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Kamimura S, Saito M, Teshima Y, Yamanaka K, Ichikawa H, Sugie A, Yoshida H, Jeon J, Kim HD, Ohkita H, Mikie T, Osaka I. Manipulating the functionality and structures of π-conjugated polymers utilizing intramolecular noncovalent interactions towards efficient organic photovoltaics. Chem Sci 2024; 15:6349-6362. [PMID: 38699251 PMCID: PMC11062120 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc00899e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Careful control of electronic properties, structural order, and solubility of π-conjugated polymers is central to the improvement of organic photovoltaic (OPV) performance. In this work, we designed and synthesized a series of naphthobisthiadiazole-quaterthiophene copolymers by systematically replacing the alkyl groups with ester groups and changing the position of the fluorine groups in the quaterthiophene moiety. These alterations lowered the HOMO and LUMO energy levels and systematically varied the combination of intramolecular noncovalent interactions such as O⋯S and F⋯S interactions in the backbone. More importantly, although the introduction of such noncovalent interactions often lowers the solubility owing to the interlocking of backbone linkages, we found that careful design of the noncovalent interactions afforded polymers with relatively high solubility and high crystallinity at the same time. As a result, the power conversion efficiency of OPV cells that used fullerene (PC61BM) and nonfullerene (Y12) as the acceptor was improved. Our work offers important information for the development of high-performance π-conjugated polymers for OPVs.
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- Satoshi Kamimura
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
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- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku Chiba 263-8522 Japan
- Molecular Chirality Research Center, Chiba University 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku Chiba 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
- Applied Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
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Zhou D, Wang Y, Yang S, Quan J, Deng J, Wang J, Li Y, Tong Y, Wang Q, Chen L. Recent Advances of Benzodithiophene-Based Donor Materials for Organic Solar Cells. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306854. [PMID: 37828639 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Recently, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased dramatically, making a big step toward the industrial application of OSCs. Among numerous OSCs, benzodithiophene (BDT)-based OSCs stand out in achieving efficient PCE. Notably, single-junction OSCs using BDT-based polymers as donor materials have completed a PCE of over 19%, indicating a dramatic potential for preparing high-performance large-scale OSCs. This paper reviews the recent progress of OSCs based on BDT polymer donor materials (PDMs). The development of BDT-based OSCs is concisely summarized. Meanwhile, the relationship between the structure of PDMs and the performance of OSCs is further described in this review. Besides, the development and prospect of single junction OSCs are also discussed.
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- Dan Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants, Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696 Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants, Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696 Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Hebei Normal University of Science & Technology, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants, Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696 Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China
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- Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry (IPEC), Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang, 330031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants, Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696 Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants, Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696 Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants, Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696 Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants, Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696 Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China
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- Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry (IPEC), Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang, 330031, China
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Su M, Lin M, Mo S, Chen J, Shen X, Xiao Y, Wang M, Gao J, Dang L, Huang XC, He F, Wu Q. Manipulating the Alkyl Chains of Naphthodithiophene Imide-Based Polymers to Concurrently Boost the Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:37371-37380. [PMID: 37515570 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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Morphology instability holds the major responsibility for efficiency degradation of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, how to develop polymer donors simultaneously with high efficiency and excellent morphology stability remains challenging. Herein, we reported naphtho[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene-5,6-imide (NDTI)-based new polymers PNDT1 and PNDT2. The alkyl chain engineering leads to high crystallinity, high hole mobility (>10-3 cm2 V-1 S-1), and nanofibrous film morphology, which enable PNDT2 to exhibit an efficiency of 18.13% and a remarkable FF value of 0.80. Moreover, the NDTIs have short π-π stacking and abundant short interactions, and their polymers exhibit superior morphological stability. Therefore, the PNDT2-based OSCs exhibit much better device stability than that of PNDT1, PAB-α, and benchmark polymers PM6 and D18. This work suggests the great importance of the large conjugated backbone of the monomer and alkyl chain engineering to develop high-performance and morphology-stable polymers for OSCs.
