Phthalimide-based π-conjugated small molecules with tailored electronic energy levels for use as acceptors in organic solar cells

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells with Over 10% Efficiency by a Novel Two-Dimensional Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Copolymer

(2015) Chang Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

An All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cell with High Efficiency Nonfullerene Acceptor

(2015) Oh Kyu Kwon et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A Rhodanine Flanked Nonfullerene Acceptor for Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Sarah Holliday et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Facile synthesis of unsymmetrical and π-extended furan-diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives through C–H direct (hetero)arylation using a heterogeneous catalyst system

(2015) Jetsuda Areephong et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

p/n-Polarity of thiophene oligomers in photovoltaic cells: role of molecular vs. supramolecular properties

(2015) Tanwistha Ghosh et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Single-crystal field-effect transistors of new Cl2-NDI polymorph processed by sublimation in air

(2015) Tao He et al.   Nature Communications

Key components to the recent performance increases of solution processed non-fullerene small molecule acceptors

(2015) Seth M. McAfee et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Research Progress of Non-Fullerene Small-Molecule Acceptor Materials for Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yu Fu et al.   ACTA CHIMICA SINICA

Polyfluorene Derivatives are High-Performance Organic Hole-Transporting Materials for Inorganic−Organic Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

(2014) Zonglong Zhu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Isoindigo-Based Polymers and Small Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and Field Effect Transistors

(2014) Ergang Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Star-Shaped Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptor for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

A Tetraphenylethylene Core-Based 3D Structure Small Molecular Acceptor Enabling Efficient Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Integrated Molecular, Interfacial, and Device Engineering towards High-Performance Non-Fullerene Based Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yue Zang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High open circuit voltage organic solar cells based upon fullerene free bulk heterojunction active layers

(2014) Ala’a F. Eftaiha et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Rhodanine dye-based small molecule acceptors for organic photovoltaic cells

(2014) Yujeong Kim et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Isoindigo-Containing Molecular Semiconductors: Effect of Backbone Extension on Molecular Organization and Organic Solar Cell Performance

(2014) Yi Ren et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Structure–Function Relationships of High-Electron Mobility Naphthalene Diimide Copolymers Prepared Via Direct Arylation

(2014) Alessandro Luzio et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Tuning the Optoelectronic Properties of Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors

(2014) Yuan Fang et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

An Electron-Deficient Small Molecule Accessible from Sustainable Synthesis and Building Blocks for Use as a Fullerene Alternative in Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Seth M. McAfee et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Donor–Acceptor–Donor Modular Small Organic Molecules Based on the Naphthalene Diimide Acceptor Unit for Solution-Processable Photovoltaic Devices

(2014) Hemlata Patil et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

C–H Arylation of Unsubstituted Furan and Thiophene with Acceptor Bromides: Access to Donor–Acceptor–Donor-Type Building Blocks for Organic Electronics

(2014) Rukiya Matsidik et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Design and Computational Characterization of Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Use in Solution-Processable Solar Cells

(2014) Lesley R. Rutledge et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Donor–Acceptor Polymers for Electrochemical Supercapacitors: Synthesis, Testing, and Theory

(2014) Paul M. DiCarmine et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

One donor-two acceptor (D-A1)-(D-A2) random terpolymers containing perylene diimide, naphthalene diimide, and carbazole units

(2014) Lisa M. Kozycz et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Beyond Fullerenes: Design of Nonfullerene Acceptors for Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Haiyan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tailoring Porphyrin-Based Electron Accepting Materials for Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Jeff Rawson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Erratum: Corrigendum: Directed assembly of optoelectronically active alkyl–π-conjugated molecules by adding n-alkanes or π-conjugated species

(2014) Martin J. Hollamby et al.   Nature Chemistry

Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of D–A–D type small molecules containing diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) acceptor central unit with different donor terminal units

(2014) M. Chandrasekharam et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Lamellar and liquid crystal ordering in solvent-annealed all-conjugated block copolymers

(2014) Yen-Hao Lin et al.   Soft Matter

Aggregation and morphology control enables multiple cases of high-efficiency polymer solar cells

