Recent advances of furan and its derivatives based semiconductor materials for organic photovoltaics

B Zheng, L Huo - Small Methods, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The state‐of‐the‐art bulk‐heterojunction (BHJ)‐type organic solar cells (OSCs) have
exhibited power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of exceeding 18%. Thereinto, thiophene and …

An Isomeric Solid Additive Enables High‐Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Developed Using a Benzo‐Difuran‐Based Donor Polymer

L Chen, J Yi, R Ma, L Ding, TA Dela Peña… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, nearly all high‐efficiency organic photovoltaic devices use donor polymers based
on the benzo‐dithiophene (BDT) unit. To diversify the choices of building blocks for high …

A Benzo [1, 2‐b: 4, 5‐b′] Difuran Based Donor Polymer Achieving High‐Performance (> 17%) Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells with a Fill Factor of 80.4%

J Yi, M Pan, L Chen, Y Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the field of non‐fullerene organic solar cells (OSCs), most of the promising polymer
donors are based on benzo [1, 2‐b: 4, 5‐b′] dithiophene (BDT) units while benzo [1, 2‐b: 4 …

Conjugated Mesopolymer Achieving 15% Efficiency Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells

B Zheng, J Ni, S Li, Y Yue, J Wang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The high‐performance organic solar cells (OSCs) tend to choose the polymers with high
molecular weight as donors, which easily produce good crystallinity to facilitate …

Fusion of Aza‐and Oxadiborepins with Furans in a Reversible Ring‐Opening Process Furnishes Versatile Building Blocks for Extended π‐Conjugated Materials

J Bachmann, A Helbig, M Crumbach… - … A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A modular synthesis of both difurooxa‐and difuroazadiborepins from a common precursor is
demonstrated. Starting from 2, 2′‐bifuran, after protection of the positions 5 and 5'with …

Torsional Profiles of Thiophene and Furan Oligomers: Probing the Effects of Heterogeneity and Chain Length

MA Perkins, LM Cline… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A systematic analysis of the torsional profiles of 55 unique oligomers composed of two to
four thiophene and/or furan rings (n= 2 to 4) has been conducted using three density …

A Modular and Catalytic Methodology To Access 2, 5-Furan-Based Phenylene/Thiophene Oligomers through a One-Pot Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling from 5 …

B Cigana, V Lapointe, MB Majewski… - The Journal of Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A library of 2, 5-furan-based phenylene/thiophene oligomers were synthesized starting from
5-bromofurfural, a derivative of biomass-derived furfural. Varied electronic groups are …

Exploring color space: an investigation of heteroaryl-substituted benzobis [1, 2-d: 4, 5-d′] oxazoles and their application in organic light-emitting diodes

DL Wheeler, S Tannir, HR Yakir, O Dishi, O Gidron… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This study investigates the use of heterocycles to design electrochemically stable, multi-
colored dopants for use in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). To this end, 24 furan-and …

Furylenevinylene Oligomers as Extended Conjugated Systems from Renewable Materials

C Mallet, P Frère - European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A series of furylenevinylene oligomers (FV) were synthesized from common furan platforms
derived of lignocellulosic biomass. Their electronic properties were evaluated by UV‐Vis …

Correlation of solid-state order to optoelectronic behavior in heterocyclic oligomers

D Karunathilaka, RMG Rajapakse, AE Hardin… - …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A longstanding challenge in the field of optoelectronic materials, the effects of solid-state
arrangement and morphology are still a prominent factor associated with small-molecule …