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Miao J, Wang Y, Liu J, Wang L. Organoboron molecules and polymers for organic solar cell applications. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 51:153-187. [PMID: 34851333 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00974e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are emerging as a new photovoltaic technology with the great advantages of low cost, light-weight, flexibility and semi-transparency. They are promising for portable energy-conversion products and building-integrated photovoltaics. Organoboron chemistry offers an important toolbox to design novel organic/polymer optoelectronic materials and to tune their optoelectronic properties for OSC applications. At present, organoboron small molecules and polymers have become an important class of organic photovoltaic materials. Power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 16% and 14% have been realized with organoboron polymer electron donors and electron acceptors, respectively. In this review, we summarize the research progress in various kinds of organoboron photovoltaic materials for OSC applications, including organoboron small molecular electron donors, organoboron small molecular electron acceptors, organoboron polymer electron donors and organoboron polymer electron acceptors. This review also discusses how to tune their opto-electronic properties and active layer morphology for enhancing OSC device performance. We also offer our insight into the opportunities and challenges in improving the OSC device performance of organoboron photovoltaic materials.
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- Junhui Miao
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China. .,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
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Squeo BM, Ganzer L, Virgili T, Pasini M. BODIPY-Based Molecules, a Platform for Photonic and Solar Cells. Molecules 2020; 26:E153. [PMID: 33396319 PMCID: PMC7794854 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26010153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY)-based molecules have emerged as interesting material for optoelectronic applications. The facile structural modification of BODIPY core provides an opportunity to fine-tune its photophysical and optoelectronic properties thanks to the presence of eight reactive sites which allows for the developing of a large number of functionalized derivatives for various applications. This review will focus on BODIPY application as solid-state active material in solar cells and in photonic devices. It has been divided into two sections dedicated to the two different applications. This review provides a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation as well as the conclusions that can be drawn. The main current research outcomes are summarized to guide the readers towards the full exploitation of the use of this material in optoelectronic applications.
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- Benedetta Maria Squeo
- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy;
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- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20132 Milano, Italy;
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- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IFN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20132 Milano, Italy;
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche (SCITEC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via A. Corti 12, 20133 Milano, Italy;
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Xu J, Zong Q, Peng S, Liao J, Zhao H, Kong H, Xu J. Design, Synthesis and Properties of Novel BODIPY Dyes With Styryl as π‐Bridge at 3,5‐Positions. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202001839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jian Xu
- College of Chemisry Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemisry Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemisry Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemisry Xiangtan University Xiangtan 411105 People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology Dongguan University of Technology Dongguan 523808 People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology Dongguan University of Technology Dongguan 523808 People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology Dongguan University of Technology Dongguan 523808 People's Republic of China
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Wang Y, Miao J, Dou C, Liu J, Wang L. BODIPY bearing alkylthienyl side chains: a new building block to design conjugated polymers with near infrared absorption for organic photovoltaics. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00868k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A new benzene-fused BODIPY unit for designing polymer donors with near-infrared absorption for organic photovoltaics.
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- Yinghui Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- People's Republic of China
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Marques dos Santos J, Jagadamma LK, Latif NM, Ruseckas A, Samuel IDW, Cooke G. BODIPY derivatives with near infra-red absorption as small molecule donors for bulk heterojunction solar cells. RSC Adv 2019; 9:15410-15423. [PMID: 35514843 PMCID: PMC9064333 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01750j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The study of small donor molecules as the active component of organic solar cells continues to attract considerable attention due to the range of advantages these molecules have over their polymeric counterparts. Here we report the synthesis and solar cell fabrication of three BODIPY small molecule donors. Two of the dyes feature triphenylamine and phenothiazine as donor units attached to the meso and α-positions of the BODIPY core (TPA-PTZ-DBP and PTZ-TPA-BDP). Additionally, we have synthesised a push–pull derivative featuring phenothiazine moieties in the α-positions and a nitrobenzene in the meso-position (N-TPA-BDP) in order to investigate what effect this type of functionalisation has on the photovoltaic properties compared to the other dyes. The optoelectronic properties were investigated and the dyes showed broad absorption in the near-infrared with high extinction coefficients. Electrochemical measurements indicated good reversibility for the dyes redox processes. In contrast with the all-donor functionalised systems, N-TPA-BDP demonstrated extensive HOMO–LUMO overlap by DFT. The dyes were investigated as donor molecules in bulk heterojunction solar cells along with PC71BM, and under optimal donor to acceptor ratio PTZ-TPA-BDP showed the highest PCE of 1.62%. N-PTZ-BDP:PC71BM was the only blend to further improve upon thermal annealing reaching the highest conversion efficiency among the dyes of 1.71%. A morphology comprised of finely mixed donor and acceptor components is observed for BHJ blends of each of the three donors at their optimum fullerene content. Upon thermal annealing, these morphological features remain mostly the same for PTZ-TPA-BDP:PC71BM and TPA-PTZ-DBP:PC71BM blends whereas for N-PTZ-BDP:PC71BM the domains show a larger size. These dyes show that phenothiazine functionalisation of BODIPY is useful for solar cells because it gives strong and broad absorption extending to the near infra-red and materials with reversible redox properties – both of which are desirable for organic solar cells. We report the synthesis of donor/acceptor functionalised BODIPY derivatives and their incorporation as donor molecules in bulk heterojunction solar cells.![]()
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre
- SUPA
- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of St. Andrews
- UK
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- Organic Semiconductor Centre
- SUPA
- School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of St. Andrews
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
- UK
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Ho D, Ozdemir R, Kim H, Earmme T, Usta H, Kim C. BODIPY-Based Semiconducting Materials for Organic Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics and Thin-Film Transistors. Chempluschem 2018; 84:18-37. [PMID: 31950740 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201800543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The rapid emergence of organic (opto)electronics as a promising alternative to conventional (opto)electronics has been achieved through the design and development of novel π-conjugated systems. Among various semiconducting structural platforms, 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) π-systems have recently attracted attention for use in organic thin-films transistors (OTFTs) and organic photovoltaics (OPVs). This Review article provides an overview of the developments in the past 10 years on the structural design and synthesis of BODIPY-based organic semiconductors and their application in OTFT/OPV devices. The findings summarized and discussed here include the most recent breakthroughs in BODIPYs with record-high charge carrier mobilities and power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). The most up-to-date design rationales and discussions providing a strong understanding of structure-property-function relationships in BODIPY-based semiconductors are presented. Thus, this review is expected to inspire new research for future materials developments/applications in this family of molecules.