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- Mingbin Su
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515063, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou 515063, China
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Matsumura Y, Tanudjaja A, Fukushima M, Higuchi M, Ogino S, Ishidoshiro M, Irie Y, Imoto H, Naka K, Hifumi R, Inagi S, Tomita I. Parallel synthesis of donor-acceptor π-conjugated polymers by post-element transformation of organotitanium polymer. Des Monomers Polym 2023; 26:190-197. [PMID: 37426066 PMCID: PMC10327520 DOI: 10.1080/15685551.2023.2233228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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The donor-acceptor type π-conjugated polymers having heterole units were prepared by the reaction of a regioregular organometallic polymer having both reactive titanacyclopentadiene and electron-donor thiophene-2,5-diyl units in the main chain with electrophiles such as diphenyltin dichloride, dichlorophenylphosphine, and diiodophenylarsine. For example, a polymer having electron-accepting phosphole unit was obtained in 54% yield whose number-average molecular weight (Mn) and molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) were estimated as 3,000 and 1.9, respectively. The obtained polymer exhibits a high highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and low lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels (-5.13 eV and -3.25 eV, respectively) due to the electron-donating thiophene and electron-accepting phosphole units. Reflecting upon the alternating structure of thiophene and phosphole, the polymer exhibits a band gap energy level (Eg) of 1.78 eV which is narrower than that of a derivative of poly(thiophene) (Eg = 2.25 eV).
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- Yoshimasa Matsumura
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, JAPAN
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, JAPAN
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, JAPAN
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, JAPAN
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Kumar V, Tripathi A, Koudjina S, Chetti P. Benzodithiophene (BDT) and benzodiselenophene (BDSe) isomers’ charge transport properties for organic optoelectronic devices. J Sulphur Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/17415993.2023.2173009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Vipin Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, India
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, India
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy (LACTHESMO), National University of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM), Goho Abomey, Benin
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, India
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Li L, Meng F, Zhang M, Zhang Z, Zhao D. Revisiting the Dithienophthalimide Building Block: Improved Synthetic Method Yielding New High‐Performance Polymer Donors for Organic Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206311. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lianghui Li
- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Beijing Engineering Research Center for the Synthesis and Applications of Waterborne Polymers Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Beijing Engineering Research Center for the Synthesis and Applications of Waterborne Polymers Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations College of Chemistry Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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Imide‐Functionalized Fluorenone and Its Cyanated Derivative Based n‐Type Polymers: Synthesis, Structure–Property Correlations, and Thin‐Film Transistor Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205315. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Li L, Meng F, Zhang M, Zhang ZG, Zhao D. Revisiting the Dithenophthalimide Building Block: Improved Synthetic Method Yielding New High‐Performance Polymer Donors of Organic Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206311] [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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- Lianghui Li
- Nankai University College of Chemistry Chemistry CHINA
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- Nankai University College of Chemistry Chemistry CHINA
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- Beijing University of Chemical Technology Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Beijing University of Chemical Technology Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Nankai University State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry Weijin Rd. 94 300071 Tianjin CHINA
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Chen Z, Li J, Wang J, Yang K, Zhang J, Wang Y, Feng K, Li B, Wei Z, Guo X. Imide‐Functionalized Fluorenone and Its Cyanated Derivative Based n‐Type Polymers: Synthesis, Structure‐Property Correlations, and Thin‐Film Transistor Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Zhicai Chen
- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials science and thchnology CHINA
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials science and thchnology CHINA
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials science and thchnology CHINA
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials science and thchnology CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Cas Key Laborotary of Nanosystem and Hierarcheical Frabration CHINA
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials science and thchnology CHINA
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials science and thchnology CHINA
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials science and thchnology CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Cas Key Laborotary of Nanosystem and Hierarcheical Frabration CHINA
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- Southern University of Science and Technology Materials Science and Engineering No 1088, Xueyuan Rd. Xili, Nanshan 518055 Shenzhen CHINA
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Le DT, Truong NTT, Luu TH, T. Nguyen LT, Hoang MH, Huynh HPK, Cu ST, Nguyen QT, Nguyen HT. Donor – acceptor and donor – donor alternating conjugated polymers based on dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole: synthesis, optical properties and organic solar cells applications. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-022-02969-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Effect of random copolymerization on the optical properties of selenophene and thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione conjugated polymers. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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New Unsymmetrically Substituted Benzothiadiazole-Based Luminophores: Synthesis, Optical, Electrochemical Studies, Charge Transport, and Electroluminescent Characteristics. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26247596. [PMID: 34946679 PMCID: PMC8705470 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26247596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Three new benzothiadiazole (BTD)-containing luminophores with different configurations of aryl linkers have been prepared via Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling Suzuki and Buchwald–Hartwig reactions. Photophysical and electroluminescent properties of the compounds were investigated to estimate their potential for optoelectronic applications. All synthesized structures have sufficiently high quantum yields in film. The BTD with aryl bridged carbazole unit demonstrated the highest electrons and holes mobility in a series. OLED with light-emitting layer (EML) based on this compound exhibited the highest brightness, as well as current and luminous efficiency. The synthesized compounds are not only luminophores with a high photoluminescence quantum yield, but also active transport centers for charge carriers in EML of OLED devices.
