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New small-molecular benzimidazole derivatives for photovoltaics: Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties and application in perovskite solar cells

Sergei Alexandrovich Kuklin 1, 2
Sergei Alexandrovich Kuklin
, 
Sergey Vladimirovich Safronov 1
Sergey Vladimirovich Safronov
,  , 
Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Khakina 1
Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Khakina
, 
Leonid Viktorovich Kulik 3
Leonid Viktorovich Kulik
, 
Dmitry Evgen'evich Utkin 4
Dmitry Evgen'evich Utkin
, 
Lyubov' Anatol'evna Frolova 2
Lyubov' Anatol'evna Frolova
,  , 
1 A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
2 Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
3 V.V. Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
4 A.V. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
10.1016/j.mencom.2023.04.003
Published 2023-04-13
Communication , Volume 33, Issue 3, 306-310
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Kuklin S. A. et al. New small-molecular benzimidazole derivatives for photovoltaics: Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties and application in perovskite solar cells // Mendeleev Communications. 2023. Vol. 33. No. 3. pp. 306-310.
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Kuklin S. A., Safronov S. V., Fedorovskii O. Y., Khakina E. A., Kulik L. V., Utkin D. E., Frolova L. A., Troshin P. A., Khokhlov A. R. New small-molecular benzimidazole derivatives for photovoltaics: Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties and application in perovskite solar cells // Mendeleev Communications. 2023. Vol. 33. No. 3. pp. 306-310.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.mencom.2023.04.003
UR - https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.1016/j.mencom.2023.04.003
TI - New small-molecular benzimidazole derivatives for photovoltaics: Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties and application in perovskite solar cells
T2 - Mendeleev Communications
AU - Kuklin, Sergei Alexandrovich
AU - Safronov, Sergey Vladimirovich
AU - Fedorovskii, Oleg Yuryevich
AU - Khakina, Ekaterina Aleksandrovna
AU - Kulik, Leonid Viktorovich
AU - Utkin, Dmitry Evgen'evich
AU - Frolova, Lyubov' Anatol'evna
AU - Troshin, Pavel Anatol'evich
AU - Khokhlov, Alexei Removich
PY - 2023
DA - 2023/04/13
PB - Mendeleev Communications
SP - 306-310
IS - 3
VL - 33
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@article{2023_Kuklin,
author = {Sergei Alexandrovich Kuklin and Sergey Vladimirovich Safronov and Oleg Yuryevich Fedorovskii and Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Khakina and Leonid Viktorovich Kulik and Dmitry Evgen'evich Utkin and Lyubov' Anatol'evna Frolova and Pavel Anatol'evich Troshin and Alexei Removich Khokhlov},
title = {New small-molecular benzimidazole derivatives for photovoltaics: Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties and application in perovskite solar cells},
journal = {Mendeleev Communications},
year = {2023},
volume = {33},
publisher = {Mendeleev Communications},
month = {Apr},
url = {https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.1016/j.mencom.2023.04.003},
number = {3},
pages = {306--310},
doi = {10.1016/j.mencom.2023.04.003}
}
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Kuklin, Sergei Alexandrovich, et al. “New small-molecular benzimidazole derivatives for photovoltaics: Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties and application in perovskite solar cells.” Mendeleev Communications, vol. 33, no. 3, Apr. 2023, pp. 306-310. https://mendcomm.colab.ws/publications/10.1016/j.mencom.2023.04.003.

Keywords

benzimidazole derivatives
cross-coupling
electron transfer materials
perovskite
power conversion efficiency.
small molecules
solar cells

Abstract

New small molecule photovoltaic materials containing benzimidazole fragment were prepared by cross-coupling of the corresponding 1-bromo-4-(imidazol-2-yl)benzenes with multiborylated/stannylated polycyclic (het)arenes. Energies of HOMO/LUMO levels were calculated from cyclic voltammetry and UV/VIS spectroscopy data and are within the ranges -5.27... -5.73 and -2.33...-2.89 eV, respectively. Solar cells based on three different perovskites as light absorbing layers and compound SM7 as electron transporting material demonstrated power conversion efficiency values up to 10.78% without doping additives or perovskite engineering.

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