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Title: Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

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  1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
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1370824
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Journal Name:
Chemical Reviews
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 23; Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2665
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American Chemical Society
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United States
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English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; catalysis (homogeneous); catalysis (heterogeneous); solar (photovoltaic); solar (fuels); photosynthesis (natural and artificial); bio-inspired; hydrogen and fuel cells; electrodes - solar; defects; charge transport; spin dynamics; membrane; materials and chemistry by design; optics; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly)

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Lu, Luyao, Zheng, Tianyue, Wu, Qinghe, Schneider, Alexander M., Zhao, Donglin, and Yu, Luping. Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00098.
Lu, Luyao, Zheng, Tianyue, Wu, Qinghe, Schneider, Alexander M., Zhao, Donglin, & Yu, Luping. Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00098
Lu, Luyao, Zheng, Tianyue, Wu, Qinghe, Schneider, Alexander M., Zhao, Donglin, and Yu, Luping. Fri . "Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00098. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1370824.
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journal = {Chemical Reviews},
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year = {Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
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An Easily Accessible Isoindigo-Based Polymer for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells
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Printable Highly Conductive Conjugated Polymer Sensitized ZnO NCs as Cathode Interfacial Layer for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
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Synthesis and Photovoltaic Effect in Dithieno[2,3- d :2′,3′- d ′]Benzo[1,2- b :4,5- b ′]dithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers
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Examining the Effect of the Dipole Moment on Charge Separation in Donor–Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications
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Tetrathienoanthracene-Based Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells
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Roles of Quinoidal Character and Regioregularity in Determining the Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Properties of Conjugated Copolymers
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Low-Bandgap Poly(Thiophene-Phenylene-Thiophene) Derivatives with Broaden Absorption Spectra for Use in High-Performance Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells
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Indacenodithiophene Semiconducting Polymers for High-Performance, Air-Stable Transistors
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Thiophene/Phenylene/Thiophene-Based Low-Bandgap Conjugated Polymers for Efficient Near-Infrared Photovoltaic Applications
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Low-bandgap conjugated polymer for high efficient photovoltaic applications
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Increased open circuit voltage in fluorinated benzothiadiazole-based alternating conjugated polymers
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Indacenodithiophene and Quinoxaline-Based Conjugated Polymers for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
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Synthesis of a New Ladder-Type Benzodi(cyclopentadithiophene) Arene with Forced Planarization Leading to an Enhanced Efficiency of Organic Photovoltaics
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Ladder-Type Nonacyclic Structure Consisting of Alternate Thiophene and Benzene Units for Efficient Conventional and Inverted Organic Photovoltaics
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Development of New Semiconducting Polymers for High Performance Solar Cells
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When Function Follows Form: Effects of Donor Copolymer Side Chains on Film Morphology and BHJ Solar Cell Performance
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Quantitatively Analyzing the Influence of Side Chains on Photovoltaic Properties of Polymer−Fullerene Solar Cells
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Comparison of Two D−A Type Polymers with Each Being Fluorinated on D and A Unit for High Performance Solar Cells
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Highly Fluorinated Benzobisbenzothiophenes
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Synthesis of Fluorinated Polythienothiophene- co -benzodithiophenes and Effect of Fluorination on the Photovoltaic Properties
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Mediating Solar Cell Performance by Controlling the Internal Dipole Change in Organic Photovoltaic Polymers
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Understanding Low Bandgap Polymer PTB7 and Optimizing Polymer Solar Cells Based on It
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Ultrafast Intramolecular Exciton Splitting Dynamics in Isolated Low-Band-Gap Polymers and Their Implications in Photovoltaic Materials Design
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Disentangling the impact of side chains and fluorine substituents of conjugated donor polymers on the performance of photovoltaic blends
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High Open Circuit Voltage in Regioregular Narrow Band Gap Polymer Solar Cells
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Polyselenopheno[3,4- b ]selenophene for Highly Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
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A Selenium-Substituted Low-Bandgap Polymer with Versatile Photovoltaic Applications
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Additive-Free Bulk-Heterojuction Solar Cells with Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency, Comprising a Newly Designed Selenophene-Thienopyrrolodione Copolymer
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High-performance polymer heterojunction solar cells of a polysilafluorene derivative
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Germafluorenes: New Heterocycles for Plastic Electronics
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Photovoltaic Properties of a Low Band Gap Polymer Based on Silole-Containing Polythiophenes and 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole
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Silicon Atom Substitution Enhances Interchain Packing in a Thiophene-Based Polymer System
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Thieno[3,4- c ]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Donor−Acceptor Conjugated Polymers for Solar Cells
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Benzobis(silolothiophene)-Based Low Bandgap Polymers for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells
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Fused Dithienogermolodithiophene Low Band Gap Polymers for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells without Processing Additives
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Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Dialkylthiol-Substituted Benzodithiophene Unit with Efficiency near 10%
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Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%
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Homocoupling Defects in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Copolymers and Their Effect on Photovoltaic Performance
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Mechanistic Studies of Effect of Dispersity on the Photovoltaic Performance of PTB7 Polymer Solar Cells
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Understanding the Morphology of PTB7:PCBM Blends in Organic Photovoltaics
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Polymer Donors for High-Performance Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells
journal, January 2019