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- Dongil Ho
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, Abdullah Gul University, Kayseri, 38080, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04066, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, Abdullah Gul University, Kayseri, 38080, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University Mapo-gu, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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Liao J, Zhao H, Xu Y, Zhou W, Peng F, Wang Y, Fang Y. Novel BODIPY dyes with electron donor variety for dye-sensitized solar cells. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra04402j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Four D–π–A organic sensitizers (CB1-4), with donor variety were synthesized. CB4, with the advantages of strong donor and suitable connect position presents the broad and intensive absorption, and the best photovoltaic performance with η of 4.28%.
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- Junxu Liao
- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan 523808
- People's Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan 523808
- People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan 523808
- People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan 523808
- People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan 523808
- People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology
- Dongguan University of Technology
- Dongguan 523808
- People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- South China University of Technology
- Guangzhou 510641
- People's Republic of China
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Srinivasa Rao R, Bagui A, Hanumantha Rao G, Gupta V, Singh SP. Achieving the highest efficiency using a BODIPY core decorated with dithiafulvalene wings for small molecule based solution-processed organic solar cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:6953-6956. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc03363j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel boron dipyrromethene based dye, coded as BODIPY-DTF, decorated with dithiafulvalene wings has been developed for solar cell application.
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- R. Srinivasa Rao
- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- New Delhi
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- India
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- New Delhi
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- CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
- New Delhi-110012
- India
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- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- New Delhi
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Zong Q, Zhao H, Zhou W, Zhang W, Liao J, Yang N. Novel Dual BODIPY-Carbazole Conjugates with Various Linkers. Aust J Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1071/ch16704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Four dual BODIPY-carbazole conjugates (BDPa–d, BODIPY is 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene), with various π bridges, including none, phenyl, thiophene, and furan, were designed and synthesized. The results suggest that the π bridges have significant effect on the thermal, photophysical, and electrochemical properties of the conjugates. BDPc and BDPd, with a five-membered heterocycle as a π bridge possessing more coplanar molecular geometry, exhibit broader and red-shifted absorption with an obvious charge transfer shoulder peak, as well as red-shifted emission. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry results show that the extension of the π-conjugated system leads to a reduction in the optical gap with a decrease of the LUMO level. All conjugates display remarkable Stokes shifts (107–216 nm) and low fluorescence quantum yields. BDPc and BDPd, which essentially possess broad and intense absorption, and suitable HOMO–LUMO energy levels, are potential candidates for light-harvesting and photovoltaic applications.
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Meng F, Sheng Y, Li F, Zhu C, Quan Y, Cheng Y. Reversal aggregation-induced circular dichroism from axial chirality transfer via self-assembled helical nanowires. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra00703e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Two chiral binaphthyl-based enantiomers, (R/S)-7, can produce gradual reversal AICD signals from solution to aggregation, which can be attributed to axial chirality transfer to self-assembled helical nanowires in aggregation state.
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- Fandian Meng
- Key Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Key Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Key Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Key Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Key Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Key Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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Brzeczek A, Piwowar K, Domagala W, Mikołajczyk MM, Walczak K, Wagner P. Systematic elongation of thienyl linkers and their effect on optical and electrochemical properties in carbazole–BODIPY donor–acceptor systems. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04984b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Synthesis, spectral and electrochemical properties of a series of new panchromatic BODIPY donor–acceptor–donor derivatives, comprising carbazole conjugated with systematically elongated framework by thiophene – based linkers were investigated.
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- Alina Brzeczek
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
- University of Wollongong
- Australia
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Silesian University of Technology
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
- University of Wollongong
- Australia
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Silesian University of Technology
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- Silesian University of Technology
- 44-100 Gliwice
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- Silesian University of Technology
- 44-100 Gliwice
- Poland
- Wrocław University of Technology
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- Silesian University of Technology
- 44-100 Gliwice
- Poland
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
- University of Wollongong
- Australia
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