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Synthesis and electropolymerization of donor-acceptor-donor type monomers based on azobenzene-substituted thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione acceptors. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Alsulami QA. Controllable power-conversion efficiency in organic-solar cells. Chem Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Çakal D, Cihaner A, Önal AM. Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes appended conjugated soluble polymers based on thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6‑dione acceptor unit. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Improving organic photovoltaic cells by forcing electrode work function well beyond onset of Ohmic transition. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2250. [PMID: 33854070 PMCID: PMC8047006 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22358-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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As electrode work function rises or falls sufficiently, the organic semiconductor/electrode contact reaches Fermi-level pinning, and then, few tenths of an electron-volt later, Ohmic transition. For organic solar cells, the resultant flattening of open-circuit voltage (Voc) and fill factor (FF) leads to a ‘plateau’ that maximizes power conversion efficiency (PCE). Here, we demonstrate this plateau in fact tilts slightly upwards. Thus, further driving of the electrode work function can continue to improve Voc and FF, albeit slowly. The first effect arises from the coercion of Fermi level up the semiconductor density-of-states in the case of ‘soft’ Fermi pinning, raising cell built-in potential. The second effect arises from the contact-induced enhancement of majority-carrier mobility. We exemplify these using PBDTTPD:PCBM solar cells, where PBDTTPD is a prototypal face-stacked semiconductor, and where work function of the hole collection layer is systematically ‘tuned’ from onset of Fermi-level pinning, through Ohmic transition, and well into the Ohmic regime. Both open-circuit voltage and fill factor of organic solar cells are affected by the metal-organic semiconductor interface. Here, the authors demonstrate that the voltage can continue to rise when the Fermi level is forced up to the semiconductor density-of-states tail.
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Kim SG, Le TH, de Monfreid T, Goubard F, Bui TT, Park NG. Capturing Mobile Lithium Ions in a Molecular Hole Transporter Enhances the Thermal Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2007431. [PMID: 33604974 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A thermally stable perovskite solar cell (PSC) based on a new molecular hole transporter (MHT) of 1,3-bis(5-(4-(bis(4-methoxyphenyl) amino)phenyl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophen-2-yl)-5-octyl-4H-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6(5H)-dione (coded HL38) is reported. Hole mobility of 1.36 × 10-3 cm2 V-1 s-1 and glass transition temperature of 92.2 °C are determined for the HL38 doped with lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and 4-tert-butylpyridine as additives. Interface engineering with 2-(2-aminoethyl)thiophene hydroiodide (2-TEAI) between the perovskite and the HL38 improves the power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 19.60% (untreated) to 21.98%, and this champion PCE is even higher than that of the additive-containing 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (spiro-MeOTAD)-based device (21.15%). Thermal stability testing at 85 °C for over 1000 h shows that the HL38-based PSC retains 85.9% of the initial PCE, while the spiro-MeOTAD-based PSC degrades unrecoverably from 21.1% to 5.8%. Time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry studies combined with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy reveal that HL38 shows lower lithium ion diffusivity than spiro-MeOTAD due to a strong complexation of the Li+ with HL38, which is responsible for the higher degree of thermal stability. This work delivers an important message that capturing mobile Li+ in a hole-transporting layer is critical in designing novel MHTs for improving the thermal stability of PSCs. In addition, it also highlights the impact of interface design on non-conventional MHTs.
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- Seul-Gi Kim
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 440-746, Korea
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- CY Cergy Paris Université, LPPI, Cergy, F-95000, France
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 440-746, Korea
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Comí M, Ocheje MU, Attar S, Mu AU, Philips BK, Kalin AJ, Kakosimos KE, Fang L, Rondeau-Gagné S, Al-Hashimi M. Synthesis and Photocyclization of Conjugated Diselenophene Pyrrole-2,5-dione Based Monomers for Optoelectronics. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Marc Comí
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B3P4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, PO Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B3P4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University at Qatar, P.O. Box 23874, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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R. Murad A, Iraqi A, Aziz SB, N. Abdullah S, Brza MA. Conducting Polymers for Optoelectronic Devices and Organic Solar Cells: A Review. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2627. [PMID: 33182241 PMCID: PMC7695322 DOI: 10.3390/polym12112627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In this review paper, we present a comprehensive summary of the different organic solar cell (OSC) families. Pure and doped conjugated polymers are described. The band structure, electronic properties, and charge separation process in conjugated polymers are briefly described. Various techniques for the preparation of conjugated polymers are presented in detail. The applications of conductive polymers for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic field effect transistors (OFETs), and organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are explained thoroughly. The architecture of organic polymer solar cells including single layer, bilayer planar heterojunction, and bulk heterojunction (BHJ) are described. Moreover, designing conjugated polymers for photovoltaic applications and optimizations of highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels are discussed. Principles of bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells are addressed. Finally, strategies for band gap tuning and characteristics of solar cell are presented. In this article, several processing parameters such as the choice of solvent(s) for spin casting film, thermal and solvent annealing, solvent additive, and blend composition that affect the nano-morphology of the photoactive layer are reviewed.