  • Fu, Huiting; Wang, Zhaohui; Sun, Yanming
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 14
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Recent Advances in Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells: Fabrication and Applications
journal, February 2019

  • Yang, Dong; Yang, Ruixia; Priya, Shashank
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 14
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Additive‐Free Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells
journal, October 2019


Adjusting Aggregation Modes and Photophysical and Photovoltaic Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Small Molecules by Introducing B←N Bonds
journal, December 2018

  • Pang, Shuting; Más‐Montoya, Miriam; Xiao, Manjun
  • Chemistry – A European Journal, Vol. 25, Issue 2
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Application of Azulene in Constructing Organic Optoelectronic Materials: New Tricks for an Old Dog
journal, April 2017


Bithiazole: An Intriguing Electron-Deficient Building for Plastic Electronic Applications
journal, March 2017

  • Su, Haw-Lih; Sredojevic, Dusan N.; Bronstein, Hugo
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 38, Issue 10
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Asymmetric Alkyl Side-Chain Engineering of Naphthalene Diimide-Based n-Type Polymers for Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells
journal, February 2018

  • Jia, Tao; Li, Zhenye; Ying, Lei
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 39, Issue 14
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Principles of Structural Design of Conjugated Polymers Showing Excellent Charge Transport toward Thermoelectrics and Bioelectronics Applications
journal, March 2019

  • Goel, Mahima; Heinrich, C. David; Krauss, Gert
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 40, Issue 10
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The effect of tuning chemical structure on the open-circuit voltage and photovoltaic performance of narrow band-gap polymers
journal, October 2016

  • Li, Huan; Zhao, Yifan; Zhu, Xiangwei
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 55, Issue 4
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Synthesis of block copolymers comprised of poly(3-hexylthiophene) segment with trisiloxane side chains and their application to organic thin film transistor
journal, August 2018

  • Miyane, Satoshi; Wen, Han-Fang; Chen, Wen-Chang
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 56, Issue 16
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Development of a phenanthrodithiophene-difluorobenzoxadiazole copolymer exhibiting high open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells
journal, October 2018

  • Mori, Hiroki; Takahashi, Ryosuke; Nishihara, Yasushi
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 56, Issue 23
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Synthesis and properties of mono- and di-fluoro-substituted 2,3-didodecylquinoxaline-based polymers for polymer solar cells
journal, December 2018

  • Agneeswari, Rajalingam; Kang, Yeongkwon; Lee, Jihoon
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 57, Issue 4
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Conductive triethylene glycol monomethyl ether substituted polythiophenes with high stability in the doped state
journal, March 2019

  • Dissanayake, Dushanthi S.; Gunathilake, Samodha S.; Udamulle Gedara, Chinthaka M.
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 57, Issue 10
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A model for charge transport in semicrystalline polymer thin films
journal, December 2018

  • Raj Mohan, S.; Singh, Manoranjan P.; Joshi, M. P.
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics
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Quantum Interference Measurements and Their Application to Analysis of Ultrafast Photocarrier Dynamics in Semiconductor Solar Cell Materials
journal, January 2020

  • Tahara, Hirokazu; Kanemitsu, Yoshihiko
  • Advanced Quantum Technologies, Vol. 3, Issue 1
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Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of New Conjugated D‐A Polymers Based on the Same Fluoro‐Benzothiadiazole Acceptor Unit and Different Donor Units
journal, January 2020

  • Keshtov, Mukhaned L.; Kuklin, Serge. A.; Konstantinov, Ionv. O.
  • ChemistrySelect, Vol. 5, Issue 2
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Toward Over 15% Power Conversion Efficiency for Organic Solar Cells: Current Status and Perspectives
journal, November 2017


Photovoltaic Properties of a Porphyrin-Containing Polymer as Donor in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells With Low Energy Loss
journal, December 2017


High-Efficiency Ternary Polymer Solar Cells Based on Intense FRET Energy Transfer Process
journal, May 2018


