The team hopes that their compound’s record-breaking dipole moment might help to make solar cell semiconductors more efficient. Compounds with large dipoles also have potential applications in optoelectronics as they interact with and can alter the light’s electric field.
From: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/a-small-molecules-big-moment/9432.article
Water: 1.85 D
HF: 1.82 D
HCl: 1.08 D
HBr: 0.82
HI: 0.44
From: http://chem.libretexts.org/Core/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/Atomic_and_Molecular_Properties/Dipole_Moments