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Kallitsis K, Alvarez-Fernandez A, Cloutet E, Brochon C, Hadziioannou G. Introducing Photo-Cross-Linkable Functionalities on P(VDF-co-TrFE) Ferroelectric Copolymer. Chempluschem 2024:e202400113. [PMID: 38471131 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400113] [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: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Ferroelectric polymers have emerged as crucial materials for the development of advanced organic electronic devices. Their recent high-end commercial applications as fingerprint sensors have only increased the amount of scientific interest around them. Despite an ever-larger body of studies focusing on optimizing the properties of ferroelectric polymers by physical means (e. g., annealing, stretching, blending or nano-structuring), post-polymerization chemical modification of such polymers has only recently become a field of active study with great promise in expanding the scope of those polymers. In this work, a solution-based post-polymerization modification method was developed for the safe and facile grafting of a plethora of functional groups to the backbone of commercially available Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene P(VDF-co-TrFE) ferroelectric polymers. To showcase the versatility of this approach, photosensitive groups were grafted onto the polymeric backbone, enabling them to undergo photo-cross-linking. Finally, these modified polymers were used as functional negative photoresists in a photolithographic process, highlighting the potential of this method to integrate ferroelectric fluorinated electroactive polymers into standard electronic microfabrication production lines.
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- Konstantinos Kallitsis
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 1AS, United Kingdom
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO-UMR5629), Université de Bordeaux, F-33607, Pessac, France
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- Centro de Fisica de Materiales (CFM) (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Material Physics Centre, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, San Sebastian, 20018, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO-UMR5629), Université de Bordeaux, F-33607, Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO-UMR5629), Université de Bordeaux, F-33607, Pessac, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO-UMR5629), Université de Bordeaux, F-33607, Pessac, France
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Kawamura R, Michinobu T. PEDOT:PSS versus Polyaniline: A Comparative Study of Conducting Polymers for Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:4657. [PMID: 38139909 PMCID: PMC10747145 DOI: 10.3390/polym15244657] [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: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) based on conducting polymers have attracted significant attention in the field of biosensors. PEDOT:PSS and polyaniline (PANI) are representative conducting polymers used for OECTs. While there are many studies on PEDOT:PSS, there are not so many reports on PANI-based OECTs, and a detailed study to compare these two polymers has been desired. In this study, we investigated the fabrication conditions to produce the best performance in the OECTs using the above-mentioned two types of conducting polymers. The two main parameters were film thickness and film surface roughness. For PEDOT:PSS, the optimal conditions for fabricating thin films were a spin-coating rate of 3000 rpm and a DI water immersion time of 18 h. For PANI, the optimal conditions were a spin-coating rate of 3000 rpm and DI water immersion time of 5 s, and adding dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) was found to provide better OECT performances. The OECT performances based on PEDOT:PSS were superior to those based on PANI in terms of conductivity and transconductance, but PANI showed excellence in terms of film thickness and surface smoothness, leading to the good reproducibility of OECT performances.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan;
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Kaushal JB, Raut P, Kumar S. Organic Electronics in Biosensing: A Promising Frontier for Medical and Environmental Applications. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:976. [PMID: 37998151 PMCID: PMC10669243 DOI: 10.3390/bios13110976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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The promising field of organic electronics has ushered in a new era of biosensing technology, thus offering a promising frontier for applications in both medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of organic electronics' remarkable progress and potential in biosensing applications. It explores the multifaceted aspects of organic materials and devices, thereby highlighting their unique advantages, such as flexibility, biocompatibility, and low-cost fabrication. The paper delves into the diverse range of biosensors enabled by organic electronics, including electrochemical, optical, piezoelectric, and thermal sensors, thus showcasing their versatility in detecting biomolecules, pathogens, and environmental pollutants. Furthermore, integrating organic biosensors into wearable devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is discussed, wherein they offer real-time, remote, and personalized monitoring solutions. The review also addresses the current challenges and future prospects of organic biosensing, thus emphasizing the potential for breakthroughs in personalized medicine, environmental sustainability, and the advancement of human health and well-being.
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- Jyoti Bala Kaushal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; (J.B.K.); (P.R.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA; (J.B.K.); (P.R.)