Versatile Ternary Approach for Novel Organic Solar Cells: A Review
journal, November 2018


Development of Organic Dye‐Based Molecular Materials for Use in Fullerene‐Free Organic Solar Cells
journal, December 2018


Structures and Fluorescence Spectra of Merocyanine Dyes in Polymer Films
journal, March 2019


Study on Production of Silicon Nanoparticles from Quartz Sand for Hybrid Solar Cell Applications
journal, September 2017


New 2D-Conjugated Polymer for Non-Halogenated and Halogenated Solvents Processed Organic Solar Cells
journal, December 2018


Harnessing singlet exciton fission to break the Shockley–Queisser limit
journal, October 2017


Donor–acceptor conjugated polymers based on thieno[3,2-b]indole (TI) and 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (BT) for high efficiency polymer solar cells
journal, January 2016

  • Huang, Hongyan; Qiu, Meng; Li, Quan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 4, Issue 23
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Novel wide band gap copolymers featuring excellent comprehensive performance towards the practical application for organic solar cells
journal, January 2017

  • Yang, Dalei; Li, Zelin; Li, Zidong
  • Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 8, Issue 30
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Blackening of aza-BODIPY analogues by simple dimerization: panchromatic absorption of a pyrrolopyrrole aza-BODIPY dimer
journal, January 2018

  • Kage, Yuto; Mori, Shigeki; Ide, Marina
  • Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 2, Issue 1
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Recent advances in organic ternary solar cells
journal, January 2017

  • Huang, Hui; Yang, Lei; Sharma, Bigyan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, Issue 23
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Colorful flexible polymer tandem solar cells
journal, January 2017

  • Luo, Bangwu; Jiang, Youyu; Mao, Lin
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 5, Issue 31
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Seleno twisted benzodiperylenediimides: facile synthesis and excellent electron acceptors for additive-free organic solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Hu, Ming; Zhao, Xiaohong; Zhu, Guomin
  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 5
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Controlling the morphology of a hybrid polymer/nanoparticle active layer of solar cells: mesoscopic simulation
journal, January 2019

  • Komarov, Pavel; Baburkin, Pavel; Ivanov, Viktor
  • Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 2
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N -Annulated perylene diimide derivatives as non-fullerene acceptors for solution-processed solar cells with an open-circuit voltage of up to 1.14 V
journal, January 2018

  • You, Fei; Zhou, Xingbao; Huang, Hongyan
  • New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 18
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Pairing 1D/2D-conjugation donors/acceptors towards high-performance organic solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Jiayu; Xiao, Yiqun; Wang, Wei
  • Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 3, Issue 2
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Design and synthesis of N-substituted perylene diimide based low band gap polymers for organic solar cell applications
journal, January 2018

  • Meena, Savita; Mohammad, Tauheed; Dutta, Viresh
  • RSC Advances, Vol. 8, Issue 53
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Fine-tuning the side-chains of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors to match with appropriate polymer donors
journal, January 2018

  • Chang, Meijia; Wang, Yunchuang; Yi, Yuan-Qiu-Qiang
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 18
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Enhancing the performance of non-fullerene organic solar cells via end group engineering of fused-ring electron acceptors
journal, January 2018

  • Yan, Cenqi; Wang, Wei; Lau, Tsz-Ki
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 34
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Achieving efficient thick active layer and large area ternary polymer solar cells by incorporating a new fused heptacyclic non-fullerene acceptor
journal, January 2018

  • Yin, Pan; Zheng, Tao; Wu, Yue
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 41
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Small molecule donors based on benzodithiophene and diketopyrrolopyrrole compatible with both fullerene and non-fullerene acceptors
journal, January 2018

  • Huo, Yong; Zhu, Jingshuai; Wang, Xiao-Zhen
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 22
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Electron transport at the interface of organic semiconductors and hydroxyl-containing dielectrics
journal, January 2018

  • Jiang, Huihong; Huang, Zhuoting; Xue, Guobiao
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 44
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Laser-induced orientation transformation of a conjugated polymer thin film with enhanced vertical charge transport
journal, January 2018

  • Chae, Sangmin; Yi, Ahra; Lee, Hyun Hwi
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 35
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Hydrogen bond induced high performance ternary fullerene-free organic solar cells with increased current density and enhanced stability
journal, January 2018

  • Kong, Xiao; Lin, Hui; Du, Xiaoyang
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 36
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Enhanced open circuit voltage of small molecule acceptors containing angular-shaped indacenodithiophene units for P3HT-based organic solar cells
journal, January 2018

