Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronic Materials and Wearable Devices School of Materials Science and Engineering Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
2. Dongguan Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Science for Advanced Materials and Large-Scale Scientific Facilities School of Physical Sciences Great Bay University Dongguan 523000 P. R. China
3. Great Bay Institute for Advanced Study Dongguan 523000 P. R. China
Abstract
AbstractAldol condensation is a cost‐effective and sustainable synthetic method, offering the advantages of low complexity, substrate universality, and high efficiency. Over the past decade, it has become popular for creating next‐generation organic functional materials, particularly rigid‐rod conjugated (semi)conductors. This review focuses on conjugated small molecules, oligomers, and polymeric (semi)conductors synthesized through aldol condensation, with emphasis on their remarkable features in advancing n‐type organic field‐effect transistors (OFETs), organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs), organic photovoltaics (OPVs), and organic thermoelectrics (OTEs) as well as NIR‐II photothermal conversion. Coherence character, optical properties, microstructure, and chain conformation are investigated to understand material‐property relationships. Future applications and challenges in this area are also discussed.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China