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Schroot R, Schlotthauer T, Jäger M, Schubert US. Hydrophilic Poly(naphthalene diimide)-Based Acceptor-Photosensitizer Dyads: Toward Water-Processible Modular Photoredox-Active Architectures. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201600534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Robert Schroot
- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Humboldtstraße 10 07743 Jena Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Philosophenweg 7a 07743 Jena Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Humboldtstraße 10 07743 Jena Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Philosophenweg 7a 07743 Jena Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Humboldtstraße 10 07743 Jena Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Philosophenweg 7a 07743 Jena Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Humboldtstraße 10 07743 Jena Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena); Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Philosophenweg 7a 07743 Jena Germany
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Schroot R, Jäger M, Schubert US. Synthetic approaches towards structurally-defined electrochemically and (photo)redox-active polymer architectures. Chem Soc Rev 2017; 46:2754-2798. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00811a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
This review details synthetic strategies leading to structurally-defined electrochemically and (photo)redox-active polymer architectures,e.g.block, graft and end functionalized (co)polymers.
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- Robert Schroot
- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)
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- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena)
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Ogunsolu OO, Murphy IA, Wang JC, Das A, Hanson K. Energy and Electron Transfer Cascade in Self-Assembled Bilayer Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:28633-28640. [PMID: 27700038 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Current high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) rely on the incorporation of multiple chromophores, via either codeposition or preformed assemblies, as a means of increasing broad band light absorption. These strategies have some inherent limitations including decreased total light absorption by each of the dyes, low surface loadings, and complex synthetic procedures. In this report, we introduce an alternative strategy, self-assembled bilayers, as a simple, stepwise method of incorporating two complementary chromophores into a DSSC. The bilayer devices exhibit a 10% increase in Jsc, Voc, and η over the monolayer devices due to increased incident photon-to-electron conversion efficiency across the entire visible spectrum and slowed recombination losses at the interface. Directional energy and electron transfer toward the metal oxide surface are key steps in the bilayer photon-to-current generation process. These results are important as they open the door to a new architecture for harnessing broadband light in dye-sensitized devices.
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- Omotola O Ogunsolu
- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Materials Science and Engineering and ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Erothu H, Kolomanska J, Johnston P, Schumann S, Deribew D, Toolan DTW, Gregori A, Dagron-Lartigau C, Portale G, Bras W, Arnold T, Distler A, Hiorns RC, Mokarian-Tabari P, Collins TW, Howse JR, Topham PD. Synthesis, Thermal Processing, and Thin Film Morphology of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)–Poly(styrenesulfonate) Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Harikrishna Erothu
- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K
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- Business Line Display and Semiconductors (HNB), Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Chempark Leverkusen/Gebäude B 202, D-51368 Leverkusen, Germany
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- Belectric OPV GmbH, Landgrabenstr.
94, 90443 Nürnberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie
pour l’Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM) UMR 5254, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, 64053 Pau, France
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- Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie
pour l’Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM) UMR 5254, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, 64053 Pau, France
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- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, DUBBLE@ESRF
Beamline BM26, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, DUBBLE@ESRF
Beamline BM26, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- I07 Beamline, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Diamond Light Source Ltd., Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K
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- Belectric OPV GmbH, Landgrabenstr.
94, 90443 Nürnberg, Germany
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- Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l’Environment
et les Materiaux (IPREM UMR 5254), CNRS, 64053 Pau, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University College Cork and Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland
- Centre for Research on
Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and AMBER Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, University College Cork and Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K
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Schroot R, Schubert US, Jäger M. Block Copolymers for Directional Charge Transfer: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Properties of Redox-Active Triarylamines. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Robert Schroot
- Laboratory
of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Jena
Center of Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Jena
Center of Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Kolomanska J, Johnston P, Gregori A, Fraga Domínguez I, Egelhaaf HJ, Perrier S, Rivaton A, Dagron-Lartigau C, Topham PD. Design, synthesis and thermal behaviour of a series of well-defined clickable and triggerable sulfonate polymers. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra13867a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In the printing industry, the exploitation of triggerable materials that can have their surface properties altered on application of a post-deposition external stimulus has been crucial for the production of robust layers and patterns.