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- Ary R. Murad
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK;
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Medical and Applied Sciences, Charmo University, Chamchamal, Sulaimani 46023, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK;
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- Hameed Majid Advanced Polymeric Materials Research Lab., Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Qlyasan Street, Sulaimani 46001, Iraq
- Department of Civil engineering, College of Engineering, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaimani 46001, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Qlyasan Street, Kurdistan Regional Government, Sulaimani 46001, Iraq;
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- Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Gombak 53100, Malaysia;
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Construction of amperometric biosensor modified with conducting polymer/carbon dots for the analysis of catechol. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kowalik P, Bujak P, Wróbel Z, Penkala M, Kotwica K, Maroń A, Pron A. From Red to Green Luminescence via Surface Functionalization. Effect of 2-(5-Mercaptothien-2-yl)-8-(thien-2-yl)-5-hexylthieno[3,4- c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Ligands on the Photoluminescence of Alloyed Ag-In-Zn-S Nanocrystals. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:14594-14604. [PMID: 32941018 PMCID: PMC7586334 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A semiconducting molecule containing a thiol anchor group, namely 2-(5-mercaptothien-2-yl)-8-(thien-2-yl)-5-hexylthieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (abbreviated as D-A-D-SH), was designed, synthesized, and used as a ligand in nonstoichiometric quaternary nanocrystals of composition Ag1.0In3.1Zn1.0S4.0(S6.1) to give an inorganic/organic hybrid. Detailed NMR studies indicate that D-A-D-SH ligands are present in two coordination spheres in the organic part of the hybrid: (i) inner in which the ligand molecules form direct bonds with the nanocrystal surface and (ii) outer in which the ligand molecules do not form direct bonds with the inorganic core. Exchange of the initial ligands (stearic acid and 1-aminooctadecane) for D-A-D-SH induces a distinct change of the photoluminescence. Efficient red luminescence of nanocrystals capped with initial ligands (λmax = 720 nm, quantum yield = 67%) is totally quenched and green luminescence characteristic of the ligand appears (λmax = 508 nm, quantum yield = 10%). This change of the photoluminescence mechanism can be clarified by a combination of electrochemical and spectroscopic investigations. It can be demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry that new states appear in the hybrid as a consequence of D-A-D-SH binding to the nanocrystals surface. These states are located below the nanocrystal LUMO and above its HOMO, respectively. They are concurrent to deeper donor and acceptor states governing the red luminescence. As a result, energy transfer from the nanocrystal HOMO and LUMO levels to the ligand states takes place, leading to effective quenching of the red luminescence and appearance of the green one.
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- Patrycja Kowalik
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.,Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 Str., PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.,Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, Szkolna 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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Pankow RM, Thompson BC. The development of conjugated polymers as the cornerstone of organic electronics. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Khokhar D, Jadoun S, Arif R, Jabin S. Functionalization of conducting polymers and their applications in optoelectronics. POLYM-PLAST TECH MAT 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/25740881.2020.1819312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Deepali Khokhar
- Department of Chemistry, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies, Faridabad, India
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Tailoring optoelectronic properties of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene comprising homopolymers via electron acceptor moieties: thienopyrrolodione, 2,1,3-benzoselenadiazole, isoindigo. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alkan EA, Goker S, Sarigul H, Yıldırım E, Udum YA, Toppare L. The impact of [1,2,5]chalcogenazolo[3,4‐
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]‐benzo[1,2,3]triazole structure on the optoelectronic properties of conjugated polymers. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20190275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Ecem Aydan Alkan
- Department of ChemistryMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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- Department of ChemistryMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
- Solid Propellant DepartmentRoketsan Missiles Inc. Ankara Turkey
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- Department of ChemistryMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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- Department of ChemistryMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
- Department of Polymer Science and TechnologyMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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- Department of ChemistryMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
- Department of Polymer Science and TechnologyMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
- The Center for Solar Energy Research and Application (GUNAM)Middle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
- Department of BiotechnologyMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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Gao W, Liu T, Sun R, Zhang G, Xiao Y, Ma R, Zhong C, Lu X, Min J, Yan H, Yang C. Dithieno[3,2- b:2',3'- d]pyrrol-Fused Asymmetrical Electron Acceptors: A Study into the Effects of Nitrogen-Functionalization on Reducing Nonradiative Recombination Loss and Dipole Moment on Morphology. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1902657. [PMID: 32154073 PMCID: PMC7055560 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201902657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Energy loss (E loss) consisting of radiative recombination loss (ΔE 1 and ΔE 2) and nonradiative recombination loss (ΔE 3) is considered as an important factor for organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, two N-functionalized asymmetrical small molecule acceptors (SMAs), namely N7IT and N8IT are designed and synthesized, to explore the effect of N on reducing E loss with sulfur (S) as a comparison. N7IT-based OSCs achieve not only a higher PCE (13.8%), but also a much lower E loss (0.57 eV) than those of the analogue (a-IT)-based OSCs (PCE of 11.5% and E loss of 0.72 eV), which are mainly attributed to N7IT's significantly enhanced charge carrier density (promoting J SC) and largely suppressed nonradiative E loss by over 0.1 eV (enhancing V OC). In comparison, N8IT, with an extended π-conjugated length, shows relatively lower photovoltaic performance than N7IT (but higher than a-IT) due to the less favorable morphology caused by the excessively large dipole moment of the asymmetrical molecule. Finally, this work sheds light on the structure-property relationship of the N-functionalization, particularly on its effects on reducing the E loss, which could inspire the community to design and synthesize more N-functionalized SMAs.
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- Wei Gao
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060P. R. China
- Department of ChemistryHubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic MaterialsWuhan UniversityWuhan430072P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water BayKowloon999077Hong Kong
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- The Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072P. R. China
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- Department of PhysicsChinese University of Hong KongNew Territories999077Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemistry and Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water BayKowloon999077Hong Kong
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- Department of ChemistryHubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic MaterialsWuhan UniversityWuhan430072P. R. China
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- Department of PhysicsChinese University of Hong KongNew Territories999077Hong Kong
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- The Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and ReconstructionHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyClear Water BayKowloon999077Hong Kong
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and TechnologyCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringShenzhen UniversityShenzhen518060P. R. China
- Department of ChemistryHubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic MaterialsWuhan UniversityWuhan430072P. R. China
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Abdullah, Akhtar MS, Kim EB, Fijahi L, Shin HS, Ameen S. A symmetric benzoselenadiazole based D–A–D small molecule for solution processed bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells. J IND ENG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2019.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zhao C, Yang F, Xia D, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Yan N, You S, Li W. Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-based conjugated polymers for organic solar cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:10394-10408. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04150e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) based conjugated polymers as an electron donor, acceptor and single-component for application in organic solar cells in the past ten years have been intensively reviewed in this Feature Article.
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- Chaowei Zhao
- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Shandong Normal University
- Jinan 250014
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
- Nanchang 330096
- P. R. China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites
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Zhao B, Wu H, Wang W, Liu H, Liu J, Cong Z, Gao C. Efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells enabled by side-chain conjugated thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-based polymer and small molecular acceptors. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2019.104378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Soylemez S, Bekmezci SA, Goker S, Toppare L. Fabrication of a Novel Polymeric Scaffold for Amperometric Laccase Biosensor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.29537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Department of ChemistryMiddle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- Solid Propellant DepartmentRoketsan Missiles Inc. Ankara 06780 Turkey
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- Department of BiotechnologyMiddle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- Department of ChemistryMiddle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- Department of Polymer Science and TechnologyMiddle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
- The Center for Solar Energy Research and Application (GUNAM)Middle East Technical University Ankara 06800 Turkey
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Wang G, Adil MA, Zhang J, Wei Z. Large-Area Organic Solar Cells: Material Requirements, Modular Designs, and Printing Methods. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1805089. [PMID: 30506830 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The printing of large-area organic solar cells (OSCs) has become a frontier for organic electronics and is also regarded as a critical step in their industrial applications. With the rapid progress in the field of OSCs, the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) for small-area devices is approaching 15%, whereas the PCE for large-area devices has also surpassed 10% in a single cell with an area of ≈1 cm2 . Here, the progress of this fast developing area is reviewed, mainly focusing on: 1) material requirements (materials that are able to form efficient thick active layer films for large-area printing); 2) modular designs (effective designs that can suppress electrical, geometric, optical, and additional losses, leading to a reduction in the PCE of the devices, as a consequence of substrate area expansion); and 3) printing methods (various scalable fabrication techniques that are employed for large-area fabrication, including knife coating, slot-die coating, screen printing, inkjet printing, gravure printing, flexographic printing, pad printing, and brush coating). By combining thick-film material systems with efficient modular designs exhibiting low-efficiency losses and employing the right printing methods, the fabrication of large-area OSCs will be successfully realized in the near future.
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- Guodong Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Zhang S, Ma L, Ye L, Qin Y, Xu Y, Liu X, Wu Y, Zhao W, Ade H, Yao H, Hou J. Modulation of Building Block Size in Conjugated Polymers with D–A Structure for Polymer Solar Cells. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Shaoqing Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular, Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular, Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular, Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular, Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular, Sciences CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Aoshima K, Nomura M, Saeki A. Regioregularity and Electron Deficiency Control of Unsymmetric Diketopyrrolopyrrole Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaics. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:15645-15652. [PMID: 31572866 PMCID: PMC6761756 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Manipulating the electron deficiency and controlling the regioregularity of π-conjugated polymers are important for the fine-tuning of their electronic and electrochemical properties to make them suitable for an organic solar cell. Here, we report such a molecular design of unsymmetric diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) based copolymers with different aromatic side units of either thiophene (Th), pyridine (Py), or fluorobenzene (FBz). The unsymmetric electron acceptors of Th-DPP-Py and Th-DPP-FBz were polymerized with the electron donor of two-dimensional benzobisthiophene (BDT-Th), affording two regiorandom DPP copolymers. They exhibited contrasting molecular orbital levels and bulk heterojunction morphology in methanofullerene-blended films, leading to power conversion efficiencies of 3.75 and 0.18%, respectively. We further synthesized a regioregular DPP copolymer via sandwiching the centrosymmetric BDT-Th unit by two Th-DPP-Py units in an axisymmetric manner. The extensive characterization through morphology observation, X-ray diffraction, and space-charge-limited current mobilities highlight the case-dependent positive/negative effects of regioregularity and electron deficiency control.
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- Kenta Aoshima
- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Precursory
Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Shi S, Tang L, Guo H, Uddin MA, Wang H, Yang K, Liu B, Wang Y, Sun H, Woo HY, Guo X. Bichalcogenophene Imide-Based Homopolymers: Chalcogen-Atom Effects on the Optoelectronic Property and Device Performance in Organic Thin-Film Transistors. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Shengbin Shi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Santi S, Rossi S. Molecular design of star-shaped benzotrithiophene materials for organic electronics. Tetrahedron Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.151021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zhu P, Fan B, Ying L, Huang F, Cao Y. Recent Progress in All‐Polymer Solar Cells Based on Wide‐Bandgap p‐Type Polymers. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:3109-3118. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Peng Zhu
- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and DevicesState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and DevicesSouth China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China
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Liao Q, Yang K, Chen J, Koh CW, Tang Y, Su M, Wang Y, Yang Y, Feng X, He Z, Woo HY, Guo X. Backbone Coplanarity Tuning of 1,4-Di(3-alkoxy-2-thienyl)-2,5-difluorophenylene-Based Wide Bandgap Polymers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells Processed from Nonhalogenated Solvent. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:31119-31128. [PMID: 31382736 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b09692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Halogenated solvents are prevailingly used in the fabrication of nonfullerene organic solar cells (NF-OSCs) at the current stage, imposing significant restraints on their practical applications. By copolymerizing phthalimide or thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) with 1,4-di(3-alkoxy-2-thienyl)-2,5-difluorophenylene (DOTFP), which features intramolecular noncovalent interactions, the backbone planarity of the resulting DOTFP-based polymers can be effectively tuned, yielding distinct solubilities, aggregation characters, and chain packing properties. Polymer DOTFP-PhI with a more twisted backbone showed a lower degree of aggregation in solution but an increased film crystallinity than polymer DOTFP-TPD. An organic thin-film transistor and NF-OSC based on DOTFP-PhI, processed with a nonhalogenated solvent, exhibited a high hole mobility up to 1.20 cm2 V-1 s-1 and a promising power conversion efficiency up to 10.65%, respectively. The results demonstrate that DOTFP is a promising building block for constructing wide bandgap polymers and backbone coplanarity tuning is an effective strategy to develop high-performance organic semiconductors processable with a nonhalogenated solvent.
