Interaction of a pyrene derivative with cationic [60]fullerene in phospholipid membranes and its effects on photodynamic actions

• Hayato Takagi,
• Çetin Çelik,
• Ryosuke Fukuda,
• Qi Guo,
• Tomohiro Higashino,
• Hiroshi Imahori,
• Yoko Yamakoshi and
• Tatsuya Murakami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2732–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.231

• safer control of Vm. Keywords: liposome; π–π interaction; reactive oxygen species; superoxide radical anion; Introduction The [60]fullerene (C60) is known as an excellent electron acceptor [1][2] and is commonly used in organic solar cell applications [3]. Taking advantage of the fact that C60 can be

Scope of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines in CuAAC reactions for the synthesis of triazoloquinoxalines, imidazoloquinoxalines, and rhenium complexes thereof

• Laura Holzhauer,
• Chloé Liagre,
• Olaf Fuhr,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1088–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.111

• possess antibacterial [2], antifungal [3], and antiviral properties [4] and form the core structure of commercially available drugs like brimonidine, varenicline, and quinacillin [5]. Quinoxalines can also be used in organic solar cell polymers [1][6] and have been described as donor moieties in many TADF

Effect of the π-conjugation length on the properties and photovoltaic performance of A–π–D–π–A type oligothiophenes with a 4,8-bis(thienyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene core

• Ni Yin,
• Lilei Wang,
• Yi Lin,
• Jinduo Yi,
• Lingpeng Yan,
• Junyan Dou,
• Hai-Bo Yang,
• Xin Zhao and
• Chang-Qi Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1788–1797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.169

• ; benzodithiophene; π-bridge; chain length effect; organic solar cell; Introduction Solution-processed organic solar cells (OSCs) are considered to be one of the most promising renewable energy technologies because of the advantages of low cost, lightweight, flexibility, and great potentials in large-scale

Separation and identification of indene–C₇₀ bisadduct isomers

• Bolong Zhang,
• Jegadesan Subbiah,
• David J. Jones and
• Wallace W. H. Wong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 903–911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.88

• configuration were deduced using a variety of analytical techniques including 1H and 13C NMR and UV–vis spectroscopy. The electrochemical properties and the organic solar cell device performance were investigated for fractions where a reasonable quantity of sample could be isolated. Keywords: chromatographic

• separation; electron acceptor; fullerene bisadduct; organic solar cell; regioisomers; Introduction Organic solar cells (OSCs) are an emerging renewable energy technology that has achieved remarkable progress over the past two decades. Compared to traditional inorganic semiconductor solar cells, OSCs promise

• ]. While high material purity and composition is generally considered an advantage for organic electronic materials, the material criteria for bulk heterojunction organic solar cell applications is less clear. This is owing to the fact that bulk heterojunctions are a mixture of at least two materials (an

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

• homogeneous blend morphology leading to improved charge carrier transport and increased Jsc. Since the use of o-DCB as the solvent for spincoating provided better performance for BHJSCs than chloroform, it was used for the fabrication of a single material organic solar cell (SMOSC) (Table 3). The SMOSC

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

• in the region where 9 and 10 have poor absorption (300–500 nm). Absorption is an important process in the function of an organic solar cell but, as previously discussed, it is not the sole process in the operation of an organic solar cell. The dissociation of the coulombically bound electron–hole

Controlled synthesis of poly(3-hexylthiophene) in continuous flow

• Helga Seyler,
• Jegadesan Subbiah,
• David J. Jones,
• Andrew B. Holmes and
• Wallace W. H. Wong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1492–1500, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.170

• : conjugated polymers; continuous-flow synthesis; controlled polymerization; flow chemistry; organic solar cell materials; Introduction Poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, is the most investigated material in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSC) [1]. The reasons for its dominance in the field include

• , and procedures for device preparation. Acknowledgements This work was made possible by support from the Australian Solar Institute (Fellowship for W. W. H. Wong and project grant), the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium, the Victorian State Government Department of Business Innovation (Victorian

Enhancement of efficiency in organic photovoltaic devices containing self-complementary hydrogen-bonding domains

• Rohan J. Kumar,
• Jegadesan Subbiah and
• Andrew B. Holmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1102–1110, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.122

• Victorian State Government (DBI-VSA and DPI-ETIS) for generous financial support of the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium. We thank Dr R. A. Evans, M. Gao and Mr A. Gupta (CSIRO) for their interest in this work.

Imidazole as a parent π-conjugated backbone in charge-transfer chromophores

• Jiří Kulhánek and
• Filip Bureš

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 25–49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.4

• ]. As a materials researcher, Sellinger applied these n-type conjugated materials as small-molecule electron acceptors. The combination of V-BT (114) with polyhexylthiophene donor (P3HT) in an initial organic solar cell showed high external quantum efficiencies exceeding 14%. Sellinger’s further efforts