Issue 2, 2018

Hole-transporting materials based on thiophene-fused arenes from sulfur-mediated thienannulations

Abstract

Dithienonaphthalene and dithienochrysene derivatives that bear diarylaminophenyl groups were prepared in two steps from commercially available compounds via a Sonogashira coupling, followed by a simple sulfur-mediated thienannulation. Owing to their relatively narrow HOMO–LUMO gaps, the thus obtained compounds showed bathochromically shifted UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra with higher quantum yields compared to the molecules without the diarylaminophenyl groups. Moreover, the suitable energy levels of their HOMOs and reversible redox properties permit applications for these compounds in hole-transporting layers in perovskite solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Hole-transporting materials based on thiophene-fused arenes from sulfur-mediated thienannulations

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
16 oct. 2017
Accepted
20 nov. 2017
First published
27 nov. 2017

Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 275-280

Hole-transporting materials based on thiophene-fused arenes from sulfur-mediated thienannulations

H. Lin, N. Mitoma, L. Meng, Y. Segawa, A. Wakamiya and K. Itami, Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, 2, 275 DOI: 10.1039/C7QM00473G

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