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Chen J, Qiu F, Liao Q, Peng C, Liu F, Guo X. Side-Chain Optimization of Phthalimide−Bithiophene Copolymers for Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells with Large Fill Factors. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201800156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jianhua Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and; The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics; South University of Science and Technology of China; No. 1088, Xueyuan Road Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and; The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics; South University of Science and Technology of China; No. 1088, Xueyuan Road Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and; The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics; South University of Science and Technology of China; No. 1088, Xueyuan Road Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and; The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics; South University of Science and Technology of China; No. 1088, Xueyuan Road Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 P. R. China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and; Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA); Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
- Materials Sciences Division; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and; The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics; South University of Science and Technology of China; No. 1088, Xueyuan Road Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 P. R. China
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Zhou X, Chen P, Koh CW, Chen S, Yu J, Zhang X, Tang Y, Bianchi L, Guo H, Woo HY, Guo X. Polymer semiconductors incorporating head-to-head linked 4-alkoxy-5-(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thiazole. RSC Adv 2018; 8:35724-35734. [PMID: 35547934 PMCID: PMC9087827 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08360f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Head-to-head linked bithiophenes with planar backbones hold distinctive advantages for constructing organic semiconductors, such as good solubilizing capability, enabling narrow bandgap, and effective tuning of frontier molecular orbital (FMO) levels using minimal thiophene numbers. In order to realize planar backbone, alkoxy chains are typically installed on thiophene head positions, owing to the small van der Waals radius of oxygen atom and accompanying noncovalent S⋯O interaction. However, the strong electron donating alkoxy chains on the electron-rich thiophenes lead to elevated FMO levels, which are detrimental to material stability and device performance. Thus, a new design approach is needed to counterbalance the strong electron donating property of alkoxy chains to bring down the FMOs. In this study, we designed and synthesized a new head-to-head linked building block, 4-alkoxy-5-(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thiazole (TRTzOR), using an electron-deficient thiazole to replace the electron-rich thiophene. Compared to previously reported 3-alkoxy-3′-alkyl-2,2′-bithiophene (TRTOR), TRTzOR is a weaker electron donor, which considerably lowers FMOs and maintains planar backbone through the noncovalent S⋯O interaction. The new TRTzOR was copolymerized with benzothiadiazoles with distinct F numbers to yield a series of polymer semiconductors. Compared to TRTOR-based analogous polymers, these TRTzOR-based polymers have broader absorption up to 950 nm with lower-lying FMOs by 0.2–0.3 eV, and blending these polymers with PC71BM leads to polymer solar cells (PSCs) with improved open-circuit voltage (Voc) by ca. 0.1 V and a much smaller energy loss (Eloss) as low as 0.59 eV. These results demonstrate that thiazole substitution is an effective approach to tune FMO levels for realizing higher Vocs in PSCs and the small Eloss renders TRTzOR a promising building block for developing high-performance organic semiconductors. A new head-to-head linked thienylthiazole was synthesized, enabling polymer semiconductors with low energy loss of 0.59 eV in solar cells.![]()
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Huang J, Tang Y, Gao K, Liu F, Guo H, Russell TP, Yang T, Liang Y, Cheng X, Guo X. Head-to-Head Linkage Containing Dialkoxybithiophene-Based Polymeric Semiconductors for Polymer Solar Cells with Large Open-Circuit Voltages. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jun Huang
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
- Department
of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Department
of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), No. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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Sun S, Zhu C, Song D, Li F, Hu A. Preparation of conjugated polyphenylenes from maleimide-based enediynes through thermal-triggered Bergman cyclization polymerization. Polym Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3py00970j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Angiolini L, Brazzi A, Salatelli E, Van den Bergh K, Koeckelberghs G. Polythiophene Diblock Copolymer with Different Solvent Affinities of the Side-Chain Substituents: Solvatochromism and Effect on the Electronic Conjugation. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201300002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Izuhara D, Swager TM. Bispyridinium-phenylene-based copolymers: low band gap n-type alternating copolymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c0jm02530e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Van den Bergh K, De Winter J, Gerbaux P, Verbiest T, Koeckelberghs G. Ni-Catalyzed Polymerization of Poly(3-alkoxythiophene)s. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201000561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Van den Bergh K, Cosemans I, Verbiest T, Koeckelberghs G. Expression of Supramolecular Chirality in Block Copoly(thiophene)s. Macromolecules 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ma100266b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Karlien Van den Bergh
- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Guo X, Kim FS, Jenekhe SA, Watson MD. Phthalimide-Based Polymers for High Performance Organic Thin-Film Transistors. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:7206-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ja810050y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Xugang Guo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, and Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, and Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, and Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, and Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750
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Vandeleene S, Van den Bergh K, Verbiest T, Koeckelberghs G. Influence of the Polymerization Methodology on the Regioregularity and Chiroptical Properties of Poly(alkylthiothiophene)s. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma8008405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Steven Vandeleene
- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium
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Koeckelberghs G, Vangheluwe M, Persoons A, Verbiest T. Chirality in Poly(phenylene-alt-bithiophene)s: A Comprehensive Study of Their Behavior in Film and Nonsolvents. Macromolecules 2007. [DOI: 10.1021/ma071559n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Guy Koeckelberghs
- Laboratory for Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Electronics and Photonics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Bäerle P, Götz G, Synowczyk A, Heinze J. Donor-substituted oligothiophenes, 1 synthesis and properties of a series of methylthio oligothiophenes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/jlac.199619960219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Sahmetlioglu E, Yuruk H, Toppare L, Cianga I, Yagci Y. Synthesis and characterization of conducting copolymers of poly(vinyl alcohol) with thiophene side-groups and pyrrole. POLYM INT 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.1644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Jayakannan M, van Hal PA, Janssen RAJ. Synthesis and structure-property relationship of new donor-acceptor-type conjugated monomers and polymers on the basis of thiophene and benzothiadiazole. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.10107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Chevrot C, Sadki S, Kham K. Effect of the polydispersity on electrochemical properties in solution of poly(N-alkylcarbazole)s. Electrochim Acta 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0013-4686(00)00650-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ono N, Okumura H, Murashima T. Synthesis of oligo(thienylenevinylenes) substituted with alkoxy groups. HETEROATOM CHEMISTRY 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/hc.1062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Liu B, Yu WL, Lai YH, Huang W. Synthesis, Characterization, and Structure−Property Relationship of Novel Fluorene−Thiophene-Based Conjugated Copolymers. Macromolecules 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ma000866p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Bin Liu
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), National University of Singapore, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Republic of Singapore, and Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), National University of Singapore, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Republic of Singapore, and Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), National University of Singapore, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Republic of Singapore, and Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), National University of Singapore, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Republic of Singapore, and Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
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Gustafsson-Carlberg J, Inganäs O, Andersson M, Booth C, Azens A, Granqvist C. Tuning the bandgap for polymeric smart windows and displays. Electrochim Acta 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(95)00169-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pei Q, Zuccarello G, Ahlskog M, Inganäs O. Electrochromic and highly stable poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) switches between opaque blue-black and transparent sky blue. POLYMER 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0032-3861(94)90332-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 575] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Faïd K, Leclerc M. Thermochromic properties of polythiophenes: oligomers vs. polymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1039/c39930000962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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