1. Synthesis and Evaluation of Scalable D-A-D π-Extended Oligomers as p-Type Organic Materials for Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells.
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Osw, Peshawa, Nitti, Andrea, Abdullah, Media N., Etkind, Samuel I., Mwaura, Jeremiah, Galbiati, Alessandro, and Pasini, Dario
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SOLAR cells ,PHOTOVOLTAIC cells ,OLIGOMERS ,ORGANIC electronics ,MATERIALS - Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of four novel donor-acceptor-donor π-extended oligomers, incorporating naphtha(1–b)thiophene-4-carboxylate or benzo(b)thieno(3,2-g) benzothiophene-4-carboxylate 2-octyldodecyl esters as end-capping moieties, and two different conjugated core fragments, is reported. The end-capping moieties are obtained via a cascade sequence of sustainable organic reactions, and then coupled to benzo(c)(1,2,5)thiadiazole and its difluoro derivative as the electron-poor π-conjugated cores. The optoelectronic properties of the oligomers are reported. The novel compounds revealed good film forming properties, and when tested in bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic cell devices in combination with PC
61 BM, revealed good fill factors, but low efficiencies, due to their poor absorption profiles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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