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About: Organic semiconductor is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 15905 publications have been published within this topic receiving 533881 citations.


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TL;DR: It is shown that the neglect of electronic polarization leads to qualitatively incorrect values and trends for the transfer integrals computed with the energy splitting method, even in simple prototypes such as ethylene or pentacene dimers.
Abstract: Theoretical investigations of charge transport in organic materials are generally based on the "energy splitting in dimer" method and routinely assume that the transport parameters (site energies and transfer integrals) determined from monomer and dimer calculations can be reliably used to describe extended systems. Here, we demonstrate that this transferability can fail even in molecular crystals with weak van der Waals intermolecular interactions, due to the substantial (but often ignored) impact of polarization effects, particularly on the site energies. We show that the neglect of electronic polarization leads to qualitatively incorrect values and trends for the transfer integrals computed with the energy splitting method, even in simple prototypes such as ethylene or pentacene dimers. The polarization effect in these systems is largely electrostatic in nature and can change dramatically upon transition from a dimer to an extended system. For example, the difference in site energy for a prototypical "face-to-edge" one-dimensional stack of pentacene molecules is calculated to be 30% greater than that in the "face-to-edge" dimer, whereas the site energy difference in the pentacene crystal is vanishingly small. Importantly, when computed directly in the framework of localized monomer orbitals, the transfer integral values for dimer and extended systems are very similar.

722 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used inverse photoelectron spectroscopy (IPES) and ultraviolet photo-electron (UPS) to investigate unoccupied and occupied electronic states of five organic semiconductor materials: CuPc (copper phthalocyanine), PTCDA (3,4,9,10-perylenetetetracarboxylic dianhydride), α-6T (α-sexithiophene), αNPD (N,N, naphthyl)-l,l′ biphenyl

711 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a thermal annealing process was applied to a blend of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)-propyl-1-phenyl-(6,6)C61 (PCBM) to achieve a power conversion efficiency of 3% under air mass 1.5 simulated solar illumination.
Abstract: Here we report enhanced efficiency bulk heterojunction organic solar cells using blend films of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)-propyl-1-phenyl-(6,6)C61 (PCBM) that are subjected to a thermal annealing process. Blend films (P3HT:PCBM=1:1 by weight) were prepared using chlorobenzene and 1,2-dichlorobenzene in order to investigate the role of the solvent. Irrespective of the chosen solvent, the optimal device annealing temperature was found to be 140 °C. The highest power conversion efficiency, 3% under air mass 1.5 simulated solar illumination (100mW∕cm2), was achieved by device annealing at 140 °C for 15 min using blend films prepared from chlorobenzene (2.3% for 1,2-dichlorobenzene).

709 citations

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TL;DR: This review will focus on synthetic strategies that have been investigated for the preparation of optoelectronically active solution-processable dendritic materials and concentrate on two different applications, namely OLEDs and solar cells, in which they have been used.
Abstract: Introduction: Branched macromolecules or dendrimers have provided a rich seam of research in terms of both innovative chemistry and applications.1-14 For example, dendrimers have been studied for use as low-dielectric materials,15 as templates for the growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes,16 as catalysts,17-19 and in biological applications,20-23 including biosensors,24 magnetic resonance imaging,25-28 and drug delivery.29-33 However, it has only been more recently that such macromolecular structures have been explored in terms of their electronic and optoelectronic properties, which is the focus of this series of reviews. For example, charge-transporting dendrimers have become an important class of organic semiconducting material34 and significant effort has focused on light harvesting and energy transfer from a peripheral dye or chromophore to an emissive dye at the center or focus of the dendrimer.35-39 Organic semiconductors have become increasingly important as the active component in applications including organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs),40-42 transistors,43,44 photovoltaic (PV) cells,45,46 optical amplifiers,47,48 and lasers.49-51 Traditionally, organic semiconductors have fallen into two main classes, small molecules and polymers, and these materials and their applications will be covered in detail by other authors. Small molecules are generally processed by evaporation techniques and have the advantages that the structure−property relationships are relatively simple to understand, the materials are mono(disperse), and they are deposited in a pure form. On the other hand, conjugated polymers are soluble and can be deposited from solution by processes such as spin-coating and ink-jet printing, which opens up the exciting prospect of simple, fast, large-area, low-temperature device manufacturing. An additional advantage for conjugated polymers is that solution processing is potentially less wasteful of material than evaporation for devices that require patterning. However, it is often difficult to control the polydispersity, molecular weight, backbone defects, and end groups of conjugated polymers reproducibly. Branched macromolecules, known as dendrimers, also have the advantage of being solution processable but by careful design can incorporate the control over the optoelectronic properties that is reminiscent of small molecules. In addition, the dendritic architecture provides a number of other attractive properties, including the ability to independently control the processing and optoelectronic properties; providing the processing power to enable simple chromophores to be deposited as stable amorphous films; dendrimer generation as a tool for controlling the intermolecular interactions that govern device performance; and the ability in well-defined dendrimers to have high chemical purity. In this review, we will focus on synthetic strategies that have been investigated for the preparation of optoelectronically active solution-processable dendritic materials and concentrate on two different applications, namely OLEDs and solar cells, in which they have been used. In the context of OLEDs, we limit the discussion to light emission, as branched macromolecules for charge transport will be discussed in the review by Shirota. We will also briefly comment on other recent light-emitting and -absorbing branched molecular materials that have been used in OLEDs and solar cells.

707 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss synthetic routes to principal conjugated polymers such as poly(acetylene), polyheterocyclic polymers, poly( p -phenylene vinylene)s, aromatic poly(azomethine)s and poly(aniline) with special emphasis on the preparation of solution (and in some cases thermally) processible polyconjugated systems.

706 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023258
2022558
2021580
2020697
2019701
2018713