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Progressive fluorination of cyclopentadithiophene-benzothiadiazole (CDT-BT) monomers enforces backbone planarity and systematically stabilizes frontier orbital energies via noncovalent interactions, providing a precise molecular design strategy for organic photovoltaics. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To investigate how progressive fluorination controls structural planarity, charge distribution, and electronic energy alignment in cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole monomers.

September 3, 2026ChemistrySelectOpen Access

Fluorination‐Enforced Planarization for Enhanced Charge‐Transfer Stability in Cyclopentadithiophene–Benzothiadiazole Monomers

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ICImen Chérif MMMouslim Messali BABakhet A. Alqurashy

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Computational study demonstrates fluorination-driven planarization and energy stabilization in cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole monomers, highlighting strategies for organic photovoltaics.

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To investigate how progressive fluorination controls structural planarity, charge distribution, and electronic energy alignment in cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole monomers.
Evaluated three cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole (CDT-BT) monomers with progressive fluorination states (unfluorinated A1, monofluorinated A2, and difluorinated A3).
Performed density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) simulations to compute ground-state geometries, frontier orbitals, and visible absorption spectra.
Analyzed noncovalent interactions and electronic delocalization using QTAIM, RDG-NCI, ELF, LOL, Hirshfeld surfaces, and natural bond orbital (NBO) calculations.
Fluorination flattened the backbone structure, reducing donor–acceptor dihedral angles from 5.48° in A1 to 0.53° in A3 via stabilizing N⋯H and S⋯F noncovalent contacts.
Frontier orbital energies shifted downward from −5.378/−2.725 eV in A1 to −5.489/−2.837 eV in A3, while maintaining a nearly constant energy gap of approximately 2.65 eV.
Calculated optical spectra demonstrated dominant HOMO-to-LUMO transitions (>95%) with absorption peaks at 543–548 nm and altered dipole moments of 4.152 D in A2 and 3.991 D in A3.

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Chérif et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993600636c6408cfa7eb2d https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.74144

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September 3, 2026ChemistrySelectOpen Access

Fluorination‐Enforced Planarization for Enhanced Charge‐Transfer Stability in Cyclopentadithiophene–Benzothiadiazole Monomers

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Authors

ICImen Chérif MMMouslim Messali BABakhet A. Alqurashy

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Computational study demonstrates fluorination-driven planarization and energy stabilization in cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole monomers, highlighting strategies for organic photovoltaics.

Key Points

To investigate how progressive fluorination controls structural planarity, charge distribution, and electronic energy alignment in cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole monomers.
Evaluated three cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole (CDT-BT) monomers with progressive fluorination states (unfluorinated A1, monofluorinated A2, and difluorinated A3).
Performed density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) simulations to compute ground-state geometries, frontier orbitals, and visible absorption spectra.
Analyzed noncovalent interactions and electronic delocalization using QTAIM, RDG-NCI, ELF, LOL, Hirshfeld surfaces, and natural bond orbital (NBO) calculations.
Fluorination flattened the backbone structure, reducing donor–acceptor dihedral angles from 5.48° in A1 to 0.53° in A3 via stabilizing N⋯H and S⋯F noncovalent contacts.
Frontier orbital energies shifted downward from −5.378/−2.725 eV in A1 to −5.489/−2.837 eV in A3, while maintaining a nearly constant energy gap of approximately 2.65 eV.
Calculated optical spectra demonstrated dominant HOMO-to-LUMO transitions (>95%) with absorption peaks at 543–548 nm and altered dipole moments of 4.152 D in A2 and 3.991 D in A3.

Cite This Study

Chérif et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a993600636c6408cfa7eb2d https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.74144

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