Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors

Li, Xiaojun; Huang, He; Peng, Zhengxing; Sun, Chenkai; Yang, Dengchen; Zhou, Jiadong; Liebman-Pelaez, Alex; Zhu, Chenhui; Zhang, Zhi-Guo; Zhang, Zhanjun; Xie, Zengqi; Ade, Harald; Li, Yongfang

doi:10.1039/C8TA05920A

Title: Effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the properties and photovoltaic performance of n-type organic semiconductor acceptors

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Materials Chemistry A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA05920A· OSTI ID:1463367

Li, Xiaojun ^[1]; Huang, He ^[2]; Peng, Zhengxing ^[3]; Sun, Chenkai ^[1]; Yang, Dengchen ^[1]; Zhou, Jiadong ^[4]; Liebman-Pelaez, Alex ^[5]; Zhu, Chenhui ^[5];

^[1]; Zhang, Zhanjun ^[2]; Xie, Zengqi ^[4]; Ade, Harald ^[3];

^[1]

CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
School of Chemical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Department of Physics, Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

The effects of fused-ring regiochemistry on the physicochemical and photovoltaic properties of n-type organic semiconductor (n-OS) acceptors are investigated.

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