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Comparing the Device Physics and Morphology of Polymer Solar Cells Employing Fullerenes and Non-Fullerene Acceptors

(2014) Jason T. Bloking et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

The influence of microstructure on charge separation dynamics in organic bulk heterojunction materials for solar cell applications

(2014) M. Scarongella et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrrole dyes for organic electronics: synthesis by direct arylation, optoelectronic characterization, and charge carrier mobility

(2014) Arthur D. Hendsbee et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Phthalimide–thiophene-based conjugated organic small molecules with high electron mobility

(2014) Jon-Paul Sun et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics: an emerging horizon

(2014) Yuze Lin et al.   Materials Horizons

Solution-Processed DPP-Based Small Molecule that Gives High Photovoltaic Efficiency with Judicious Device Optimization

(2013) Jianhua Huang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A High-Performing Solution-Processed Small Molecule:Perylene Diimide Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell

(2013) Alexander Sharenko et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Molecular-Weight Regular Alternating Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based Terpolymers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Koen H. Hendriks et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Channel II photocurrent quantification in narrow optical gap polymer-fullerene solar cells with complimentary acceptor absorption

(2013) Yuliang Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Indan-1,3-dione electron-acceptor small molecules for solution-processable solar cells: a structure–property correlation

(2013) Kevin N. Winzenberg et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bay-linked perylene bisimides as promising non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

(2013) Wei Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

π-Building Blocks for Organic Electronics: Revaluation of “Inductive” and “Resonance” Effects of π-Electron Deficient Units

(2013) Kazuo Takimiya et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A renaissance of color: New structures and building blocks for organic electronics

(2013) Maxwell J. Robb et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

All-Polymer Solar Cells with 3.3% Efficiency Based on Naphthalene Diimide-Selenophene Copolymer Acceptor

(2013) Taeshik Earmme et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conjugated Polymers: Evaluating DFT Methods for More Accurate Orbital Energy Modeling

(2013) Theresa M. McCormick et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Benzodithiophene bridged dimeric perylene diimide amphiphiles as efficient solution-processed non-fullerene small molecules

(2013) Bo Jiang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

A polymer tandem solar cell with 10.6% power conversion efficiency

(2013) Jingbi You et al.   Nature Communications

Rational design on n-type organic materials for high performance organic photovoltaics

(2013) Christos L. Chochos et al.   RSC Advances

Recent advances of non-fullerene, small molecular acceptors for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2013) Ala'a F. Eftaiha et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Mind the gap!

(2013) Jean-Luc Bredas   Materials Horizons

Interrelation between Crystal Packing and Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cell Performance

(2012) Roland Fitzner et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Selenophene-Based Low-Bandgap Donor-Acceptor Polymer Leading to Fast Ambipolar Logic

(2012) Auke J. Kronemeijer et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nonplanar Perylene Diimides as Potential Alternatives to Fullerenes in Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Sridhar Rajaram et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

A Narrow Optical Gap Small Molecule Acceptor for Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Yuan Fang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Pathways to a New Efficiency Regime for Organic Solar Cells

(2012) L. Jan Anton Koster et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Design of New Electron Acceptor Materials for Organic Photovoltaics: Synthesis, Electron Transport, Photophysics, and Photovoltaic Properties of Oligothiophene-Functionalized Naphthalene Diimides

(2011) Eilaf Ahmed et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies of 2.5% using Benzothiadiazole/Imide-Based Acceptors

(2011) Jason T. Bloking et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Organic non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

(2011) Prashant Sonar et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Christoph J. Brabec et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Solution processable low bandgap diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) based derivatives: novel acceptors for organic solar cells

(2010) Prashant Sonar et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Isoindigo-Based Oligothiophenes for Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) Jianguo Mei et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Thin-Film Organic Electronic Devices

(2009) Howard E. Katz et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Conjugated Perylene Bisimide-Dithienothiophene Systems: A Comparative Study of a Small Molecule and a Polymer

(2009) Jie Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Synthesis and preliminary characterization of novel naphthalene bisimide based copolymers

(2008) Phimwipha Piyakulawat et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS