Imide-and amide-functionalized polymer semiconductors

X Guo, A Facchetti, TJ Marks - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organic molecular and polymeric semiconductors are attractive for fabrication of cost-
effective, large-area, and mechanically flexible electronic devices via solution-based high …

Thienothiophenes, dithienothiophenes, and thienoacenes: syntheses, oligomers, polymers, and properties

ME Cinar, T Ozturk - Chemical Reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Heterocyclic compounds comprising various biochemical materials are an indispensable
member of our life such as nucleic acids. Moreover, many naturally occurring pigments …

Design and effective synthesis methods for high-performance polymer semiconductors in organic field-effect transistors

L Shi, Y Guo, W Hu, Y Liu - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
To date, versatile polymer semiconductors have been reported for field-effect transistors
(FETs). And the third-generation donor–acceptor (D–A) polymers have been among the …

A pentacyclic aromatic lactam building block for efficient polymer solar cells

J Cao, Q Liao, X Du, J Chen, Z Xiao, Q Zuo… - Energy & Environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
AD–A conjugated polymer (PThTPTI) was developed by using a brand new pentacyclic
aromatic lactam acceptor unit (TPTI). PThTPTI possesses good light absorption, thermal …

High-performance inverted PThTPTI: PC71BM solar cells

H Li, J Cao, Q Zhou, L Ding, J Wang - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract A highly efficient D–A conjugated polymer (PThTPTI) was applied in inverted
organic solar cells. Optimized PThTPTI: PC 71 BM cells give an outstanding PCE as high as …

Synthesis and properties of indigo based donor–acceptor conjugated polymers

C Guo, B Sun, J Quinn, Z Yan, Y Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Indigo is for the first time used as a building block to construct polymer semiconductors for
organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). Two donor–acceptor polymers using indigo as the …

A Sm(II)-Mediated Cascade Approach to Dibenzoindolo[3,2-b]carbazoles: Synthesis and Evaluation

MT Levick, I Grace, SY Dai, N Kasch, C Muryn… - Organic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Previously unstudied dibenzoindolo [3, 2-b] carbazoles have been prepared by two-
directional, phase tag-assisted synthesis utilizing a connective-Pummerer cyclization and a …

Reduced roughness for improved mobility in benzodipyrrolidone-based, n-type OFETS

JW Rumer, S Rossbauer, M Planells… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of six phenyl-flanked benzodipyrrolidone-based copolymers are designed and
synthesised: three exhibit backbone in-plane curvature or torsional twisting, while the other …

Hexacyclic lactam building blocks for highly efficient polymer solar cells

J Cao, C Zuo, B Du, X Qiu, L Ding - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Two hexacyclic lactam building blocks, TD1 and TD2, and four D–A copolymers have been
developed. Compared with thiophene copolymers, selenophene analogues PSeTD1 and …

Ethynylene-linked benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene-alt-diketopyrrolopyrrole alternating copolymer: optoelectronic properties, film morphology and photovoltaic …

H Wang, Y Ding, Y Lai, Z Sun, Y Liu, B Jiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
An ethynylene-linked benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene-alt-diketopyrrolopyrrole alternating
copolymer, EDPP, was designed and synthesized to improve the open-circuit voltage of …