  • Huang, Hongyan; Xiao, Bo; Huang, Chengting
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 45
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Perylene diimide based star-shaped small molecular acceptors for high efficiency organic solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Hang; Li, Miao; Liu, Yahui
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 4
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Dithieno[3,2- a :3′,2′- j ][5,6,11,12]chrysene diimides: a versatile electron-deficient building block for polymeric semiconductors
journal, January 2019

  • Zhao, Xueqian; Ge, Congwu; Xu, Xiaopeng
  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 69
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Atomistic simulations of bulk heterojunctions to evaluate the structural and packing properties of new predicted donors in OPVs
journal, January 2019

  • Marmolejo-Valencia, Andrés F.; Mata-Pinzón, Zaahel; Dominguez, Laura
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 36
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Side chain effect on conjugated polymer/fullerene interfaces in organic solar cells: a DFT study
journal, January 2019

  • Ayoub, Sarah A.; Lagowski, Jolanta B.
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 43
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Defining side chain successions in anthracene-based poly(arylene ethynylene)- alt -poly(phenylene vinylene)s: probing structure–property relationships
journal, January 2019

  • Ulbricht, Christoph; Bouguerra, Nassima; Inack Ngi, Samuel
  • Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 10, Issue 39
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Effect of fluorine substitution in organoboron electron acceptors for photovoltaic application
journal, January 2019

  • Liu, Fangbin; Liu, Jun; Wang, Lixiang
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 6, Issue 12
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[2,2′-Bithiophene]-4,4′-dicarboxamide: a novel building block for semiconducting polymers
journal, January 2019

  • Zhou, Xiaocheng; Zhang, Zhifang; Hendsbee, Arthur D.
  • RSC Advances, Vol. 9, Issue 52
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Solubilizing core modifications on high-performing benzodithiophene-based molecular semiconductors and their influences on film nanostructure and photovoltaic performance
journal, January 2019

  • Lee, Calvin J.; Mitchell, Valerie D.; White, Jonathan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 11
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A wide-bandgap D–A copolymer donor based on a chlorine substituted acceptor unit for high performance polymer solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Tao; Sun, Rui; Xu, Shengjie
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 23
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Cathode interfacial layer-free all small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 12%
journal, January 2019

  • Wu, Hao; Yue, Qihui; Zhou, Zichun
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 26
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Fused octacyclic electron acceptor isomers for organic solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Cai, Guilong; Zhu, Jingshuai; Xiao, Yiqun
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 37
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Novel benzodithiophene unit with an alkylthiobiphenyl side chain for constructing high-efficiency polymer solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Li, Xiaoming; Huang, Gongyue; Jiang, Huanxiang
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 20
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A p-π* conjugated triarylborane as an alcohol-processable n-type semiconductor for organic optoelectronic devices
journal, January 2019

  • Yu, Yingjian; Dong, Changshuai; Alahmadi, Abdullah F.
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 24
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A distorted lactam unit with intramolecular hydrogen bonds as the electron donor of polymer solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Hua-Chun; Ren, Minrun; Cao, Jian
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 39
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TCNQ as a volatilizable morphology modulator enables enhanced performance in non-fullerene organic solar cells
journal, January 2020

  • Yu, Runnan; Yao, Huifeng; Hong, Ling
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 8, Issue 1
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Functionalized alkenyl side chains: a feasible strategy to improve charge transport and photovoltaic performance
journal, January 2020

  • Zheng, Bing; Liu, Juan; Pan, Xuexue
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 8, Issue 6
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Tutorial: Organic field-effect transistors: Materials, structure and operation
journal, August 2018

  • Lamport, Zachary A.; Haneef, Hamna F.; Anand, Sajant
  • Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 124, Issue 7
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Improving, characterizing and predicting the lifetime of organic photovoltaics
journal, February 2017

  • Gevorgyan, Suren A.; Heckler, Ilona Maria; Bundgaard, Eva
  • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 50, Issue 10
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Does 1,8-diiodooctane affect the aggregation state of PC 71 BM in solution?
journal, September 2018

  • Bernardo, Gabriel; Washington, Adam. L.; Zhang, Yiwei
  • Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 5, Issue 9
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Syntheses and Characterization of Benzotriazole, Thienopyrroledione, and Benzodithiophene Containing Conjugated Random Terpolymers for Organic Solar Cells
journal, January 2019

  • Goksu, Kardelen; Hizalan, Gonul; Udum, Yasemin Arslan
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 166, Issue 15
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Light-triggered modulation of cell antioxidant defense by polymer semiconducting nanoparticles in a model organism
journal, June 2018

