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Kang J, Yeong Kim S, Hee Jo H, Zong K. Triflic Acid-Assisted Regioselective Bromination of Quinoxaline Derivatives Enables a Facile Synthesis of Polymer PTQ10. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024:e202400216. [PMID: 38627218 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Poly[(thiophene)-alt-(6,7-difluoro-2(2-hexyldecyloxy)quinoxaline)] (PTQ10) emerges as a promising candidate for donor materials in organic solar cells (OSCs) due to its high efficiency, simplified synthesis, and cost-effectiveness. The acceptor unit of PTQ10 is derived from the alkylation of 5,8-dibromo-6,7-difluoroquinoxaline-2-ol, emphasizing the importance of its economical synthesis for commercial viability. This study investigates triflic acid-assisted regioselective bromination of quinoxaline derivatives and proposes an alternative synthetic pathway for PTQ10. The developed route benefits from concise synthetic steps, a dependable procedure, and high overall yield. Starting with the condensation of 4,5-difluorobenzene-1,2-diamine with ethyl oxoacetate to yield 6,7-difluoroquinoxaline-2-ol, subsequent triflic acid-assisted regioselective bromination produces 5,8-dibromo-6,7-difluoroquinoxaline-2-ol in high yield. Alkylation under Mitsunobu reaction conditions yields 5,8-dibromo-6,7-difluoro-2-(2-hexyldecyloxy)quinoxaline, followed by polymerization with 2,5-distannylated thiophene under Stille reaction conditions to afford PTQ10. This research provides insights into efficient synthetic strategies for PTQ10, advancing its potential for commercial application in OSCs.
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- Junmo Kang
- Department of Chemical Education, Institute of Fusion Science, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Education, Institute of Fusion Science, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Education, Institute of Fusion Science, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Education, Institute of Fusion Science, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 54896, Republic of Korea
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Kuznetsov IE, Piryazev AA, Akhkiamova AF, Sideltsev ME, Anokhin DV, Lolaeva AV, Gapanovich MV, Zamoretskov DS, Sagdullina DK, Klyuev MV, Ivanov DA, Akkuratov AV. Remarkable Enhancement of Hole Mobility of Novel DA-D'-AD Small Molecules by Thermal Annealing: Effect of the D'-Bridge Block. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300310. [PMID: 37560983 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Conjugated small molecules are advanced semiconductor materials with attractive physicochemical and optoelectronic properties enabling the development of next-generation electronic devices. The charge carrier mobility of small molecules strongly influences the efficiency of organic and hybrid electronics based on them. Herein, we report the synthesis of four novel small molecules and their investigation with regard to the impact of molecular structure and thermal treatment of films on charge carriers' mobility. The benzodithiophene-containing compounds (BDT) were shown to be more promising in terms of tuning the morphology upon thermal treatment. Impressive enhancement of hole mobilities by more than 50 times was found for annealed films based on a compound M4 comprising triisopropylsilyl-functionalized BDT core. The results provide a favorable experience and strategy for the rational design of state-of-the-art organic semiconductor materials (OSMs) and for improving their charge-transport characteristics.
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- Ilya E Kuznetsov
- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
- Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
- Sirius University of Science and Technology, 1 Olympic Ave, 354340, Sochi, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
- Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
- Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
- Sirius University of Science and Technology, 1 Olympic Ave, 354340, Sochi, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
- Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
- Ivanovo State University, Ermaka 39, Ivanovo, 153025, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- Ivanovo State University, Ermaka 39, Ivanovo, 153025, Russian Federation
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
- Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
- Sirius University of Science and Technology, 1 Olympic Ave, 354340, Sochi, Russian Federation
- Institut de Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhouse-IS2M CNRS UMR 7361, 15, rue Jean Starcky, F-68057, Mulhouse, France
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- Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (FRC PCPMC RAS), Academician Semenov Avenue 1, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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Zhou Y, Gan X, Shi F, Guo P, Miao W, Liang J, Wang Q, Liu Y, Wang C, Xia Y. Modulation of Dielectric Constant and Photovoltaic Properties of 2,1,3‐benzothiadiazole‐based Alternating Copolymers by Adding Fluorine Atoms to the Backbone of Polymers. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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- Yuan Zhou
- National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Center Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Center Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- Organic Semiconductor Materials and Applied Technology Research Center of Gansu province School of Material Science and Engineering Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Center Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
- Organic Semiconductor Materials and Applied Technology Research Center of Gansu province School of Material Science and Engineering Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Center Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Center Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- Organic Semiconductor Materials and Applied Technology Research Center of Gansu province School of Material Science and Engineering Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Center Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- National Green Coating Equipment and Technology Research Center Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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- Organic Semiconductor Materials and Applied Technology Research Center of Gansu province School of Material Science and Engineering Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou 730070 PR China
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Novel Push-Pull Benzodithiophene-Containing Polymers as Hole-Transport Materials for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27238333. [PMID: 36500425 PMCID: PMC9741263 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Donor-acceptor conjugated polymers are considered advanced semiconductor materials for the development of thin-film electronics. One of the most attractive families of polymeric semiconductors in terms of photovoltaic applications are benzodithiophene-based polymers owing to their highly tunable electronic and physicochemical properties, and readily scalable production. In this work, we report the synthesis of three novel push-pull benzodithiophene-based polymers with different side chains and their investigation as hole transport materials (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). It is shown that polymer P3 that contains triisopropylsilyl side groups exhibits better film-forming ability that, along with high hole mobilities, results in increased characteristics of PSCs. Encouraging a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 17.4% was achieved for P3-based PSCs that outperformed the efficiency of devices based on P1, P2, and benchmark PTAA polymer. These findings feature the great potential of benzodithiophene-based conjugated polymers as dopant-free HTMs for the fabrication of efficient perovskite solar cells.
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Chen H, Xia X, Yuan J, Wei Q, Liu W, Li Z, Zhu C, Wang X, Guan H, Lu X, Li Y, Zou Y. Compatibility between Solubility and Enhanced Crystallinity of Benzotriazole-Based Small Molecular Acceptors with Less Bulky Alkyl Chains for Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:36053-36061. [PMID: 34293857 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Optimizing the molecular structures of organic solar cell (OSC) materials and boosting the power conversion efficiencies are the eternal theme in the solar energy region. A series of fused benzotriazole (BTA)-based A-DA'D-A structures of nonfullerene acceptors (such as Y18) were developed for application in efficient OSCs, in which high quantum efficiencies and low voltage losses could be achieved because of the optimized electron-deficient core and specific molecular geometry. Here, based on the BTA core, the bulky alkyl chain on the BTA unit was further tailored to minimize the lateral alkyl chains and enhance the crystallinity while maintaining an adequate solubility. The resulting NFAs of BTA-C1, BTA-C5, and BTA-C6 are synthesized. Compared with the well-designed molecular Y18 (BTA-C8), we found that simply replacing the 2-ethylhexyl chain with a single methyl (BTA-C1) can easily improve the fill factor up to 77%, but its poor light absorption capacity and large domain size impeded further efficiency improvement. In particular, the BTA-C5, with a shortened branch alkyl chain of 2-methylbutyl, achieves suitable solubility and enhanced crystallinity. Significantly, owing to the balanced charge carrier mobility and suitable phase separation, the BTA-C5-based binary single-junction OSCs achieve a high efficiency of 17.11%, which is one of the top values in BTA-based OSCs.
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- Honggang Chen
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Department of Physics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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