Synthesis and photophysical properties of five-membered ring π-conjugated materials based on bisthiazol-2-yl-amine and their metal complexation studies

Construction of flexible and stable near-infrared absorbing polymer films containing nickel-bis(dithiolene) moieties via ligand-exchange post-polymerization modification

The expected combinational merits of polymeric materials and nickel-bis(dithiolene) complexes are successfully achieved by a ligand-exchange post-polymerization modification method.

Electron-rich anthracene semiconductors containing triarylamine for solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells

New electron-rich anthracene derivatives containing triarylamine hole stabilizers, 2,6-bis[5,5'-bis(N,N'-diphenylaniline)-2,2'-bithiophen-5-yl]-9,10-bis-[(triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl]anthracene (TIPSAntBT-TPA) and 2,6-bis(5,5'-bis{4-[bis(9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)amino]phenyl}-2,2'-bithiophen-5-yl)-9,10-bis-[(triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl]anthracene (TIPSAntBT-bisDMFA), linked with π-conjugated bithiophene bridges, were synthesized and their photovoltaic characteristics were investigated in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells (SMOSCs). These new materials exhibited superior intramolecular charge transfer from triarylamine to anthracene, leading to a more electron-rich anthracene core that facilitated electron transfer into phenyl-C(61)-butyric acid methyl ester. Compared with TIPSAntBT and triarylamine, these materials show a threefold improvement in hole-transporting properties and better photovoltaic performance in solution-processed SMOSCs, with the best power conversion efficiency being 2.96 % at a high open-circuit voltage of 0.85 V.