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- Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, Scott Campus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE 68182, USA
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Wang W, Jiang Y, Zhong D, Zhang Z, Choudhury S, Lai JC, Gong H, Niu S, Yan X, Zheng Y, Shih CC, Ning R, Lin Q, Li D, Kim YH, Kim J, Wang YX, Zhao C, Xu C, Ji X, Nishio Y, Lyu H, Tok JBH, Bao Z. Neuromorphic sensorimotor loop embodied by monolithically integrated, low-voltage, soft e-skin. Science 2023; 380:735-742. [PMID: 37200416 DOI: 10.1126/science.ade0086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Artificial skin that simultaneously mimics sensory feedback and mechanical properties of natural skin holds substantial promise for next-generation robotic and medical devices. However, achieving such a biomimetic system that can seamlessly integrate with the human body remains a challenge. Through rational design and engineering of material properties, device structures, and system architectures, we realized a monolithic soft prosthetic electronic skin (e-skin). It is capable of multimodal perception, neuromorphic pulse-train signal generation, and closed-loop actuation. With a trilayer, high-permittivity elastomeric dielectric, we achieved a low subthreshold swing comparable to that of polycrystalline silicon transistors, a low operation voltage, low power consumption, and medium-scale circuit integration complexity for stretchable organic devices. Our e-skin mimics the biological sensorimotor loop, whereby a solid-state synaptic transistor elicits stronger actuation when a stimulus of increasing pressure is applied.
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- Weichen Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Chemistry and RINS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and RINS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Ghamari P, Niazi MR, Perepichka DF. Improving Environmental and Operational Stability of Polymer Field-Effect Transistors by Doping with Tetranitrofluorenone. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:19290-19299. [PMID: 36944187 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c01034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Operational instability of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) is one of the key limitations for applications of printed electronics. Environmental species, especially oxygen and water, unintentionally introduced in the OFET channel, can act as either dopants or traps for charge carriers, affecting the electrical characteristics and stability of devices. Here, we report that intentional doping of the benchmark p-type semiconducting polymer (DPP-DTT) with 2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorenone (TeNF) markedly improves the operational and environmental stability of OFETs. Electrical interrogation of DPP-DTT OFETs in various environments and at variable temperatures shows suppression of electron-induced traps and increase of hole mobility in oxygen-rich environment, while the water molecules act as traps for positive charge carrier, reducing the hole mobility and significantly shifting the threshold voltage. Doping of DPP-DTT with TeNF suppresses both effects, resulting in environmentally independent performance and superior long-term stability of unencapsulated devices for up to 4 months in ambient air. Furthermore, the doped OFETs exhibit dramatically reduced hysteresis and bias-stressed current drop. Such improvement of the environmental and operational stabilities is ascribed to the mitigation of traps induced by the injected minority carrier (electrons) and the reduction of the majority carrier (hole) traps in doped polymer films due to enhanced microstructural order.
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- Pegah Ghamari
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
- Department of Electrical Engineering, McGill University, 3480 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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Lin CY, Michinobu T. Conjugated photothermal materials and structure design for solar steam generation. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 14:454-466. [PMID: 37091288 PMCID: PMC10113523 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.14.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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With the development of solar steam generation (SSG) for clean water production, conjugated photothermal materials (PTMs) have attracted significant interest because of their advantages over metallic and inorganic PTMs in terms of high light absorption, designable molecular structures, flexible morphology, and solution processability. We review here the recent progress in solar steam generation devices based on conjugated organic materials. Conjugated organic materials are processed into fibers, membranes, and porous structures. Therefore, nanostructure design based on the concept of nanoarchitectonics is crucial to achieve high SSG efficiency. We discuss the considerations for designing SSG absorbers and describe commonly used conjugated organic materials and structural designs.
