Affiliation:
1. Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences for Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, via del Castro Laurenziano, 7, 00161, Rome, Italy
Abstract
Thiophene derivatives, either “small molecules,” oligomers, or polymers, play a
role of primary importance among organic semiconductors, therefore, they have numerous
and different technological applications in the field of Organic Electronics. For this reason,
thiophene-based materials are found in devices, such as Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
(OLEDs), Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs), organic solar cells (OSCs), organic photodetectors,
etc. Oligothiophenes and polythiophenes have common excellent charge transport
properties and synthetic procedures that are now well established. Furthermore, oligothiophenes
do not possess the intrinsic disadvantages of polythiophenes, such as the lack of welldefined
structures and the inevitable presence of impurities. Electrochemistry can give a significant
contribution to the field of oligothiophenes not only by allowing the determination of
the Highest-Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and the Lowest-Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) energy
levels by the means of Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), but also through rendering oligothiophenes syntheses more expeditiously
in comparison with the classical organic ones. This review outlines the application of electrochemistry techniques
in the synthesis of oligothiophene derivatives.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
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