  • Moros, Maria; Lewinska, Anna; Onorato, Giada
  • MRS Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 03
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Non-Curing Thermal Interface Materials with Graphene Fillers for Thermal Management of Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar Cells
journal, December 2019

  • Mahadevan, Barath Kanna; Naghibi, Sahar; Kargar, Fariborz
  • C — Journal of Carbon Research, Vol. 6, Issue 1
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Asymmetric-Indenothiophene-Based Copolymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with 9.14% Efficiency
journal, March 2016


Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on Two Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors with Power Conversion Efficiency >10%
journal, September 2016


Organic Planar Heterojunctions: From Models for Interfaces in Bulk Heterojunctions to High-Performance Solar Cells
journal, November 2016


Mapping Polymer Donors toward High-Efficiency Fullerene Free Organic Solar Cells
journal, November 2016


Fused Tris(thienothiophene)-Based Electron Acceptor with Strong Near-Infrared Absorption for High-Performance As-Cast Solar Cells
journal, January 2018


Chemical and Morphological Control of Interfacial Self-Doping for Efficient Organic Electronics
journal, March 2018


Organic Photovoltaics with Multiple Donor–Acceptor Pairs
journal, November 2018

  • Lee, Jungho; Lee, Sang Myeon; Chen, Shanshan
  • Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 20
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Recent Advances in n‐Type Polymers for All‐Polymer Solar Cells
journal, February 2019

  • Genene, Zewdneh; Mammo, Wendimagegn; Wang, Ergang
  • Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 22
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Simple Approach to Overcome Thickness Tolerance of Interlayer without Sacrificing the Performances of Polymer Solar Cells
journal, August 2019

  • Jeong, Mijin; Jin, Ho Cheol; Moon, Doo Kyung
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces, Vol. 6, Issue 18
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Charge Pair Separation Dynamics in Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
journal, May 2018


Structure Evolution of Oligomer Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors toward High Efficiency of As-Cast Polymer Solar Cells
journal, July 2016


Fullerene Derivatives for the Applications as Acceptor and Cathode Buffer Layer Materials for Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells
journal, September 2016

  • Cui, Chaohua; Li, Yaowen; Li, Yongfang
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 7, Issue 10
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Polymer/Small Molecule/Fullerene Based Ternary Solar Cells
journal, April 2017


Recent Development of Quinoxaline Based Polymers/Small Molecules for Organic Photovoltaics
journal, July 2017

  • Gedefaw, Desta; Prosa, Mario; Bolognesi, Margherita
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 7, Issue 21
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Applications of Phosphorene and Black Phosphorus in Energy Conversion and Storage Devices
journal, December 2017

  • Pang, Jinbo; Bachmatiuk, Alicja; Yin, Yin
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 8
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Morphology Control in Organic Solar Cells
journal, March 2018

  • Zhao, Fuwen; Wang, Chunru; Zhan, Xiaowei
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 28
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In Situ Analysis of Solvent and Additive Effects on Film Morphology Evolution in Spin-Cast Small-Molecule and Polymer Photovoltaic Materials
journal, May 2018

  • Manley, Eric F.; Strzalka, Joseph; Fauvell, Thomas J.
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 23
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Design of Nonfullerene Acceptors with Near-Infrared Light Absorption Capabilities
journal, July 2018

  • Lee, Jaewon; Ko, Seo-Jin; Seifrid, Martin
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 26
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Significant Effect of Fluorination on Simultaneously Improving Work Function and Transparency of Anode Interlayer for Organic Solar Cells
journal, February 2019


The Crucial Role of Chlorinated Thiophene Orientation in Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaic Devices
journal, August 2018


Flexible Perowskit‐Solarzellen: Herstellung und Anwendungen
journal, February 2019


Visible to Near‐Infrared‐Absorbing Polymers Containing Bithiazole and 2,3‐Didodecyl‐6,7‐Difluoroquinoxaline Derivatives for Polymer Solar Cells
journal, May 2019

  • Agneeswari, Rajalingam; Kong, MinSung; Lee, Jihoon
  • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, Vol. 40, Issue 7
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Thieno-Fused Subporphyrazines: A New Class of Light Harvesters
journal, October 2017

  • Gotfredsen, Henrik; Storm, Freja Eilsø; Muñoz, Alberto Viñas
  • Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 23, Issue 64
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Subnaphthalocyanines as Electron Acceptors in Polymer Solar Cells: Improving Device Performance by Modifying Peripheral and Axial Substituents
journal, April 2018

  • Duan, Chunhui; Guzmán, David; Colberts, Fallon J. M.
  • Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 24
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Thieno[3,4- c ]pyrrole-4,6-dione Oligothiophenes Have Two Crossed Paths for Electron Delocalization
journal, August 2018

  • Yuan, Dafei; Medina Rivero, Samara; Mayorga Burrezo, Paula
  • Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 51
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Pluripotent Features of Doubly Thiophene‐Fused Benzodiphospholes as Organic Functional Materials
journal, April 2019

  • Higashino, Tomohiro; Ishida, Keiichi; Sakurai, Tsuneaki
  • Chemistry – A European Journal, Vol. 25, Issue 25
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Effect of Benzene Rings’ Incorporation on Photovoltaic Performance of Indacenodithiophene-cored Molecular Acceptors
journal, February 2018

  • Fan, Haijun; Wu, Hao; Wang, Pengfei
  • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 36, Issue 4
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Hot-Injection Synthesized Ag 2 S Quantum Dots with Broad Light Absorption and High Stability for Solar Cell Applications
journal, September 2018

  • Öberg, Viktor A.; Zhang, Xiaoliang; Johansson, Malin B.
  • ChemNanoMat, Vol. 4, Issue 12
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Design, Synthesis and Computational Study of Fluorinated Quinoxaline‐Oligothiophene‐based Conjugated Polymers with Broad Spectral Coverage
journal, November 2018


Star‐Shaped Non‐Fullerene Small Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells
journal, September 2019


Effect of Semi-Fluorinated Alkyl Side Chains on Conjugated Polymers with Planar Backbone in Organic Field-Effect Transistors
journal, August 2018

  • Lee, Min-Hye; Kang, Minji; Jeong, Hyung-Gu
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 39, Issue 23
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Chain Engineering of Benzodifuran‐Based Wide‐Bandgap Polymers for Efficient Non‐Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells
journal, July 2019

  • Zhu, Ruoxi; Wang, Zhen; Gao, Yueyue
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 40, Issue 19
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Discriminating bulk versus interface shunts in organic solar cells by advanced imaging techniques
journal, January 2019

  • Karl, André; Osvet, Andres; Vetter, Andreas
  • Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, Vol. 27, Issue 5
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Donor-acceptor photovoltaic polymers based on 1,4-dithienyl-2,5-dialkoxybenzene with intramolecular noncovalent interactions
journal, January 2018

  • Chen, Xue-Qiang; Yao, Xiang; Bai, Tianwen
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 56, Issue 7
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Collapse Transition‐Assisted Crystallization in P3HT Solution
journal, July 2019

  • Sun, Lei; Zhao, Jingnan; Huang, Weiheng
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol. 57, Issue 17
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Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Non-Fullerene Acceptors
journal, July 2017


Recent Advances in Dual-Functional Devices Integrating Solar Cells and Supercapacitors
journal, March 2017


Thiophene-Based Organic Semiconductors
journal, October 2017

  • Turkoglu, Gulsen; Cinar, M. Emin; Ozturk, Turan
  • Topics in Current Chemistry, Vol. 375, Issue 6
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All-in-one energy harvesting and storage devices
journal, January 2016

  • Lee, Ju-Hyuck; Kim, Jeonghun; Kim, Tae Yun
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 4, Issue 21
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Charge carrier trapping controlled by polymer blend phase dynamics
journal, January 2017

  • Kunz, A.; Blom, P. W. M.; Michels, J. J.
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 5, Issue 12
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Pyrazine-fused isoindigo: a new building block for polymer solar cells with high open circuit voltage
journal, January 2017

  • Li, Jiu-Long; Chai, Yun-Fei; Wang, Wei Vanessa
  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 53, Issue 43
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Counterion-tunable n-type conjugated polyelectrolytes for the interface engineering of efficient polymer solar cells
journal, January 2017

  • Chen, Zhiming; Hu, Zhicheng; Wu, Zhihong
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, Issue 36
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ZnO as an effective hole transport layer for water resistant organic solar cells
journal, January 2018

  • Chi, Cheng-Yu; Shih, Chun-Han; Sauter, Eric
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 15
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Polymer semiconductors incorporating head-to-head linked 4-alkoxy-5-(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thiazole
journal, January 2018

  • Zhou, Xin; Chen, Peng; Koh, Chang Woo
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Sifting α,ω-di(thiophen-2-yl)alkanes as solvent additives to boost the photovoltaic performance of the PTB7-Th:PC 71 BM blend
journal, January 2018