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- Chia-Yang Lin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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Nikam SB, Pratap Singh C, Krishnamurty S, SK A. Structure-property insights into chiral thiophene copolymers by direct heteroarylation polymerization. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Facile access to coil-rod-coil-type block copolymers by CuAAC-based macromolecular clicking. Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-022-00714-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fell VHK, Cameron J, Kanibolotsky AL, Hussien EJ, Skabara PJ. Introducing a new 7-ring fused diindenone-dithieno[3,2- b:2',3'- d]thiophene unit as a promising component for organic semiconductor materials. Beilstein J Org Chem 2022; 18:944-955. [PMID: 35965856 PMCID: PMC9359197 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.18.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A novel π-conjugated molecule, EtH-T-DI-DTT is reported, which is fused, rigid, and planar, featuring the electron-rich dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]thiophene (DTT) unit in the core of the structure. Adjacent to the electron-donating DTT core, there are indenone units with electron-withdrawing keto groups. To enable solubility in common organic solvents, the fused system is flanked by ethylhexylthiophene groups. The material is a dark, amorphous solid with an onset of absorption at 638 nm in CH2Cl2 solution, which corresponds to an optical gap of 1.94 eV. In films, the absorption onset wavelength is at 701 nm, which corresponds to 1.77 eV. An ionisation energy of 5.5 eV and an electron affinity of 3.3 eV were estimated by cyclic voltammetry measurements. We have applied this new molecule in organic field effect transistors. The material exhibited a p-type mobility up to 1.33 × 10−4 cm2 V−1 s−1.
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- Valentin H K Fell
- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
- Institute of Physical-Organic Chemistry and Coal Chemistry, 02160 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland
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Yasa M, Toppare L. Thieno[3,4‐c]pyrrole‐4,6‐dione‐based conjugated polymers for non‐fullerene organic solar cells. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Mustafa Yasa
- Department of Polymer Science and Technology Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- Department of Polymer Science and Technology Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- The Center for Solar Energy Research and Application (GUNAM) Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- Department of Biotechnology Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
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Kobayashi S, Ashiya M, Yamamoto T, Tajima K, Yamamoto Y, Isono T, Satoh T. Suzuki-Miyaura Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation of Triolborate-Type Carbazole Monomers. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13234168. [PMID: 34883672 PMCID: PMC8659485 DOI: 10.3390/polym13234168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Herein, we report the Suzuki–Miyaura catalyst-transfer polycondensation (SCTP) of triolborate-type carbazole monomers, i.e., potassium 3-(6-bromo-9-(2-octyldodecyl)-9H-carbazole-2-yl)triolborate (M1) and potassium 2-(7-bromo-9-(2-octyldodecyl)-9H-carbazole-2-yl) triolborate (M2), as an efficient and versatile approach for precisely synthesizing poly[9-(2-octyldodecyl)-3,6-carbazole] (3,6-PCz) and poly[9-(2-octyldodecyl)-2,7-carbazole] (2,7-PCz), respectively. The SCTP of triolborate-type carbazole monomers was performed in a mixture of THF/H2O using an initiating system consisted of 4-iodobenzyl alcohol, Pd2(dba)3•CHCl3, and t-Bu3P. In the SCTP of M1, cyclic by-product formation was confirmed, as reported for the corresponding pinacolboronate-type monomer. By optimizing the reaction temperature and reaction time, we successfully synthesized linear end-functionalized 3,6-PCz for the first time. The SCTP of M2 proceeded with almost no side reaction, yielding 2,7-PCz with a functional initiator residue at the α-chain end. Kinetic and block copolymerization experiments demonstrated that the SCTP of M2 proceeded in a chain-growth and controlled/living polymerization manner. This is a novel study on the synthesis of 2,7-PCz via SCTP. By taking advantage of the well-controlled nature of this polymerization system, we demonstrated the synthesis of high-molecular-weight 2,7-PCzs (Mn = 5–38 kg mol−1) with a relatively narrow ÐM (1.35–1.48). Furthermore, we successfully synthesized fluorene/carbazole copolymers as well as 2,7-PCz-containing diblock copolymers, demonstrating the versatility of the present polymerization system as a novel synthetic strategy for well-defined polycarbazole-based materials.
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- Saburo Kobayashi
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; (S.K.); (M.A.)
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; (S.K.); (M.A.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; (T.Y.); (K.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; (T.Y.); (K.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; (T.Y.); (K.T.); (Y.Y.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; (T.Y.); (K.T.); (Y.Y.)
- Correspondence: (T.I.); (T.S.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan; (T.Y.); (K.T.); (Y.Y.)
