Fabrication of alternating copolymers based on cyclopentadithiophene-benzothiadiazole dicarboxylic imide with reduced optical band gap: synthesis, optical, electrochemical, thermal, and structural properties was written by Murad, Ary R.;Iraqi, Ahmed;Aziz, Shujahadeen B.;Abdullah, Sozan N.;Brza, Mohamad A.;Saeed, Salah R.;Abdulwahid, Rebar T.. And the article was included in Polymers (Basel, Switzerland) in 2021.Category: iodides-buliding-blocks This article mentions the following:
A series of alternating copolymers containing cyclopentadithiophene (CPDT) flanked by thienyl moieties as electron-donor units and benzothiadiazole dicarboxylic imide (BTDI) as electron-acceptor units were designed and synthesized for solar cell applications. Different solubilizing side chains, including 2-ethylhexyl chains and n-octyl chains were attached to CPDT units, whereas 3,7-dimethyloctyl chains and n-octyl chains were anchored to the BTDI moieties. The impact of these substituents on the solubilities, mol. weights, optical and electrochem. properties, and thermal and structural properties of the resulting polymers was investigated. PCPDTDTBTDI-EH, DMO was synthesized via Suzuki polymerization, whereas PCPDTDTBTDI-8, DMO, and PCPDTDTBTDI-EH, 8 were prepared through direct arylation polymerization PCPDTDTBTDI-8, DMO has the highest number average mol. weight (Mn = 17,400 g mol-1) among all polymers prepared The PCPDTDTBTDI-8, DMO and PCPDTDTBTDI-8, 8 which have n-octyl substituents on their CPDT units have comparable optical band gaps (Eg â?1.3 eV), which are around 0.1 eV lower than PCPDTDTBTDI-EH, DMO analogs that have 2-ethylhexyl substituents on their CPDT units. The polymers have their HOMO levels between -5.10 and -5.22 eV with PCPDTDTBTDI-EH, DMO having the deepest HOMO (HOMO) energy level. The LUMO (LUMO) levels of the polymers are between -3.4 and -3.5 eV. All polymers exhibit good thermal stability with decomposition temperatures surpassing 350 °C. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies have shown that all polymers have the amorphous nature in solid state. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Bis(2-iodothiophen-3-yl)methanone (cas: 474416-61-0Category: iodides-buliding-blocks).
Bis(2-iodothiophen-3-yl)methanone (cas: 474416-61-0) belongs to iodide derivatives. In general, organic iodides are light-sensitive and turn yellow during storage, owing to the formation of iodine. Polyiodoorganic compounds are sometimes employed as X-ray contrast agents, in fluoroscopy, a type of medical imaging. This application exploits the X-ray absorbing ability of the heavy iodine nucleus.Category: iodides-buliding-blocks
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