Converting Thioether Waste into Organic Semiconductors by Carbon–Sulfur Bond Activation

Abstract

Agoal for human society is to convert organic waste into valuable materials.H erein, 2-(methylthio)-bezothiazole (MTBT), an important organic waste in urban runoff,w as catalytically converted into aseries of organic semiconductors through carbon-sulfur bond activation. The efficient conversion of various substrates with different aromatic moieties and reacting functional groups (tin and boron) proved the generality of this novel diarylation Liebeskind-Srogl methodology. Moreover,the resulting organic semiconductors showed excellent performance in field effect transistors and cell imaging. This contribution presents an excellent example of converting organic waste into valuable materials and may open an ew avenue to utilizing widely available aromatic thioethers.

Perspective: Phosphorus monitoring must be rooted in sustainability frameworks spanning material scale to human scale

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Influences of Structural Modification of Naphthalenediimides with Benzothiazole on Organic Field-Effect Transistor and Non-Fullerene Perovskite Solar Cell Characteristics

“…On the other hand, recently, benzothiazole in conjugation with a DPP molecular design has been introduced for semiconducting OFETs. 50 As-fabricated benzothiazole-DPPbased organic transistor devices exhibit good hole transport mobility (0.011 cm 2 /V•s). 50 Despite their good OFET properties, however, it is rarely employed to fabricate organic semiconductors and their uses in PSCs.…”

“…50 As-fabricated benzothiazole-DPPbased organic transistor devices exhibit good hole transport mobility (0.011 cm 2 /V•s). 50 Despite their good OFET properties, however, it is rarely employed to fabricate organic semiconductors and their uses in PSCs. As a result, it is an urgent task to explore benzothiazole-based small organic molecules with particular attention to the ETL for PSCs.…”