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- Qiaogan Liao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , Korea University , Seoul 136-713 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Korea University , Seoul 136-713 , Republic of Korea
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Photovoltaic and Charge Transport Behavior of Diketopyrrolopyrrole Based Compounds with A–D–A–D–A Skeleton. J CLUST SCI 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-019-01573-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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O’Hara K, Takacs CJ, Liu S, Cruciani F, Beaujuge P, Hawker CJ, Chabinyc ML. Effect of Alkyl Side Chains on Intercrystallite Ordering in Semiconducting Polymers. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Kathryn O’Hara
- Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, KAUST Solar Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, KAUST Solar Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, KAUST Solar Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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He H, Gutierrez Y, Young TM, Schoenung JM. The role of data source selection in chemical hazard assessment: A case study on organic photovoltaics. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2019; 365:227-236. [PMID: 30445353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Chemical hazard assessment (CHA), designed to evaluate the inherent hazard of chemicals used in everyday consumer products, is gaining in popularity and rigor. Although CHA is being more commonly used by industry and government organizations, there is limited information in the academic literature on the merits and limitations of CHA methods. In the current study, the significance of the need to use multiple data sources to successfully complete a CHA is explored. Specifically, a case study approach is used in which more than one hundred organic substances used in the synthesis of organic solar cells are evaluated using the GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals framework as the basis for the CHA. Seven data sources, including three chemical-oriented, two hazard-trait-oriented, and two predictive data sources, are utilized to minimize data gaps and allow for complete assessments for most of the chemicals of interest. Findings from sensitivity analysis using single data sources and combinations of data sources highlight that the CHA outcomes can vary considerably as a function of data sources used, which highlights the importance of identifying and/or creating more comprehensive and standardized data sources.
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- Haoyang He
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 916 Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis, 3001 Ghausi Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2001 Ghausi Hall, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 916 Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Mahesh K, Karpagam S, Putnin T, Le H, Bui TT, Ounnunkad K, Goubard F. Role of cyano substituents on thiophene vinylene benzothiadiazole conjugated polymers and application as hole transporting materials in perovskite solar cells. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wu J, Li Q, Wang W, Chen K. Optoelectronic Properties and Structural Modification of Conjugated Polymers Based on Benzodithiophene Groups. MINI-REV ORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1570193x15666180406144851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Organic conjugated materials have shown attractive applications due to their good optoelectronic
properties, which enable them solution processing techniques in organic optoelectronic devices.
Many conjugated materials have been investigated in polymer solar cells and organic field-effect transistors.
Among those conjugated materials, Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene (BDT) is one of the most
employed fused-ring building groups for the synthesis of conjugated materials. The symmetric and planar
conjugated structure, tight and regular stacking of BDT can be expected to exhibit the excellent carrier
transfer for optoelectronics. In this review, we summarize the recent progress of BDT-based conjugated
polymers in optoelectronic devices. BDT-based conjugated materials are classified into onedimensional
(1D) and two-dimensional (2D) BDT-based conjugated polymers. Firstly, we introduce the
fundamental information of BDT-based conjugated materials and their application in optoelectronic devices.
Secondly, the design and synthesis of alkyl, alkoxy and aryl-substituted BDT-based conjugated
polymers are discussed, which enables the construction of one-dimensional and two-dimensional BDTbased
conjugated system. In the third part, the structure modification, energy level tuning and morphology
control and their influences on optoelectronic properties are discussed in detail to reveal the structure-
property relationship. Overall, we hope this review can be a good reference for the molecular design
of BDT-based semiconductor materials in optoelectronic devices.
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- Jieyun Wu
- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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Yu J, Chen P, Koh CW, Wang H, Yang K, Zhou X, Liu B, Liao Q, Chen J, Sun H, Woo HY, Zhang S, Guo X. Phthalimide-Based High Mobility Polymer Semiconductors for Efficient Nonfullerene Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies over 13. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1801743. [PMID: 30693192 PMCID: PMC6343056 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201801743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Highly efficient nonfullerene polymer solar cells (PSCs) are developed based on two new phthalimide-based polymers phthalimide-difluorobenzothiadiazole (PhI-ffBT) and fluorinated phthalimide-ffBT (ffPhI-ffBT). Compared to all high-performance polymers reported, which are exclusively based on benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene (BDT), both PhI-ffBT and ffPhI-ffBT are BDT-free and feature a D-A1-D-A2 type backbone. Incorporating a second acceptor unit difluorobenzothiadiazole leads to polymers with low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital levels (≈-5.6 eV) and a complementary absorption with the narrow bandgap nonfullerene acceptor IT-4F. Moreover, these BDT-free polymers show substantially higher hole mobilities than BDT-based polymers, which are beneficial to charge transport and extraction in solar cells. The PSCs containing difluorinated phthalimide-based polymer ffPhI-ffBT achieve a substantial PCE of 12.74% and a large V oc of 0.94 V, and the PSCs containing phthalimide-based polymer PhI-ffBT show a further increased PCE of 13.31% with a higher J sc of 19.41 mA cm-2 and a larger fill factor of 0.76. The 13.31% PCE is the highest value except the widely studied BDT-based polymers and is also the highest among all benzothiadiazole-based polymers. The results demonstrate that phthalimides are excellent building blocks for enabling donor polymers with the state-of-the-art performance in nonfullerene PSCs and the BDT is not necessary for constructing such donor polymers.
