The role of chemical design in the performance of organic semiconductors

H Bronstein, CB Nielsen, BC Schroeder… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Organic semiconductors are solution-processable, lightweight and flexible and are
increasingly being used as the active layer in a wide range of new technologies. The …

n-Type organic semiconducting polymers: stability limitations, design considerations and applications

S Griggs, A Marks, H Bristow… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review outlines the design strategies which aim to develop high performing n-type
materials in the fields of organic thin film transistors (OTFT), organic electrochemical …

Chalcogen bonding in synthesis, catalysis and design of materials

KT Mahmudov, MN Kopylovich, MFCG da Silva… - Dalton …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Chalcogen bonding is a type of noncovalent interaction in which a covalently bonded
chalcogen atom (O, S, Se or Te) acts as an electrophilic species towards a nucleophilic …

Chalcogenophene comonomer comparison in small band gap diketopyrrolopyrrole-based conjugated polymers for high-performing field-effect transistors and organic …

RS Ashraf, I Meager, M Nikolka, M Kirkus… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The design, synthesis, and characterization of a series of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based
copolymers with different chalcogenophene comonomers (thiophene, selenophene, and …

Novel electrochromic materials based on chalcogenoviologens for smart windows, E-price tag and flexible display with improved reversibility and stability

R Song, G Li, Y Zhang, B Rao, S Xiong, G He - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
A series of electrochromic composites consisting of chalcogenoviologen-based ionic liquids
([C 6 EVC 6][TFSI] 2, E= S, Se, Te) and ferrocene-based ionic liquids ([FcC 11 ImC 1][TFSI]) …

Polymers and the p-block elements

AM Priegert, BW Rawe, SC Serin… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A survey of the state-of-the-art in the development of synthetic methods to incorporate p-
block elements into polymers is given. The incorporation of main group elements (groups 13 …

Selenium Substitution in Bithiophene Imide Polymer Semiconductors Enables High‐Performance n‐Type Organic Thermoelectric

J Li, M Liu, K Yang, Y Wang, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Designing n‐type polymers with high electrical conductivity remains a major challenge for
organic thermoelectrics (OTEs). Herein, by devising a novel selenophene‐based electron …

Narrow‐Bandgap Chalcogenoviologens for Electrochromism and Visible‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution

G Li, L Xu, W Zhang, K Zhou, Y Ding… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A series of electron‐accepting chalcogen‐bridged viologens with narrow HOMO–LUMO
bandgaps and low LUMO levels is reported. The optoelectronic properties of …

Semiconducting polymers containing tellurium: perspectives toward obtaining high-performance materials

EI Carrera, DS Seferos - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
The development of high-carbon-content polymers for optoelectronics is an area of intense
research; however, carbon-rich materials have certain limitations that arise from their …

Double Chalcogen Bonds: Crystal Engineering Stratagems via Diffraction and Multinuclear Solid‐State Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

V Kumar, Y Xu, DL Bryce - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Group 16 chalcogens potentially provide Lewis‐acidic σ‐holes, which are able to form
attractive supramolecular interactions with electron rich partners through chalcogen bonds …