Issue 85, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Thiazole as a weak electron-donor unit to lower the frontier orbital energy levels of donor–acceptor alternating conjugated materials†

Elena Zaborova,*a   Patricia Chávez,a   Rony Bechara,b   Patrick Lévêque,b   Thomas Heiser,b   Stéphane Méryc  and  Nicolas Leclerc*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l'Energie, l'Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7515, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
E-mail: leclercn@unistra.fr, zaborova@unistra.fr

b Laboratoire ICube, Université de Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess, CNRS UMR 7357, 67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

c Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7504, 23 rue du Loess, BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

Abstract

We demonstrate that the substitution of the thiophene by the thiazole heterocyclic compound as a weak electron-donor unit, in donor–acceptor alternating conjugated materials, allows a simultaneous downshift of both HOMO and LUMO levels while keeping the energy bandgap almost unchanged.

Graphical abstract: Thiazole as a weak electron-donor unit to lower the frontier orbital energy levels of donor–acceptor alternating conjugated materials

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC45481A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jul 2013
Accepted
30 Aug 2013
First published
30 Aug 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 9938-9940

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Thiazole as a weak electron-donor unit to lower the frontier orbital energy levels of donor–acceptor alternating conjugated materials

E. Zaborova, P. Chávez, R. Bechara, P. Lévêque, T. Heiser, S. Méry and N. Leclerc, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9938 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45481A

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