Developments of Furan and Benzodifuran Semiconductors for Organic Photovoltaics
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2015-02-13
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Royal Society of Chemistry
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This review describes the developments of organic photovoltaic materials containing furan or benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran (BDF) building blocks. Promising power conversion efficiencies above 6% have been achieved in the past two years for the BDF donor-acceptor polymers. Fundamentals of organic photovoltaics are briefly introduced at the beginning of this review. The uniqueness and advantages of BDF building block in semiconducting materials are discussed and compared with benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene analogues.
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Organic pollutants, Organic conductors, Photovoltaic materials, Power conversion efficiencies, Semiconductors, Aromatic compounds, Furans, Benzodifuran, Polymers
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US National Science Foundation (Career DMR-0956116), NSF-MRI (CHE-1126177); Welch Foundation (AT-1740)
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©2015 The Royal Society of Chemistry. This article may not be further made available or distributed.