  • Gao, Jianhong; Wang, Wei; Zhan, Chun
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An all-small-molecule organic solar cell derived from naphthalimide for solution-processed high-efficiency nonfullerene acceptors
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1 : 2 charge-transfer complexes of perylene and coronene with perylene diimide, and the ambipolar transistors
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Au@Co 2 P core/shell nanoparticles as a nano-electrocatalyst for enhancing the oxygen evolution reaction
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Improved photovoltaic performance of a nonfullerene acceptor based on a benzo[ b ]thiophene fused end group with extended π-conjugation
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High-performance non-fullerene polymer solar cells based on naphthobistriazole wide bandgap donor copolymers
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Enhancing the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells via Core Engineering of NIR-Absorbing Electron Acceptors
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An extraordinary cyclohexylmethyl side chain dominating polymeric donor packing patterns and energy levels for efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells
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Increase in efficiency on using selenophene instead of thiophene in π-bridges for D-π-DPP-π-D organic solar cells
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Functional Fibers, Composites and Textiles Utilizing Photothermal and Joule Heating
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A Terminally Tetrafluorinated Nonfullerene Acceptor for Well‐Performing Alloy Ternary Solar Cells
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Transforming Ionene Polymers into Efficient Cathode Interlayers with Pendent Fullerenes
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Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on New Random Copolymers with Porphyrin‐Incorporated Side Chains
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A Carbonylated Terthiophene–Based Twisted Polymer for Efficient Ternary Polymer Solar Cells
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Covalent organic nanosheets for effective charge transport layers in planar-type perovskite solar cells
journal, January 2018

  • Park, Soyun; Kim, Min-Sung; Jang, Woongsik
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 10, Issue 10
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In situ topotactic fabrication of direct Z-scheme 2D/2D ZnO/Zn x Cd 1−x S single crystal nanosheet heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic water splitting
journal, January 2018

  • Shi, Jingjing; Li, Shuangde; Wang, Fengming
  • Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 8, Issue 24
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Manipulating the crystal structure of a conjugated polymer for efficient sequentially processed organic solar cells
journal, January 2018

  • Yi, Ahra; Chae, Sangmin; Hong, Seungyeon
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 10, Issue 45
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Bifunctional donor polymers bearing amino pendant groups for efficient cathode interlayer-free polymer solar cells
journal, January 2018

  • Liu, Xuan; Fu, Ping; Tu, Dandan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 40
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Performance comparison of fluorinated and chlorinated donor–acceptor copolymers for polymer solar cells
journal, January 2018

  • Zhang, Yubao; Ren, Fumeng; Li, Qinghua
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 17
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Vinylene-bridged difluorobenzo[ c ][1,2,5]-thiadiazole (FBTzE): a new electron-deficient building block for high-performance semiconducting polymers in organic electronics
journal, January 2019

  • Asanuma, Yuya; Mori, Hiroki; Takahashi, Ryosuke
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8tc05764h

Band-gap tunable thiadiazolo[3,4- g ]quinoxaline derivatives as non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaic cells processed from low toxic ethanol/anisole mixtures
journal, January 2019

  • Costa, Cristiana; Farinhas, Joana; Velho, Mariana F. G.
  • New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 43, Issue 36
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Bidirectional ROMP of paracylophane-1,9-dienes to tri- and penta-block p -phenylenevinylene copolymers
journal, January 2019

  • Komanduri, Venukrishnan; Kumar, Dharam R.; Tate, Daniel J.
  • Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 10, Issue 25
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9py00147f

Highly fluorescent anthracene derivative as a non-fullerene acceptor in OSCs with small non-radiative energy loss of 0.22 eV and high PCEs of over 13%
journal, January 2019

  • Yao, Chao; Liu, Bin; Zhu, Yanan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta02332a

Diverse applications of MoO 3 for high performance organic photovoltaics: fundamentals, processes and optimization strategies
journal, January 2020

  • Gong, Yongshuai; Dong, Yiman; Zhao, Biao
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 8, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta12005j

A diketopyrrolopyrrole-based macrocyclic conjugated molecule for organic electronics
journal, January 2019

  • Li, Cheng; Wang, Chao; Guo, Yiting
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 13
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9tc00377k

Benzodithiophene-modified terpolymer acceptors with reduced molecular planarity and crystallinity: improved performance and stability for all-polymer solar cells
journal, January 2019

  • Gao, Xuyu; Gao, Jiaxin; Xue, Zhongyuan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 33
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9tc03142a

Boosted photovoltaic performance of indenothiophene-based molecular acceptor via fusing a thiophene
journal, January 2020

  • Wang, Pengfei; Jiao, Xuechen; Xu, Shengjie
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 8, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9tc03407b

Effect of thermodynamic glass transition on charge transport properties in a benzodithieno-imidazole π -conjugated polymer: fullerene blend
journal, September 2019

  • Rahaman, Abdulla Bin; Giri, Dipanjan; Sarkar, Atri
  • Materials Research Express, Vol. 6, Issue 11
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Impact of Fullerene on the Photophysics of Ternary Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells
conference, July 2019


Furan Is Superior to Thiophene: A Furan-Cored AIEgen with Remarkable Chromism and OLED Performance
journal, February 2017


Recent Advances in Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells: Fabrication and Applications
journal, February 2019

  • Yang, Dong; Yang, Ruixia; Priya, Shashank
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 14
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Subnaphthalocyanines as Electron Acceptors in Polymer Solar Cells: Improving Device Performance by Modifying Peripheral and Axial Substituents
journal, April 2018

  • Duan, Chunhui; Guzmán, David; Colberts, Fallon J. M.
  • Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 24
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Adjusting Aggregation Modes and Photophysical and Photovoltaic Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Small Molecules by Introducing B←N Bonds
journal, December 2018

  • Pang, Shuting; Más‐Montoya, Miriam; Xiao, Manjun
  • Chemistry – A European Journal, Vol. 25, Issue 2
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Thermally Activated in Situ Doping Enables Solid-State Processing of Conducting Polymers
journal, April 2019


Sub-10 fs Time-Resolved Vibronic Optical Microscopy
journal, November 2016

  • Schnedermann, Christoph; Lim, Jong Min; Wende, Torsten
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 7, Issue 23
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Synthesis of Dithienocyclohexanones (DTCHs) as a Family of Building Blocks for π-Conjugated Compounds in Organic Electronics
journal, August 2017


Modified SnO2 with Alkali Carbonates as Robust Electron-Transport Layers for Inverted Organic Solar Cells
journal, December 2018


Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of New Methoxy-Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymers
journal, May 2019


Zwitterion Nondetergent Sulfobetaine-Modified SnO2 as an Efficient Electron Transport Layer for Inverted Organic Solar Cells
journal, November 2019


High-Performance Ambient-Condition-Processed Polymer Solar Cells and Organic Thin-Film Transistors
journal, February 2020

  • Garai, Rabindranath; Adil Afroz, Mohammad; Gupta, Ritesh Kant
  • ACS Omega, Vol. 5, Issue 6
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A General Protocol for the Polycondensation of Thienyl N-Methyliminodiacetic Acid Boronate Esters To Form High Molecular Weight Copolymers
journal, September 2016

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  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 138, Issue 40
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Regioregular narrow-bandgap-conjugated polymers for plastic electronics
journal, March 2017

  • Ying, Lei; Huang, Fei; Bazan, Guillermo C.
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1
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Abnormal strong burn-in degradation of highly efficient polymer solar cells caused by spinodal donor-acceptor demixing
journal, February 2017

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  • Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1
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Design and application of volatilizable solid additives in non-fullerene organic solar cells
journal, November 2018


Enabling low voltage losses and high photocurrent in fullerene-free organic photovoltaics
journal, February 2019


All-small-molecule organic solar cells with over 14% efficiency by optimizing hierarchical morphologies
journal, November 2019


Micro-to-nano scale filling behavior of PMMA during imprinting
journal, August 2017


Transfer-printing of active layers to achieve high quality interfaces in sequentially deposited multilayer inverted polymer solar cells fabricated in air
journal, September 2016


Does 1,8-diiodooctane affect the aggregation state of PC 71 BM in solution?
journal, September 2018

  • Bernardo, Gabriel; Washington, Adam. L.; Zhang, Yiwei
  • Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 5, Issue 9
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BODIPY dyads and triads: synthesis, optical, electrochemical and transistor properties
journal, May 2018

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  • Chemistry Central Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 1
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Recent Progress in Fused-Ring Based Nonfullerene Acceptors for Polymer Solar Cells
journal, September 2018


Small Molecules Derived from Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) and Their Use in Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells
journal, September 2017

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  • Molecules, Vol. 22, Issue 10
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Graphene and Carbon Quantum Dot-Based Materials in Photovoltaic Devices: From Synthesis to Applications
journal, August 2016

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  • Nanomaterials, Vol. 6, Issue 9
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Improving Photovoltaic Properties of P3HT:IC60BA through the Incorporation of Small Molecules
journal, January 2018

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  • Polymers, Vol. 10, Issue 2
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Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers Containing B←N Bonds with Strong Electron Affinity and Extended Absorption
journal, October 2019


Synthesis of Polythiophene–Fullerene Hybrid Additives as Potential Compatibilizers of BHJ Active Layers
journal, December 2016

  • Kakogianni, Sofia; Andreopoulou, Aikaterini; Kallitsis, Joannis
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