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  2. Ch&ChT Vol. 19, No. 1, 2025
  3. Modification by Fluorine as Efficient Tool for the Enhancement of the Performance of Organic Electroactive Compounds – A Review

Modification by Fluorine as Efficient Tool for the Enhancement of the Performance of Organic Electroactive Compounds – A Review

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Mariia Stanitska1,2, Mykola Obushak2, Juozas Vidas Gražulevičius1
Affiliation: 
1 Department of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Baršausko 59, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania 2 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 6 Kyryla i Mefodiya St., 79020 Lviv, Ukraine juozas.grazulevicius@ktu.lt
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https://doi.org/10.23939/chcht19.01.052
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Keywords: 
fluorine
luminescence
organic semiconductor
fluorescence
TADF
OLED
Abstract: 
Functionalization of organic semiconductors with fluorine atoms and fluorine-containing groups can give rise to a wide variety of properties, for example, increase the rate of electron transport, induce harvesting of non-emissive triplet excitons through thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) or room temperature phosphorescence (RTP), improve photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) by forming multiple intra- and intermolecular interactions, and increase solution-processabitily of the compounds, therefore, lowering the cost of device fabrication. Diverse synthetic approaches have been implemented to afford fluorinated organic semiconductors. In this review, we discuss some of the recent and most interesting organic semiconductors with C–F and C–CF3 bonds as well as their application.
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