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Product Code M2464A1-250mg
Price $330

Small Self-Assembled Monolayer Molecule for High Efficiency Solar Cells

Bipodal hole transport or extraction layer for NFA-polymer solar cells and p-i-n perovskite solar cells


Product Information | MSDS | Literature and Reviews


3-BPIC-F is a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) material that consists of a 3,8-difluoroindolo[2,3-a]carbazole terminal functional group with two phosphonic acid anchors and propanyl spacers that join the anchors to the electron rich terminal. 3-BPIC-F is the fluorinated derivative of 3-BPIC. The incorporation of electron-withdrawing fluorine atoms enables the ITO/3-BPIC-F substrate with an enlarged work function (WF), showing a deeper highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level and a larger dipole moment while compared to those of 3-BPIC.

As the hole selective contact, the self-assembled 3-BPIC-F monolayer not only improves the hole extraction rate within the device but also lowers the interfacial impedance to reduce nonradiative recombination at the interface. Moreover, organic solar cells based on 3-BPIC-F as the interface between the anode and photoactive layer exhibit enhanced operational stability compared to those based on PEDOT:PSS as the hole extraction layer (HEL). Record high device power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.71% was achieved for polymeric organic non-fullerene solar cell based on PM6:L8-BO:BTP-ec9 (1:1:0.3 w/w) as the active layer, and 3-BPIC-F as the SAM interface with a simplified structure of ITO/3-BPIC-F/PM6:L8-BO:BTP-ec9/PNDIT-F3N/Ag.

Serving as hole selective contact for organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells, 3-BPIC-F is an alternative to PEDOT:PSS with superior performance with the convenience of solution deposition at low concentration, i.e. 1 mM.

Solution Processing Procedure

Typical processing solvents: Ethanol, methanol, IPA, DMF, THF

Typical concentration: 1 mM - 1.0 mg/ml

Typical processing procedure:  3-BPIC-F is dissolved in ethanol at the concentration of 0.9 mg/mL. The ITO/SAM monolayer film is deposited by spin-coating the solution on the top of the ITO glass substrate at 3000 rpm for 20 s and then annealed in air for 10 min. The ITO/SAM substrate is dynamically washed with the same solution at 5000 rpm for 20 s (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03917).

General Information


CAS Number 3038707-50-2
Chemical Formula C24H24F2N2O6P2
Molecular Weight 536.4 g/mol
Absorption λmax (n.a.)
Fluorescence λem (n.a.)
HOMO/LUMO HOMO = 5.39 eV, LUMO = 1.16 eV
Synonyms IDCz-2F, (3,8-Difluoroindolo[2,3-a]carbazole-11,12-diyl)bis(propane-3,1-diyl)diphosphonic acid
Classification or Family Indolo[2,3-a]carbazole derivatives, Self-assembly monolayers, Hole transport layer, Hole extraction layer, p-i-n Perovskite solar cells, Organic photovoltaics

Product Details


Purity > 98% (HPLC)
Melting Point N/A
Appearance White powder/crystals

Chemical Structure


Chemical structure of 3-BPIC-F
Chemical structure of 3-BPIC-F, CASL 3038707-50-2

MSDS Documentation


3-BPIC-F MSDS Sheet3-BPIC-F MSDS Sheet

Literature and Reviews


  • H. Liu et al. (2024); Dipole Moments Regulation of Biphosphonic Acid Molecules for Self-assembled Monolayers Boosts the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells Exceeding 19.7%, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146 (20), 14287–14296; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03917.
  • J. Wu et al. (2024); Bisphosphonate-Anchored Self-Assembled Molecules with Larger Dipole Moments for Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Excellent Stability, Adv. Mater., 36 (28), 2401537; DOI: 10.1002/adma.202401537.

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