Graphitic carbon nitride prepared from urea as a photocatalyst for visible-light carbon dioxide reduction with the aid of a mononuclear ruthenium(II) complex

• Kazuhiko Maeda,
• Daehyeon An,
• Ryo Kuriki,
• Daling Lu and
• Osamu Ishitani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1806–1812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.153

• emerging material as an organic semiconductor photocatalyst active for various kinds of reactions such as water splitting, CO2 reduction, and degradation of harmful organic compounds, because of its non-toxic, stable, and earth-abundant nature [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Our group has developed photocatalytic CO2

Copper-catalyzed asymmetric sp³ C–H arylation of tetrahydroisoquinoline mediated by a visible light photoredox catalyst

• Pierre Querard,
• Inna Perepichka,
• Eli Zysman-Colman and
• Chao-Jun Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2636–2643, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.260

• Pierre Querard Inna Perepichka Eli Zysman-Colman Chao-Jun Li Department of Chemistry, FQRNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada Organic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews

Syntheses of dibenzo[d,d']benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b']difuran derivatives and their application to organic field-effect transistors

• Minh Anh Truong and
• Koji Nakano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 805–812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.79

• . Keywords: furan; heteroacenes; organic field-effect transistors; organic semiconductor; Introduction Organic semiconductors have significantly been developed in the past two decades by virtue of their advantages, such as low weight, flexibility, large-area processability, which are different features from

Polythiophene and oligothiophene systems modified by TTF electroactive units for organic electronics

• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Neil J. Findlay and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1749–1766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.191

• this compound a promising p-type organic semiconductor material. The time of flight mobility for this compound was found to increase from 1.4 × 10−6 to 1.1 × 10−5 cm2 V−1 s−1, as the electric field increases from 1 × 105 to 4 × 105 V cm−1 [92]. Compound 54 (n = 1) was tested as a solution processable p

• organic semiconductor film spin-coated from this solvent revealed that, after annealing, the surface morphology consisted of large crystalline domains with a smooth grain boundary (Figure 6, centre). Such a striking difference in morphology of the films cast from chlorobenzene and CHCl3 is explained by

Thiazole-induced rigidification in substituted dithieno-tetrathiafulvalene: the effect of planarisation on charge transport properties

• Rupert G. D. Taylor,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Iain A. Wright,
• Neil Thomson,
• Olena Avramchenko,
• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Anto R. Inigo,
• Tell Tuttle and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1148–1154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.129

• transistors (OFETs) Compounds 1 and 2 were used in the fabrication of bottom-gate bottom-contact OFETs to give an indication on the applicability of these small molecules to organic semiconductor devices. The use of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) was investigated with pentafluorobenzenethiol (PFBT) and

Synthesis and properties of novel star-shaped oligofluorene conjugated systems with BODIPY cores

• Clara Orofino-Pena,
• Diego Cortizo-Lacalle,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Muhammad T. Sajjad,
• Pavlos P. Manousiadis,
• Neil J. Findlay,
• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Dimali Amarasinghe,
• Peter J. Skabara,
• Tell Tuttle,
• Graham A. Turnbull and
• Ifor D. W. Samuel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2704–2714, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.285

• Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XL, UK Organic Semiconductor Centre, SUPA, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK Institute of Physical-Organic Chemistry and Coal Chemistry, 83114 Donetsk, Ukraine 10.3762/bjoc.10.285 Abstract Star-shaped conjugated systems with varying

Solution processable diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) cored small molecules with BODIPY end groups as novel donors for organic solar cells

• Diego Cortizo-Lacalle,
• Calvyn T. Howells,
• Upendra K. Pandey,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Neil J. Findlay,
• Anto Regis Inigo,
• Tell Tuttle,
• Peter J. Skabara and
• Ifor D. W. Samuel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2683–2695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.283

• Diego Cortizo-Lacalle Calvyn T. Howells Upendra K. Pandey Joseph Cameron Neil J. Findlay Anto Regis Inigo Tell Tuttle Peter J. Skabara Ifor D. W. Samuel WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XL, UK Organic Semiconductor Centre, SUPA, School of

Aryl substitution of pentacenes

• Andreas R. Waterloo,
• Anna-Chiara Sale,
• Dan Lehnherr,
• Frank Hampel and
• Rik R. Tykwinski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1692–1705, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.178

• unsymmetrical substitution on the solid-state packing of the pentacene derivatives. The obtained results add to our ability to better predict substitution patterns that might be helpful for designing new semiconductors for use in solid-state devices. Keywords: carbon-nanomaterials; organic semiconductor

Crystal design using multipolar electrostatic interactions: A concept study for organic electronics

• Peer Kirsch,
• Qiong Tong and
• Harald Untenecker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2367–2373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.272

• isotropic charge transport compared to the “herring bone” stacking observed for other acenes. Keywords: aromatic stacking; charge carrier transport; crystal design; electrostatic control; organic semiconductor; organo-fluorine; Introduction Within a very few years the first organic semiconductors have

• electrostatically controlled crystal packing is the very poor solubility of 1. Theoretical study on electronic properties In order to explore the potential utility of 1 and its analogues as an organic semiconductor, the transfer integrals [20][21] for hole and electron transfer between the four closest pairs of

Synthesis of 3-(quinolin-2-yl)- and 3,6-bis(quinolin-2-yl)-9H-carbazoles

• Yang Li and
• Wentao Gao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 966–972, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.108

• considered to be potential candidates for electronic devices, such as color displays, organic semiconductor lasers, and solar cells because of their reversible electrochemical oxidation [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Currently, there is a strong interest in the synthesis of novel heteroarylcarbazole