Effect of substituent structure in fluorene based compounds: Experimental and theoretical study
Sonia Kotowicz1, Daiva Tavgeniene2, Raminta Beresneviciute2
1Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9 Szkolna Str., 40-006 Katowice, Poland.
Abstract:
Fluorene-based low molar weight derivatives were synthesized in Suzuki reactions by using key starting materials 9-benzylidene-2,7-dibromofluorene or 3-(2,7-dibromofluoren-9-ylmethylen)-9-ethylcarbazole and various aryl boronic acids. Photophysical properties of the compounds were investigated in different solutions as well as in solid state. The thermal investigations showed that the obtained compounds are highly thermally stable with temperatures of 5% mass loss (T5%) in the range of 311-432 °C. Some of the compounds also exhibited very high glass transition temperatures exceeding 125 °C. The presented molecules were electrochemically active and showed the energy band gap below 2.97 eV. The investigations were supported by DFT calculations and the photovoltaic ability of the presented compounds was tested in the organic-inorganic solar cells.
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