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- Jianwei Yu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Research Institute for Natural SciencesDepartment of ChemistryKorea UniversitySeoul136‐713South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Research Institute for Natural SciencesDepartment of ChemistryKorea UniversitySeoul136‐713South Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM)Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)30 South Puzhu RoadNanjing211816China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic ElectronicsSouthern University of Science and TechnologyNo. 1088, Xueyuan RoadShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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Rossi S, Bisello A, Cardena R, Santi S. Testing the Conjugative Properties of Benzodithiophene and Benzotrithiophene in Charge Transfer Multi(ferrocenyl) Systems. Organometallics 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Serena Rossi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Ponomarenko AT, Tameev AR, Shevchenko VG. Synthesis of polymers and modification of polymeric materials in electromagnetic fields. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2018. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Yuan D, Medina Rivero S, Mayorga Burrezo P, Ren L, Sandoval-Salinas ME, Grabowski SJ, Casanova D, Zhu X, Casado J. Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Oligothiophenes Have Two Crossed Paths for Electron Delocalization. Chemistry 2018; 24:13523-13534. [PMID: 29873847 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A new series of electron-deficient oligothiophenes, thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione oligothiophenes (OTPDn ), from the monomer to hexamer, is reported. The optical and structural properties in the neutral states have been analyzed by absorption and emission spectroscopy together with vibrational Raman spectroscopy. In their reduced forms, these molecules could stabilize both anions and dianions in similar ways. For the dianions, two independent modes of electron conjugation of the charge excess were observed: the interdione path and the interthiophene path. The interference of these two paths highlighted the existence of a singlet diradical ground electronic state and the appearance of low-energy, thermally accessible triplet states. These results provide valuable insights into the device performance of TPD-based materials and for the rational design of new high-performance organic semiconductors.
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- Dafei Yuan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computational (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona, 08028, Spain.,Kimika Facultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, Donostia, 20018, Spain
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- Kimika Facultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, Donostia, 20018, Spain
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- Kimika Facultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, Donostia, 20018, Spain
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain
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Wang Y, Ke Y, Zhao Y. The hierarchical and perturbative forms of stochastic Schrödinger equations and their applications to carrier dynamics in organic materials. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Yu‐Chen Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fujian Provincial Key Lab of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fujian Provincial Key Lab of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fujian Provincial Key Lab of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen China
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Xu Y, Huang X, Yuan J, Ma W. From PCBM-Polymer to Low-Cost and Thermally Stable C60/C70-Polymer Solar Cells: The Role of Molecular Structure, Crystallinity, and Morphology Control. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:24037-24045. [PMID: 29944828 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b05795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The adoption of neat-fullerene (C60 and C70) in polymer solar cells offers opportunities to develop cost-effective and thermally stable devices. Here, through rational side-chain engineering of low optical-gap polymer poly(benzodithiophene-furan-diketopyrrolopyrrole)s (PBDs), we demonstrated for the first time a polymer/C70 blend exhibited higher efficiency (best 6.1%) compare to their polymer/[70]PCBM (best 5.7%) counterparts, and the best efficiency is at the front of efficient polymer/neat-fullerene solar cells. More importantly, we first demonstrated the morphology optimization methodology for solution-processed polymer/neat-fullerene blends in order to reduce the strong crystallization and aggregation of neat-fullerene molecules. In comparison with previous work, these results can provide not only material design strategy but also fundamental difference between polymer/neat-fullerene and polymer/PCBM blend morphology, which allow us better understanding of how to choose proper materials and optimize blend morphology in polymer/neat-fullerene based device to deliver higher photovoltaic performance.
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- Yalong Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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Ie Y, Kishimoto Y, Morikawa K, Aso Y. Synthesis, Properties, and Photovoltaic Characteristics of Donor-Acceptor Copolymers Based on Tetrafluoro-Substituted Benzodioxocyclohexene-Annelated Thiophene. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2018. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.31.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yutaka Ie
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University
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