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- Joanna Kolomanska
- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
- Aston University
- Birmingham
- UK
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
- Aston University
- Birmingham
- UK
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
- Aston University
- Birmingham
- UK
- Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Warwick
- UK
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Monash University
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- Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand
- Equipe Photochimie
- UMR 6296
- Université Blaise Pascal
- 63171 Aubière Cedex
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
- Institut Plurisdisciplinaire de Recherche sur l'Environnement et les Matériaux
- UMR 5254
- 64 053 Pau Cedex 09
- France
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
- Aston University
- Birmingham
- UK
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Fraga Domínguez I, Kolomanska J, Johnston P, Rivaton A, Topham PD. Controlled synthesis of poly(neopentylp-styrene sulfonate) via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerisation. POLYM INT 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.4840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Isabel Fraga Domínguez
- Université Blaise Pascal, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand; Équipe Photochimie BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
- CNRS; UMR 6296, ICCF, Équipe Photochimie BP 80026, F-63171 Aubière France
- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry; Aston University; Birmingham B4 7ET UK
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry; Aston University; Birmingham B4 7ET UK
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry; Aston University; Birmingham B4 7ET UK
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- Université Blaise Pascal, Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand; Équipe Photochimie BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France
- CNRS; UMR 6296, ICCF, Équipe Photochimie BP 80026, F-63171 Aubière France
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry; Aston University; Birmingham B4 7ET UK
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Zhang YM, Wang X, Zhang W, Li W, Yang B, Li M, Zhang SXA. Cross polarization effect of donor-acceptor group on a potential single-molecule transistor. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.3345] [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]
Affiliation(s)
- Yu-Mo. Zhang
- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials; Jilin University; Changchun 130012 People's Republic of China
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Brendel JC, Liu F, Lang AS, Russell TP, Thelakkat M. Macroscopic vertical alignment of nanodomains in thin films of semiconductor amphiphilic block copolymers. ACS NANO 2013; 7:6069-6078. [PMID: 23746109 DOI: 10.1021/nn401877g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Though several techniques have been reported on the alignment of conventional block copolymers, the macroscopic vertical orientation of semiconductor block copolymer microdomains in thin films has still not been accomplished. Here, we report the control on the alignment of nanostructures in a semiconductor amphiphilic block copolymer comprising an amorphous triphenyldiamine hole conductor block and a hydrophilic poly(styrene sulfonate) segment. Three different compositions with a hole conductor content of 57, 72, and 79 wt % were synthesized using a combination of controlled reversible addition/fragmentation transfer polymerization and "click" chemistry. All polymers feature a narrow molecular weight distribution. Cryo-TEM reveals the formation of micelles in DMF solutions of the amphiphilic copolymer having nanoscopic dimensions. The micelle size correlates well with the X-ray analysis of dried bulk samples. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) confirms the micellar structure in the as-cast films. Thermal annealing causes an aggregation of micelles but did not lead to morphologies known for conventional block copolymers. However, annealing in saturated DMF vapor induces a morphology transition and a vertical orientation of the microdomains which was determined by grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and AFM. The morphology varies from lamella to cylinders with increasing content of the hole-conductor block. The orientation arises from the controlled evaporation of the solvent, a mechanism that is similar to that observed for conventional block copolymers. Our approach demonstrates the macroscopic vertical alignment of nanodomains in semiconductor block copolymers which is a key requirement for applications in hybrid devices.
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- Johannes C Brendel
- Applied Functional Polymers, Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Moad G, Rizzardo E, Thang SH. RAFT Polymerization and Some of its Applications. Chem Asian J 2013; 8:1634-44. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201300262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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