aligned in the course of two different strategies, which are the replacement of benzochalcogendiazole moiety and the modification of side group on benzothiadiazole. Theoretical calculations by comparing the HOMO-LUMO levels, band gaps and other electronic descriptors of pristine and 2 + 2 two acceptor-based copolymers are investigated. Random copolymer bearing benzoxadiazole moiety, PO exhibits the highest photovoltaic performance of 8.29% with a J sc of 14.96 mA cm −2 , V oc of 0.87 V, fill factor (FF) of 63.70%. PF possesses the highest V oc with a value of 0.88 V, J sc of 14.40 mA cm −2 , power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.32% with 58% FF. PS exhibits average feature with J sc 11.82 mA cm −2 , V oc 0.80 V, FF 50%, and 4.72% PCE. Lowest performing selenadiazole containing random copolymer (PSe) copolymer exhibits maximum PCE as 3.65%. These results demonstrate the promising effectiveness of benzoxadiazole selection as an alternative acceptor unit and F atom substitution for the design of (A1-D)-(A2-D) type random copolymers for organic solar cells.

In recent years, studies on conjugated polymers have strengthened the researchers' thought that such polymers can play an essential role in developing new generation energy storage devices. Hence conjugated polymer supercapacitor studies have accelerated. In the present work, selenophene‐containing conjugated polymers previously synthesized via palladium‐catalyzed Suzuki polymerization reaction were used in the preparation of conjugated polymer‐based supercapacitor electrodes. The structure and surface morphology of conjugated polymers were determined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The selenophene‐containing two conjugated polymer electrodes (ITO/Polymer) were fabricated. The electrochemical behavior of the conjugated polymer electrodes was evaluated through cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The specific capacity of ITO/CP1 electrode at 5 mV/s are 161.2 and 47 (Fg−1) for 0.1 mg and 1.2 mg, respectively. The specific capacity of ITO/CP2 at 5 mV/s electrode are 511 and 108.85 (Fg−1) for 0.08 mg and 0.70 mg, respectively. The time constants were determined as 10 and 625 ms for ITO/CP1 and CP2/ITO electrodes, respectively.

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