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Pyo WJ, Kim G, Kim S, Oh H, Keum D, Kim B, Kim D, So C, Lee S, Jee DW, Jung IH, Chung DS. Advancing Fab-Compatible Color-Selective Organic Photodiodes: Tailored Molecular Design and Nanointerlayers. ACS NANO 2024; 18:17075-17085. [PMID: 38912604 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c03659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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High-performance organic photodiodes (OPDs) and OPD-based image sensors are primarily realized using solution processes based on various additives and coating methods. However, vacuum-processed OPDs, which are more compatible with large-scale production, have received little attention, thereby hindering their integration into advanced systems. This study introduces innovations in the material and device structures to prepare superior vacuum-processed OPDs for commercial applications. A series of vacuum-processable, low-cost p-type semiconductors is developed by introducing an electron-rich cyclopentadithiophene core containing various electron-accepting moieties to fine-tune the energy levels without any significant structural or molecular weight changes. An additional nanointerlayer strategy is used to control the crystalline orientation of the upper-deposited photoactive layer, compensating for device performance reduction in inverted, top-illuminated OPDs. These approaches yielded an external quantum efficiency of 70% and a specific detectivity of 2.0 × 1012 Jones in the inverted structures, which are vital for commercial applications. These OPDs enabled visible-light communications with extremely low bit error rates and successful X-ray image capture.
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- Won Jun Pyo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Organic and Nano Engineering, and Human-Tech Convergence Program, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Intelligence Semiconductor Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Intelligence Semiconductor Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- DONGWOO FINE-CHEM Co., Pyeongtaek 17956, Republic of Korea
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- DONGWOO FINE-CHEM Co., Pyeongtaek 17956, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Intelligence Semiconductor Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Organic and Nano Engineering, and Human-Tech Convergence Program, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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Ismail R, Guerra VLP, Kovaříček P. Sequential In-Situ Growth of Layered Conjugated Polymers for Optoelectronics Under Electrochemical Control. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300280. [PMID: 37503683 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Layered optoelectronic devices are manufactured using multistep procedures that require high precision in the spatial positioning of individual materials. Current technology uses costly and tedious procedures and instrumentation. In this work instead, we propose an approach which exploits the fundamental properties of the substrate to direct the growth of the next layer, here controlled by an electrochemical potential. We have electrochemically synthesized and characterized a series of polymeric materials that are most commonly used in the field. The films produced show gradient monomer ratios embedded in the polymeric film as a function of the distance from the working electrode. Under the optimized conditions, reproducible construction of simple electronic elements, e. g., rectifying diodes, is achieved. We argue that the sequential in situ method leads to gradient composition of polymer chains and the film resulting in the rectification of electric current. We discuss how this system can open new avenues in advanced optoelectronic applications, such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) or field-effect transistors (OFETs).
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- Rimeh Ismail
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Kundu G, Dash SR, Kumar R, Vanka K, Ghosh A, Sen SS. Enhancing Diradical Character of Chichibabin's Hydrocarbon through Fluoride Substitution. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300273. [PMID: 37409641 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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In this work, 5-SIDipp [SIDipp=1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-imidazolin-2-ylidene] (1) derived Chichibabin's hydrocarbon with an octafluorobiphenylene spacer (3) has been reported. The addition of two equivalents of 5-SIDipp with decafluorobiphenyl in presence of BF3 gives the double C-F bond activated imidazolium salt with two tetrafluoroborate anions, 2. Further reduction of 2 gives the fluorine substituted 5-SIDipp based Chichibabin's hydrocarbon, 3. Quantum chemical calculations suggested a singlet state of 3 with a singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔES-T ) of 3.7 kcal mol-1 , which is substantially lower with respect to the hydrogen substituted NHC-based Chichibabin's hydrocarbons (10.7 kcal mol-1 , B3LYP). As a result, the diradical character (y) of 3 (y=0.62) is also noticeably higher than the hydrogen substituted CHs (y=0.41-0.43). The ▵ES-T was found to be higher in CASSCF (22.24 kcal mol-1 ) and CASPT2 (11.17 kcal mol-1 ) for 3 and the diradical character (d) is 44.6 %.