- Correspondence: (T.I.); (T.S.)
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Desoky MMH, Bonomo M, Barbero N, Viscardi G, Barolo C, Quagliotto P. Polymeric Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells: Structures and Concepts towards Better Performances. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:1652. [PMID: 34069612 PMCID: PMC8160825 DOI: 10.3390/polym13101652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Perovskite solar cells are a hot topic of photovoltaic research, reaching, in few years, an impressive efficiency (25.5%), but their long-term stability still needs to be addressed for industrial production. One of the most sizeable reasons for instability is the doping of the Hole Transporting Material (HTM), being the salt commonly employed as a vector bringing moisture in contact with perovskite film and destroying it. With this respect, the research focused on new and stable "dopant-free" HTMs, which are inherently conductive, being able to effectively work without any addition of dopants. Notwithstanding, they show impressive efficiency and stability results. The dopant-free polymers, often made of alternated donor and acceptor cores, have properties, namely the filming ability, the molecular weight tunability, the stacking and packing peculiarities, and high hole mobility in absence of any dopant, that make them very attractive and a real innovation in the field. In this review, we tried our best to collect all the dopant-free polymeric HTMs known so far in the perovskite solar cells field, providing a brief historical introduction, followed by the classification and analysis of the polymeric structures, based on their building blocks, trying to find structure-activity relationships whenever possible. The research is still increasing and a very simple polymer (PFDT-2F-COOH) approaches PCE = 22% while some more complex ones overcome 22%, up to 22.41% (PPY2).
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- Mohamed M. H. Desoky
- Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Center and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy; (M.M.H.D.); (M.B.); (N.B.); (G.V.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Center and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy; (M.M.H.D.); (M.B.); (N.B.); (G.V.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Center and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy; (M.M.H.D.); (M.B.); (N.B.); (G.V.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Center and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy; (M.M.H.D.); (M.B.); (N.B.); (G.V.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Center and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy; (M.M.H.D.); (M.B.); (N.B.); (G.V.); (C.B.)
- ICxT Interdepartmental Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Lungo Dora Siena 100, 10153 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Center and INSTM Reference Centre, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy; (M.M.H.D.); (M.B.); (N.B.); (G.V.); (C.B.)
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Conjugated polymers for functional applications. POLYM INT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Rodríguez-Hernández B, Nelson T, Oldani N, Martínez-Mesa A, Uranga-Piña L, Segawa Y, Tretiak S, Itami K, Fernandez-Alberti S. Exciton Spatial Dynamics and Self-Trapping in Carbon Nanocages. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:224-231. [PMID: 33326240 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Three-dimensional cage-shaped molecules formed from chainlike structures hold potential as unique optoelectronic materials and host compounds. Their optical, structural, and dynamical features are tunable by changes in shape and size. We perform a comparison of these properties for three sizes of strained conjugated [n.n.n]carbon nanocages composed of three paraphenylene chains (bridges) of length n = 4, 5, or 6. The exciton intramolecular redistribution occurring during nonradiative relaxation has been explored using nonadiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics. Our results provide atomistic insight into the conformational features associated with the observed red- and blue-shift trends in the absorption and fluorescence spectra, respectively, with increasing nanocage size. Their internal conversion processes involve intramolecular energy transfer that leads to exciton self-trapping on a few phenylene units at the center of a single bridge. The dependence of these dynamical features on the size of the nanocage can be used to tune their host-guest chemical properties and their use for organic electronics and catenane-like applications.
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- Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/CONICET, B1876BXD Bernal, Argentina
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- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/CONICET, B1876BXD Bernal, Argentina
- DynAMoS (Dynamical processes in Atomic and Molecular Systems), Facultad de Física, Universidad de La Habana, San Lázaro y L, La Habana 10400, Cuba
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- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/CONICET, B1876BXD Bernal, Argentina
- DynAMoS (Dynamical processes in Atomic and Molecular Systems), Facultad de Física, Universidad de La Habana, San Lázaro y L, La Habana 10400, Cuba
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- JST, ERATO, Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Structural Molecular Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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- Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
| | - Kenichiro Itami
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- JST, ERATO, Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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