A carbon-oxygen-bridged ladder-type donor unit (CO5) was invented and prepared via an "intramolecu- lar demethanolization cyclization" approach. Its single crystal structure indicates enhanced planarity compared w...A carbon-oxygen-bridged ladder-type donor unit (CO5) was invented and prepared via an "intramolecu- lar demethanolization cyclization" approach. Its single crystal structure indicates enhanced planarity compared with the carbon-bridged analogue indacenodithiophene (IDT). Owing to the stronger electron-donating capability of CO5 than IDT, CO5-based donor and acceptor materials show narrower bandgaps. A donor-acceptor (D-A) copolymer donor (PCO5TPD) and an A-D-A nonfullerene acceptor (COSIC) demonstrated higher performance than IDT-based counterparts, PIDTTPD and IDTIC, respec-tively. The better performance of CO5-based materials results from their stronger light-harvesting capability and higher charge-carrier mobilities.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1401244, 21374025, 21372053, 21572041, and 51503050)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51673218) for financial support+2 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0206600)the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices (2016-skllmd-05)the Youth Association for Promoting Innovation (CAS)
文摘A carbon-oxygen-bridged ladder-type donor unit (CO5) was invented and prepared via an "intramolecu- lar demethanolization cyclization" approach. Its single crystal structure indicates enhanced planarity compared with the carbon-bridged analogue indacenodithiophene (IDT). Owing to the stronger electron-donating capability of CO5 than IDT, CO5-based donor and acceptor materials show narrower bandgaps. A donor-acceptor (D-A) copolymer donor (PCO5TPD) and an A-D-A nonfullerene acceptor (COSIC) demonstrated higher performance than IDT-based counterparts, PIDTTPD and IDTIC, respec-tively. The better performance of CO5-based materials results from their stronger light-harvesting capability and higher charge-carrier mobilities.