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- Gargi Kundu
- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, 131029, India
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- Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Guijarro F, de la Cruz P, Khandelwal K, Singhal R, Langa F, Sharma GD. Effects of Halogenation on Cyclopentadithiophenevinylene-Based Acceptors with Excellent Responses in Binary Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:21296-21305. [PMID: 37073988 PMCID: PMC11165453 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c01487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In recent years, non-fused non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) have attracted increasing consideration due to several advantages, which include simple preparation, superior yield, and low cost. In the work reported here, we designed and synthesized three new NFAs with the same cyclopentadithiophenevinylene (CPDTV) trimer as the electron-donating unit and different terminal units (IC for FG10, IC-4F for FG8, and IC-4Cl for FG6). Both halogenated NFAs, i.e., FG6 and FG8, show red-shifted absorption spectra and higher electron mobilities (more pronounced for FG6) in comparison with FG10. Moreover, the dielectric constants of these materials also increased upon halogenation of the IC terminal units, thus leading to a reduction in the exciton binding energy, which is favorable for dissociation of excitons and subsequent charge transfer despite the driving force (highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital offsets) being very small. The organic solar cells (OSCs) constructed using these acceptors and PBDB-T, as the donor, showed PCE values of 15.08, 12.56, and 9.04% for FG6, FG8, and FG10, respectively. The energy loss for the FG6-based device was the lowest (0.45 eV) of all the devices, and this may be attributed to it having the highest dielectric constant, which leads to a reduction in the binding energy of exciton and a small driving force for hole transfer from FG6 to PBDB-T. The results indicate that the NFA containing the CPDTV oligomer core and halogenated terminal units can efficiently spread the absorption spectrum to the NIR zone. Non-fused NFAs have a bright future in the quest to obtain efficient OSCs with low cost for marketable purposes.
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- Fernando
G. Guijarro
- Instituto de Nanociencia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Nanotecnología
y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Nanotecnología
y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Physics, The LNM Institute
of Information Technology, Jamdoli, 302031 Jaipur, (Rai), India
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- Department of Physics, Malviya National
Institute of Technology, JLN Marg, 302017 Jaipur, (Raj.), India
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- Instituto de Nanociencia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Nanotecnología
y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Physics, The LNM Institute
of Information Technology, Jamdoli, 302031 Jaipur, (Rai), India
- Department
of Electronics and Communication Engineering, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jamdoli, 302031 Jaipur, (Rai), India
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He Q, Basu A, Cha H, Daboczi M, Panidi J, Tan L, Hu X, Huang CC, Ding B, White AJP, Kim JS, Durrant JR, Anthopoulos TD, Heeney M. Ultra-Narrowband Near-Infrared Responsive J-Aggregates of Fused Quinoidal Tetracyanoindacenodithiophene. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209800. [PMID: 36565038 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Narrowband photoresponsive molecules are highly coveted in high-resolution imaging, sensing, and monochromatic photodetection, especially those extending into the near-infrared (NIR) spectral range. Here, a new class of J-aggregating materials based on quinoidal indacenodithiophenes (IDTs) that exhibit an ultra-narrowband (full width half maxima of 22 nm) NIR absorption peak centered at 770 nm is reported. The spectral width is readily tuned by the length of the solubilizing alkyl group, with longer chains resulting in significant spectral narrowing. The J-aggregate behavior is confirmed by a combination of excited state lifetime measurements and single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements. Their utility as electron-transporting materials is demonstrated in both transistor and phototransistor devices, with the latter demonstrating good response at NIR wavelengths (780 nm) over a range of intensities.
