Carboxylate substituted pyrazine: A simple and low-cost building block for novel wide bandgap polymer donor enables 15.3% efficiency in organic solar cells

Wu, Jingnan; Fan, Qunping; Xiong, Minghai; Wang, Qiutang; Chen, Kai; Liu, Haiqin; Gao, Mengyuan; Ye, Long; Guo, Xia; Fang, Jin; Guo, Qing; Su, Wenyan; Ma, Zaifei; Tang, Zheng; Wang, Ergang; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Maojie

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105679

Carboxylate substituted pyrazine: A simple and low-cost building block for novel wide bandgap polymer donor enables 15.3% efficiency in organic solar cells

Journal Article · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Nano Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105679· OSTI ID:1811168

Wu, Jingnan; Fan, Qunping; Xiong, Minghai; Wang, Qiutang; Chen, Kai; Liu, Haiqin; Gao, Mengyuan; Ye, Long; Guo, Xia; Fang, Jin; Guo, Qing; Su, Wenyan; Ma, Zaifei; Tang, Zheng; Wang, Ergang; Ade, Harald; Zhang, Maojie

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Journal Information:: Nano Energy, Journal Name: Nano Energy Journal Issue: C Vol. 82; ISSN 2211-2855

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