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Crociani L. The Double-Cross of Benzotriazole-Based Polymers as Donors and Acceptors in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. Molecules 2024; 29:3625. [PMID: 39125030 PMCID: PMC11313701 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29153625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are considered a very promising technology to convert solar energy to electricity and a feasible option for the energy market because of the advantages of light weight, flexibility, and roll-to-roll manufacturing. They are mainly characterized by a bulk heterojunction structure where a polymer donor is blended with an electron acceptor. Their performance is highly affected by the design of donor-acceptor conjugated polymers and the choice of suitable acceptor. In particular, benzotriazole, a typical electron-deficient penta-heterocycle, has been combined with various donors to provide wide bandgap donor polymers, which have received a great deal of attention with the development of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) because of their suitable matching to provide devices with relevant power conversion efficiency (PCE). Moreover, different benzotriazole-based polymers are gaining more and more interest because they are considered promising acceptors in OSCs. Since the development of a suitable method to choose generally a donor/acceptor material is a challenging issue, this review is meant to be useful especially for organic chemical scientists to understand all the progress achieved with benzotriazole-based polymers used as donors with NFAs and as acceptors with different donors in OSCs, in particular referring to the PCE.
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- Laura Crociani
- Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Energy Technologies, ICMATE, National Research Council of Italy, CNR, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padua, Italy
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Li X, Li Y, Zhang Y, Sun Y. Recent Progress of Benzodifuran‐Based Polymer Donors for High‐Performance Organic Photovoltaics. SMALL SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202200006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Xiaoming Li
- School of Chemistry Beihang University Beijing 100191 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry Beihang University Beijing 100191 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry Beihang University Beijing 100191 P. R. China
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Bosiak MJ, Zielińska AA, Trzaska P, Kędziera D, Adams J. Buchwald-Hartwig Amination of Aryl Halides with Heterocyclic Amines in the Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Benzodifuran-Based Star-Shaped Organic Semiconductors. J Org Chem 2021; 86:17594-17605. [PMID: 34860523 PMCID: PMC8689646 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The study of palladium-catalyzed amination of bromobenzene with aromatic and heterocyclic amines, widely used in the synthesis of organic semiconductors, was performed. The best conditions for the coupling of aryl bromides with carbazole, diphenylamine, phenoxazine, phenothiazine, 9,9-dimethyl-9,10-dihydroacridine, and their derivatives have been developed. Based on the results, nine new star-shaped organic semiconductors, exhibiting up to 100% fluorescent quantum yield in the 400-550 nm range, have been synthesized in good yields. The TDDFT calculations of the absorption spectra revealed a good correlation with experimental results and slight solvatochromic effects with a change in the polarity of the solvent.
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- Mariusz J Bosiak
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.,Noctiluca SA, 7/41B Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences "Academia Scientiarum Thoruniensis", Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 5 Grudziądzka Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.,Noctiluca SA, 7/41B Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.,Noctiluca SA, 7/41B Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry of Materials Adsorption and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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Keller S, Hankache J, Yushchenko O, Lawson Daku LM, Sun Q, Ding J, Decurtins S, Vauthey E, Häner R, Hauser A, Liu S. Intramolecular Charge‐Transfer Dynamics in Benzodifuran‐Based Triads. Helv Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202100099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Stephan Keller
- Department of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry University of Geneva 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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Zheng B, Huo L. Recent Advances of Furan and Its Derivatives Based Semiconductor Materials for Organic Photovoltaics. SMALL METHODS 2021; 5:e2100493. [PMID: 34928062 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202100493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The state-of-the-art bulk-heterojunction (BHJ)-type organic solar cells (OSCs) have exhibited power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of exceeding 18%. Thereinto, thiophene and its fused-ring derivatives play significant roles in facilitating the development of OSCs due to their excellent semiconducting natures. Furan as thiophene analogue, is a ubiquitous motif in naturally occurring organic compounds. Driven by the advantages of furan, such as less steric hindrance, good solubility, excellent stacking, strong rigidity and fluorescence, biomass derived fractions, more and more research groups focus on the furan-based materials for using in OSCs in the past decade. To systematically understand the developments of furan-based photovoltaic materials, the relationships between the molecular structures, optoelectronic properties, and photovoltaic performances for the furan-based semiconductor materials including single furan, benzofuran, benzodifuran (BDF) (containing thienobenzofuran (TBF)), naphthodifurans (NDF), and polycyclic furan are summarized. Finally, the empirical regularities and perspectives of the development of this kind of new organic semiconductor materials are extracted.
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- Bing Zheng
- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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Zheng Z, He E, Lu Y, Yin Y, Pang X, Guo F, Gao S, Zhao L, Zhang Y. Benzo[1,2- b:4,5- b']difuran Polymer-Based Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells: The Roles of Non-Fullerene Acceptors and Molybdenum Oxide on Their Ambient Stabilities and Processabilities. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:15448-15458. [PMID: 33769030 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The ambient stability and processability of organic solar cells (OSCs) are important factors for their commercialization. Herein, we selected four benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran (BDF) polymers and two electron acceptors to examine the role of photovoltaic materials in the ambient stability. The investigations revealed that the MoOx layer is the detrimental factor for the ambient stabilities. The penetration of MoOx into the active layer and their interactions will strengthen the interface and form a favorable contact, hence leading to the increased photovoltaic performance, in which the efficiency loss induced by air was balanced out. As such, these BDF polymer-based non-fullerene (NF) OSCs possessed very promising ambient stabilities even after ∼1000 h with the almost maintained power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). These results drive us to further investigate the ambient processability of these NF-OSCs. The PCEs from the devices processed under ambient condition only possessed 0.3-2% loss compared to those devices under inert conditions, which suggest the significant potentials of BDF polymers to develop highly efficient and stable NF-OSCs for the practical applications.
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- Zhi Zheng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Keshtov ML, Kuklin SA, Konstantinov IO, Khokhlov AR, Xie Z, Dou C, Koukaras EN, Suthar R, Sharma GD. Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of New Conjugated D‐A Polymers Based on the Same Fluoro‐Benzothiadiazole Acceptor Unit and Different Donor Units. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201904353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mukhaned L Keshtov
- Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vavilova St., 28 119991 Moscow Russian Federation
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- Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vavilova St., 28 119991 Moscow Russian Federation
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- Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vavilova St., 28 119991 Moscow Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics of Polymers and Crystals, Faculty of Physics M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Leninskie Gory 1 119991 Moscow Russia
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022 China
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun 130022 China
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- Laboratory of Quantum and Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR- 54124 Thessaloniki Greece
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- Department of Physics The LNM Institute for Information Technology, Jamdoli, Jaipur 302031, India
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- Department of Physics The LNM Institute for Information Technology, Jamdoli, Jaipur 302031, India
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Li W, Liu W, Zhang X, Yan D, Liu F, Zhan C. Quaternary Solar Cells with 12.5% Efficiency Enabled with Non‐Fullerene and Fullerene Acceptor Guests to Improve Open Circuit Voltage and Film Morphology. Macromol Rapid Commun 2019; 40:e1900353. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201900353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Weiping Li
- College of Chemistry and Environmental ScienceInner Mongolia Normal University Huhhot 010022 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of PhotochemistryInstitute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of PhotochemistryInstitute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of PhotochemistryInstitute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of PhotochemistryInstitute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Center for Advanced Electronic Materials and DevicesShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental ScienceInner Mongolia Normal University Huhhot 010022 China
- CAS Key Laboratory of PhotochemistryInstitute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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