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- Qiao He
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)SC), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Hydrogen & Renewable Energy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Physics and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)SC), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ, UK
- KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)SC), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Cuesta V, Singhal R, de la Cruz P, Sharma GD, Langa F. Reducing Energy Loss in Organic Solar Cells by Changing the Central Metal in Metalloporphyrins. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:3494-3501. [PMID: 33274829 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The effect of central donor core on the properties of A-π-D-π-A donors, where D is a porphyrin macrocycle, cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene is the π bridge, and A is a dicyanorhodanine terminal unit, was investigated for the fabrication of the organic solar cells (OSCs), along [6,6]-phenyl-C71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC71 BM) as electron acceptor. A new molecule consisting of Ni-porphyrin central donor core (VC9) showed deep HOMO energy level and OSCs based on optimized VC9:PC71 BM realized overall power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 10.66 % [short-circuit current density (JSC )=15.48 mA/cm2 , fill factor (FF)=0.65] with high open circuit voltage (VOC ) of 1.06 V and very low energy loss of 0.49 eV, whereas the Zn-porphyrin analogue VC8:PC71 BM showed PCE of 9.69 % with VOC of 0.89 V, JSC of 16.25 mA/cm2 and FF of 0.67. Although the OSCs based on VC8 showed higher JSC in comparison to VC9, originating from the broader absorption profile of VC8 that led to more exciton generation, the higher value of PCE of VC9 is owing to the higher VOC and reduced energy loss.
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- Virginia Cuesta
- Department of inorganic, organic and biochemistry, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Malviya National Institute of Technology, JLN Marg, Jaipur (Raj.), 302017, India
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- Department of inorganic, organic and biochemistry, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Physics, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Deemed University, Rupa ki Nangal, Jamdoli, Jaipur (Raj.), 302031, India
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- Department of inorganic, organic and biochemistry, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, Toledo, Spain
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Privado M, Guijarro FG, de la Cruz P, Singhal R, Langa F, Sharma GD. Fullerene/Non-fullerene Alloy for High-Performance All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:6461-6469. [PMID: 33524254 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Organic solar cells (OSCs) that contain small molecules only were prepared with FG1 as the donor, a narrow band gap non-fullerene acceptor MPU4, and a wide band gap PC71BM. The OSCs based on optimized FG1:MPU4 (1:1.2) and FG1:PC71BM (1:1.5) active layers, respectively, gave power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 11.18% with a short circuit current (JSC) of 19.54 mA/cm2, open circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.97 V, and fill factor (FF) of 0.59, and 6.62% with a JSC of 12.50 mA/cm2, VOC of 0.84 V, and FF of 0.63%, respectively. A PCE of 13.26% was obtained from the optimized ternary FG1:PC71BM:MPU4 (1:0.3:0.9) OSCs and this arises because of the boost in a JSC of 21.91 mA/cm2 and FF of 0.68. The VOC of the ternary OSCs (0.89 V) lies between those for the OSCs based on FG1:MPU4 and FG1:PC71BM, which indicates the formation of an alloy of the two acceptors. The increase in JSC and FF in the ternary OSCs may result from the efficient energy transfer from PC71BM to MPU4 as well as more charge-transfer donor/acceptor interfaces, enhanced charge carrier mobilities resulting in better adjusted charge transport, and lower bimolecular and trap-assisted recombination. The appropriate phase separation, increased crystallinity, and reduced π-π stacking distance in the ternary active layer are consistent with the enhancement in the FF for OSCs based on a ternary active layer. The results of this work suggest the merging of the fullerene acceptor into the non-fullerene acceptor to form a fullerene/non-fullerene acceptor alloy, and this may be a viable approach to obtain high-performance OSCs.
