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Making silole photovoltaically active by attaching carbazolyl donor groups to the silolyl acceptor core
Baoxiu Mi1, Yongqiang Dong, Zhen Li
1Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract:
Appending carbazolyl groups to a hexaphenylsilole core yielded thermally and morphologically stable carbazolylsiloles; the silole carrying two carbazolyl peripheral groups showed photovoltaic activity.

