Side chain structure affects the molecular packing and photovoltaic performance of oligothiophene-based solution-processable small molecules

Side-Chain-Bulk Effects on the Molecular Packing and Photovoltaic Performance of Benzotrithiophene-Benzooxadiazole Conjugated Copolymers

(2015) Shang-Che Lan et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Small Molecules Based on Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione for High Open-Circuit Voltage (VOC) Organic Photovoltaics: Effect of Different Positions of Alkyl Substitution on Molecular Packing and Photovoltaic Performance

(2014) Yoon Suk Choi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Symmetry and Coplanarity of Organic Molecules Affect their Packing and Photovoltaic Properties in Solution-Processed Solar Cells

(2014) Shang-Che Lan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Oligothiophene Semiconductors: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications for Organic Devices

(2014) Lei Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nanoscopic Management of Molecular Packing and Orientation of Small Molecules by a Combination of Linear and Branched Alkyl Side Chains

(2014) Minwoo Jung et al.   ACS Nano

Mapping Orientational Order in a Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell with Polarization-Dependent Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscopy

(2014) Christopher J. Takacs et al.   ACS Nano

Thiophene-Thiazolothiazole Copolymers: Significant Impact of Side Chain Composition on Backbone Orientation and Solar Cell Performances

(2014) Itaru Osaka et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlling Molecular Weight of a High Efficiency Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymer and Understanding Its Significant Impact on Photovoltaic Properties

(2014) Wentao Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Efficient Triple-Junction Polymer Solar Cell Having a Power Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 11%

(2014) Chun-Chao Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency

(2014) Jing-De Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Morphology and Performance Relationships

(2014) Ye Huang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

The Role of Solvent Additive Processing in High Performance Small Molecule Solar Cells

(2014) Louis A. Perez et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Large scale deployment of polymer solar cells on land, on sea and in the air

(2014) Nieves Espinosa et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells based on a porphyrin small molecule with 7% power conversion efficiency

(2014) Hongmei Qin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Voc from a Morphology Point of View: the Influence of Molecular Orientation on the Open Circuit Voltage of Organic Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) Ulrich Hörmann et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Side-Chain Effects on the Conductivity, Morphology, and Thermoelectric Properties of Self-Doped Narrow-Band-Gap Conjugated Polyelectrolytes

(2014) Cheng-Kang Mai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Dialkylthiol-Substituted Benzodithiophene Unit with Efficiency near 10%

(2014) Bin Kan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Semicrystalline D–A Copolymers with Different Chain Curvature for Applications in Polymer Optoelectronic Devices

(2014) Wonho Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effect of alkyl chain length on the photovoltaic performance of oligothiophene-based small molecules

(2014) Zaifang Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Ferroelectric and antiferroelectric odd–even behavior in a tricarbosilane-terminated liquid crystal homologous series

(2014) Nan Hu et al.   Chemical Science

Controlling Solution-Phase Polymer Aggregation with Molecular Weight and Solvent Additives to Optimize Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) Jonathan A. Bartelt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A high-performance photovoltaic small molecule developed by modifying the chemical structure and optimizing the morphology of the active layer

(2014) Wang Ni et al.   RSC Advances

Complementary solvent additives tune the orientation of polymer lamellae, reduce the sizes of aggregated fullerene domains, and enhance the performance of bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2014) Chih-Ming Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Distribution of Crystalline Polymer and Fullerene Clusters in Both Horizontal and Vertical Directions of High-Efficiency Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2013) Chih-Ming Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Low-Band-Gap Conjugated Polymers of Dithieno[2,3-b:7,6-b]carbazole and Diketopyrrolopyrrole: Effect of the Alkyl Side Chain on Photovoltaic Properties

(2013) Yunfeng Deng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solution-Processed Small Molecules Using Different Electron Linkers for High-Performance Solar Cells

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

PDT-S-T: A New Polymer with Optimized Molecular Conformation for Controlled Aggregation andπ-πStacking and Its Application in Efficient Photovoltaic Devices

(2013) Yue Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molecular Weight Effect on the Absorption, Charge Carrier Mobility, and Photovoltaic Performance of an Indacenodiselenophene-Based Ladder-Type Polymer

(2013) Jeremy J. Intemann et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Side-Chain Engineering of Isoindigo-Containing Conjugated Polymers Using Polystyrene for High-Performance Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2013) Lei Fang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Effect of Bridging Atom Identity on the Morphological Behavior of Solution-Processed Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics

(2013) Nancy D. Eisenmenger et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Influence of the Position of the Side Chain on Crystallization and Solar Cell Performance of DPP-Based Small Molecules

(2013) Veronique S. Gevaerts et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Roles of Flexible Chains in Organic Semiconducting Materials

(2013) Ting Lei et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Side Chain Engineering in Solution-Processable Conjugated Polymers

(2013) Jianguo Mei et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Efficient Tandem and Triple-Junction Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Weiwei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells via the Incorporation of an Amino-Functionalized Conjugated Metallopolymer as a Cathode Interlayer

(2013) Shengjian Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organic photovoltaics

(2013) Yu-Wei Su et al.   Materials Today

Conjugated random copolymers of benzodithiophene–benzooxadiazole–diketopyrrolopyrrole with full visible light absorption for bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2013) Jian-Ming Jiang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties of poly(cyclopentadithiophene-alt-isoindigo)

(2013) Chun-Chih Ho et al.   Polymer Chemistry

A polymer tandem solar cell with 10.6% power conversion efficiency

(2013) Jingbi You et al.   Nature Communications

Alkyl Chain Engineering of Solution-Processable Star-Shaped Molecules for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Jie Min et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution-processed benzotrithiophene-based donor molecules for efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2013) Dhananjaya Patra et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Dithienosilole-bridged small molecules with different alkyl group substituents for organic solar cells exhibiting high open-circuit voltage

(2013) Dandan Ye et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Tailor-Made Additives for Morphology Control in Molecular Bulk-Heterojunction Photovoltaics

(2012) Kenneth R. Graham et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Effects of Heteroatom Substitutions on the Crystal Structure, Film Formation, and Optoelectronic Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Materials

(2012) Jianhua Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Non-Basic High-Performance Molecules for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Thomas S. van der Poll et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Quantitative Determination of Organic Semiconductor Microstructure from the Molecular to Device Scale

(2012) Jonathan Rivnay et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Recent advances in solution-processed interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer solar cells

(2012) Hin-Lap Yip et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Formation of highly crystalline and texturized donor domains in DPP(TBFu)2:PC71BM SM-BHJ devices via solvent vapour annealing: implications for device function

(2012) Aurélien Viterisi et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis, Electronic Structure, Molecular Packing/Morphology Evolution, and Carrier Mobilities of Pure Oligo-/Poly(alkylthiophenes)

(2012) Lei Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Small Molecules Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Unit for High-Performance Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rational Design of High Performance Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Huaxing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymer solar cells

(2012) Gang Li et al.   Nature Photonics

Thiophene spacers impart crystallinity and enhance the efficiency of benzotrithiophene-based conjugated polymers for bulk heterojunction photovoltaics

(2012) Shang-Che Lan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

The molecular nature of photovoltage losses in organic solar cells

(2011) Cody W. Schlenker et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Crystalline conjugated polymer containing fused 2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)thieno[2,3-b]thiophene and thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione units for bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2011) Guan-Yu Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Indacenodithiophene-co-benzothiadiazole Copolymers for High Performance Solar Cells or Transistors via Alkyl Chain Optimization

(2011) Hugo Bronstein et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High-efficiency inverted dithienogermole–thienopyrrolodione-based polymer solar cells

(2011) Cephas E. Small et al.   Nature Photonics

Spin-Coated Small Molecules for High Performance Solar Cells

(2011) Yongsheng Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Molecular Understanding of the Open-Circuit Voltage of Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells

(2011) Shunsuke Yamamoto et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Discotic Liquid Crystals for Opto-Electronic Applications†‡

(2010) Bilal R. Kaafarani   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Donor−Acceptor Polymer Exhibiting High Crystallinity for Photovoltaic Applications

(2010) Mao-Chuan Yuan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Soluble narrow-band-gap copolymers containing novel cyclopentadithiophene units for organic photovoltaic cell applications

(2009) Kuang-Chieh Li et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Molecular and Morphological Influences on the Open Circuit Voltages of Organic Photovoltaic Devices

(2009) M. Dolores Perez et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ordered polythiophene/fullerene composite core–shell nanorod arrays for solar cell applications

(2009) Hsu-Shen Wang et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY