Facile synthesis of fluorine-substituted benzothiadiazole-based organic semiconductors and their use in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells.

A facile new protocol for the synthesis of iodinated derivatives of fluorinated benzothiadiazoles is demonstrated for the production of p-type semiconducting materials. The newly synthesized small-molecule compounds bis[TPA-diTh]-MonoF-BT and bis[TPA-diTh]-DiF-BT exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 2.95% and a high open-circuit voltage of 0.85 V in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells.