Recent advances of dithienobenzodithiophene-based organic semiconductors for organic electronics

In recent years, fused aromatic dithienobenzodithiophene (DTBDT)-based functional semiconductors have been potential candidates for organic electronics. Due to the favorable features of excellent planarity, strong crystallinity, high mobility, and so on, DTBDT-based semiconductors have demonstrated remarkable performance in organic electronic devices, such as organic feld-effect transistor (OFET), organic photovoltaic (OPV), organic photodetectors (OPDs). Driven by this success, recent developments in the area of DTBDT-based semiconductors for applications in electronic devices are reviewed, focusing on OFET, OPV, perovskite solar cells (PSCs), and other organic electronic devices with a discussion of the relationship between molecular structure and device performance. Finally, the remaining challenges, and the key research direction in the near future are proposed, which provide a useful guidance for the design of DTBDT-based materials.

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Fused aromatic dithienobenzodithiophene (DTBDT)-based functional semiconductors have shown remarkable performance in organic electronics, including OFETs, OPVs, and OPDs. Research focuses on the relationship between molecular structure and device performance, with proposed future research directions.