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- María Privado
- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 302017, Rajastan, India
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- Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Campus de la Fábrica de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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- Department of Physics, The LNM Institute of Information Technology (Deemed University), Jamdoli, Jaipur 302031, Rajastan, India
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Hayashi H, Barker JE, Cárdenas Valdivia A, Kishi R, MacMillan SN, Gómez-García CJ, Miyauchi H, Nakamura Y, Nakano M, Kato SI, Haley MM, Casado J. Monoradicals and Diradicals of Dibenzofluoreno[3,2- b]fluorene Isomers: Mechanisms of Electronic Delocalization. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:20444-20455. [PMID: 33206516 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The preparation of a series of dibenzo- and tetrabenzo-fused fluoreno[3,2-b]fluorenes is disclosed, and the diradicaloid properties of these molecules are compared with those of a similar, previously reported series of anthracene-based diradicaloids. Insights on the diradical mode of delocalization tuning by constitutional isomerism of the external naphthalenes has been explored by means of the physical approach (dissection of the electronic properties in terms of electronic repulsion and transfer integral) of diradicals. This study has also been extended to the redox species of the two series of compounds and found that the radical cations have the same stabilization mode by delocalization that the neutral diradicals while the radical anions, contrarily, are stabilized by aromatization of the central core. The synthesis of the fluorenofluorene series and their characterization by electronic absorption and vibrational Raman spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction, SQUID measurements, electrochemistry, in situ UV-vis-NIR absorption spectroelectrochemistry, and theoretical calculations are presented. This work attempts to unify the properties of different series of diradicaloids in a common argument as well as the properties of the carbocations and carbanions derived from them.
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- Hideki Hayashi
- Department of Materials Science, School of Engineering, The University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka-cho, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, United States
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Malaga 29071, Spain
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- Quantum Information and Quantum Biology Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Paterna 46980, Spain
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- Division of Molecular Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- Center for Spintronics Research Network, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
- Quantum Information and Quantum Biology Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, School of Engineering, The University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka-cho, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, United States
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Malaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Malaga 29071, Spain
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Guijarro FG, Medina Rivero S, Gunasekaran S, Arretxea I, Ponce Ortiz R, Caballero R, de la Cruz P, Langa F, Venkataraman L, Casado J. Synthesis and electronic properties of pyridine end-capped cyclopentadithiophene-vinylene oligomers. RSC Adv 2020; 10:41264-41271. [PMID: 35516533 PMCID: PMC9057865 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra08220a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A series of four oligomers of cyclopentadithiophene-vinylenes end capped with pyridine groups was prepared and their optical and electronic properties studied. Treatment with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) leads to the bisprotonation of the nitrogens of the pyridine, which has an important impact on the optical properties. Excess treatment with TFA provokes the oxidation of the conjugated core, generating radical cations and dications. The ease of the TFA treatment in solution was extended to protonation in the solid-state where further characterization of the neutral and TFA-treated samples was carried out in electrically active substrates in organic field-effect transistors. Finally, the new molecules were found to be excellent conductors in single-molecule junctions thanks to strong electron delocalization and resonance orbital mediated transport. These studies show the opening of a spectrum of possibilities by suitable terminal substitution of π-cores.
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- Fernando G Guijarro
- Instituto de Nanociencia, Nanotecnología y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Toledo Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Malaga Campus de Teatinos s/n 229071 Malaga Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Malaga Campus de Teatinos s/n 229071 Malaga Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Malaga Campus de Teatinos s/n 229071 Malaga Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia, Nanotecnología y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Toledo Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia, Nanotecnología y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Toledo Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia, Nanotecnología y Materiales Moleculares (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Toledo Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University New York 10027 USA
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University New York 10027 USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Malaga Campus de Teatinos s/n 229071 Malaga Spain
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Wang W, Ge L, Xue G, Miao F, Chen P, Chen H, Lin Y, Ni Y, Xiong J, Hu Y, Wu J, Zheng Y. Fine-tuning the diradical character of molecular systems via the heteroatom effect. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:1405-1408. [PMID: 31912829 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08538f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Heteroatoms were introduced as a novel modification strategy for fine-tuning the diradical character of molecular systems. Both the diradical character and the singlet-triplet energy gaps of diketopyrrolopyrrole based phenoxyl diradicaloids decreased as the size of the substituted heteroatoms (from O, S to Se atom) increased.
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- Wenxiang Wang
- Department School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering Institution University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, China.
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- Department School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering Institution University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, China.
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- Department School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering Institution University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, China.
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- Department School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering Institution University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education & Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices School of Physics and Electronics Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Analytical & Testing Center Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Department School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering Institution University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore
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- West China School of Public Health and Healthy Food Evaluation Research Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education & Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices School of Physics and Electronics Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore
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- Department School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering Institution University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 610054, China.
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Escayola S, Callís M, Poater A, Solà M. Effect of Exocyclic Substituents and π-System Length on the Electronic Structure of Chichibabin Diradical(oid)s. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:10845-10853. [PMID: 31460182 PMCID: PMC6648453 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ground state (GS) of Chichibabin's polycyclic hydrocarbons (CPHs) can be singlet [open- or closed-shell (OSS or CS)] or triplet (T), depending on the elongation of the π-system and the exocyclic substituents. CPHs with either a small singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔE ST) or even a triplet GS have potential applications in optoelectronics. To analyze the effect of the size and exocyclic substituents on the nature of the GS of CPHs, we have selected a number of them with different substituents in the exocyclic carbon atoms and different ring chain lengths. The OPBE/cc-pVTZ level of theory was used for the optimization of the systems. The aromaticity of the resulting electronic structures was evaluated with HOMA, NICS, FLU, PDI, Iring, and MCI aromaticity indices. Our results show that the shortest π-systems (one or two rings) have a singlet GS. However, systems with three to five rings favor OSS GSs. Electron-withdrawing groups (EWGs) and aromatic substituents in the exocyclic carbons tend to stabilize the OSS and T states, whereas electron-donating groups slightly destabilize them. For CS, OSS, and T states, aromaticity measures indicate a gain of aromaticity of the 6-membered rings of the CPHs with the increase in their size and when CPHs incorporate EWGs or aromatic substituents. In general, the CPHs analyzed present small singlet-triplet energy gaps, and in particular, the ones containing EWGs or aromatic substituents present the smallest singlet-triplet energy gaps.
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- Sílvia Escayola
- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut de Química
Computacional i Catàlisi and Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Maria Aurèlia Capmany, 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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Sun K, Liu Y, Wu Y, Guo X, Li J, Wang L. Application of quantitative prediction to design new organic dyes in dye sensitized solar cells. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.01.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Medina Rivero S, Mayorga Burrezo P, Sandoval-Salinas ME, Li T, Ramírez FJ, Casanova D, Wang X, Casado J. Isomerism, Diradical Signature, and Raman Spectroscopy: Underlying Connections in Diamino Oligophenyl Dications. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:1465-1470. [PMID: 29570949 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A diradical dication of a 4,4'-di(bis(1,4-methylphenyl)amino)-p-terphenyl oligomer has been characterized in solid-state by Raman spectroscopy and thermo-spectroscopy together with quantum chemical calculations. The diradical character has been evaluated on the basis of the Raman spectra and as a function of temperature. A complete understanding of the nature of the changes in solid state has been provided based on a pseudo-Jahn-Teller effect, which is feasible owing to the fine balance between quinoidal/aromatic extension among consecutive rings and steric crowding. This study contributes to the further comprehension of the molecular and electronic structures of these particular diradical molecules with strong implications on the understanding of the nature of chemical bonds in the limits of high electronic correlation or π-conjugation.
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- Samara Medina Rivero
- 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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- 2IKERBASQUE - Basque Foundation for Science (DC) & Donostia, International Physics Center & Kimika Fakultatea Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 4, 20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain.,Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain
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- 2IKERBASQUE - Basque Foundation for Science (DC) & Donostia, International Physics Center & Kimika Fakultatea Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 4, 20018, Donostia-San Sebastián, Euskadi, Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain
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