Exploration and development of gold- and silver-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative coupling toward donor–acceptor π-conjugated polymer synthesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren J. Kang ◽  
Liwen Xing ◽  
Christine K. Luscombe

The synthesis of donor–acceptor conjugated polymers using Au- and Ag-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative coupling was achieved for the first time.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (15) ◽  
pp. 5427-5433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shugang Li ◽  
Zhongcheng Yuan ◽  
Jianyu Yuan ◽  
Ping Deng ◽  
Qing Zhang ◽  
...  

An expanded isoindigo unit (IBTI) has been incorporated into a donor–acceptor conjugated polymer for the first time. The PCE of the solar cell device based on the new polymer reached 6.41% with a fill factor of 0.71.


Author(s):  
Haofan Yang ◽  
Xiaobo Li ◽  
Reiner Sebastian Sprick ◽  
Andrew I. Cooper

A library of 237 organic binary/ternary nanohybrids consisting of conjugated polymers donors and both fullerene and non-fullerene molecular acceptors was prepared and screened for sacrificial photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. These donor-acceptor nanohybrids (DANHs) showed significantly enhanced hydrogen evolution rates compared with the parent donor or acceptor compounds. DANHs of <a></a><a>a polycarbazole</a>-based donor combined with a methanofullerene acceptor (PCDTBT/PC<sub>60</sub>BM) showed a high hydrogen evolution rate of 105.2 mmol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> under visible light (λ > 420 nm). This DANH photocatalyst produced 5.9 times more hydrogen than a sulfone-containing polymer (P10) under the same conditions, which is one of the most efficient organic photocatalysts reported so far. An apparent quantum yield of hydrogen evolution of 3.0 % at 595 nm was measured for this DANH. The photocatalytic activity of the DANHs, which in optimized cases reached 179.0 mmol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, is attributed to efficient charge transfer at the polymer donor/molecular acceptor interface. We also show that ternary donor<sub>A</sub>-donor<sub>B</sub>-acceptor nanohybrids can give higher activities than binary donor-acceptor hybrids in some cases.


2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 2711-2719 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Manjunatha ◽  
A. V. Adhikari ◽  
P. K. Hegde ◽  
C. S. Suchand Sandeep ◽  
Reji Philip

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haofan Yang ◽  
Xiaobo Li ◽  
Reiner Sebastian Sprick ◽  
Andrew I. Cooper

A library of 237 organic binary/ternary nanohybrids consisting of conjugated polymers donors and both fullerene and non-fullerene molecular acceptors was prepared and screened for sacrificial photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. These donor-acceptor nanohybrids (DANHs) showed significantly enhanced hydrogen evolution rates compared with the parent donor or acceptor compounds. DANHs of <a></a><a>a polycarbazole</a>-based donor combined with a methanofullerene acceptor (PCDTBT/PC<sub>60</sub>BM) showed a high hydrogen evolution rate of 105.2 mmol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup> under visible light (λ > 420 nm). This DANH photocatalyst produced 5.9 times more hydrogen than a sulfone-containing polymer (P10) under the same conditions, which is one of the most efficient organic photocatalysts reported so far. An apparent quantum yield of hydrogen evolution of 3.0 % at 595 nm was measured for this DANH. The photocatalytic activity of the DANHs, which in optimized cases reached 179.0 mmol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>, is attributed to efficient charge transfer at the polymer donor/molecular acceptor interface. We also show that ternary donor<sub>A</sub>-donor<sub>B</sub>-acceptor nanohybrids can give higher activities than binary donor-acceptor hybrids in some cases.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (34) ◽  
pp. 7096-7103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuangqing Yan ◽  
Bin Sun ◽  
Chang Guo ◽  
Yuning Li

Azothiazole (ATz) is used for the first time as an electron-acceptor building block for donor–acceptor polymers used in OTFTs.


Author(s):  
Xiaodong Zhao ◽  
Bo Chen ◽  
Wenbo Dong ◽  
Shengyao Wang ◽  
Yonggang Xiang ◽  
...  

Donor/Acceptor (D-A) conjugated polymers recently represent a promising platform for photocatalytic H2 evolution, and a variety of methods have been developed to expand the libray of conjugated polymer based candidates....


1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desta Gebeyehu ◽  
F. Padinger ◽  
C. J. Brabec ◽  
T. Fromherz ◽  
J. C. Hummelen ◽  
...  

The development of solar cells based on composites of organic conjugated semi-conducting polymers with fullerene derivatives can provide a new method in the exploitation of solar energy. Organic solar cells must fulfill the criteria of stability, efficiency and reduction of production costs to find new applications. Specially, the bulk donor-acceptor heterojunctions between conjugated polymers and fullerenes have been successfully utilized for photovoltaic devices with high carrier collection efficiency compared to the devices made from single components. In this work we present measurements of the photovoltaic response of bulk donor-acceptor heterojunction between the conjugated polymer (as a donor, D) poly(3- octylthiophene), P3OT and fullerenes, (as acceptor, A), deposited between indium tin oxide and aluminum electrodes. These devices are based on ultrafast, reversible, metastable photoinduced electron transfer and charge separation.The quality and homogeneity of composite films as well as the choice of the substrates strongly influence the efficiency of the solar cells. One of the most important limiting factors in the performance of this present types of molecular solar cells based on interpenetrating networks of conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives is the charge carrier transport in the active layer. This transport is driven by the electrical field provided externally by the top and bottom electrodes with different work functions. We present here efficiency and stability studies on large area (6 cm×6 cm) flexible plastic solar cells with monochromatic energy conversion efficiencyηeabout 1.4% and carrier collection efficiency nearly 20%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (23) ◽  
pp. 4533-4538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stijn Van Cleuvenbergen ◽  
Inge Asselberghs ◽  
Wouter Vanormelingen ◽  
Thierry Verbiest ◽  
Edith Franz ◽  
...  

Disubstituted poly(phenanthrene), a conjugated polymer, unexpectedly shows a record-high second-order nonlinear optical response, in absence of donor–acceptor substitution.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (42) ◽  
pp. 8873-8879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igo T. Lima ◽  
Chad Risko ◽  
Saadullah G. Aziz ◽  
Demétrio A. da Silva Filho ◽  
Jean-Luc Brédas

Orthogonally conjugated moieties appended to a conjugated polymer backbone are used to control solubility and packing. Here, electronic-structure calculations show how such configurations impact the polymer geometry and the electronic/optical properties.


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