An expanded isoindigo unit as a new building block for a conjugated polymer leading to high-performance solar cells

Recent developments on isoindigo-based conjugated polymers

(2014) Ping Deng et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Visible-Near Infrared Absorbing Polymers Containing Thienoisoindigo and Electron-Rich Units for Organic Transistors with Tunable Polarity

(2013) Gitish K. Dutta et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Dithienocarbazole and Isoindigo based Amorphous Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Yunfeng Deng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Potential Perylene Diimide Dimer-Based Acceptor Material for Highly Efficient Solution-Processed Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with 4.03% Efficiency

(2013) Xin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Enhanced power conversion efficiencies in bulk heterojunction solar cells based on conjugated polymer with isoindigo side chain

(2013) Changwei Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Novel stable (3E,7E)-3,7-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran-2,6(3H,7H)-dione based donor–acceptor polymer semiconductors for n-type organic thin film transistors

(2013) Zhuangqing Yan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

BPTs: thiophene-flanked benzodipyrrolidone conjugated polymers for ambipolar organic transistors

(2013) Joseph W. Rumer et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Isoindigo, a Versatile Electron-Deficient Unit For High-Performance Organic Electronics

(2013) Romain Stalder et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Control of Polymer-Packing Orientation in Thin Films through Synthetic Tailoring of Backbone Coplanarity

(2013) Mark S. Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Structure–property relationships of oligothiophene–isoindigo polymers for efficient bulk-heterojunction solar cells

(2013) Zaifei Ma et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Electron-Deficient Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) Provides Electron Mobility over 1 cm2 V–1 s–1 under Ambient Conditions

(2013) Ting Lei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Understanding the Electronic Structure of Isoindigo in Conjugated Systems: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Approach.

(2013) Leandro A. Estrada et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Chlorination as a useful method to modulate conjugated polymers: balanced and ambient-stable ambipolar high-performance field-effect transistors and inverters based on chlorinated isoindigo polymers

(2013) Ting Lei et al.   Chemical Science

Influence of Alkyl Chain Branching Positions on the Hole Mobilities of Polymer Thin-Film Transistors

(2012) Ting Lei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

N-acylation: an effective method for reducing the LUMO energy levels of conjugated polymers containing five-membered lactam units

(2012) Ping Deng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A new thiophene substituted isoindigo based copolymer for high performance ambipolar transistors

(2012) Raja Shahid Ashraf et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Systematic Investigation of Isoindigo-Based Polymeric Field-Effect Transistors: Design Strategy and Impact of Polymer Symmetry and Backbone Curvature

(2012) Ting Lei et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene and Dithiophene Bridged Isoindigo Derivatives and Their Organic Field-effect Transistors Performance

(2012) Ti Wu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Bithiopheneimide–Dithienosilole/Dithienogermole Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells: Information from Structure–Property–Device Performance Correlations and Comparison to Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Analogues

(2012) Xugang Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Crystalline donor–acceptor conjugated polymers for bulk heterojunction photovoltaics

(2012) Jian-Ming Jiang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

High-Performance Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene Copolymer Field-Effect Transistors with Balanced Hole and Electron Mobilities

(2011) Zhuoying Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A modular molecular framework for utility in small-molecule solution-processed organic photovoltaic devices

(2011) Gregory C. Welch et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and characterizations of red/near-IR absorbing A–D–A–D–A-type oligothiophenes containing thienothiadiazole and thienopyrazine central units

(2011) Simon Steinberger et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

An Easily Accessible Isoindigo-Based Polymer for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2011) Ergang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Performance Air-Stable Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Isoindigo-Based Conjugated Polymers

(2011) Ting Lei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Benzodipyrrolidones and Their Polymers

(2011) Weibin Cui et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of New Low Bandgap Isoindigo-Based Conjugated Polymers

(2011) Guobing Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis and Photophysics of Dibenz[a,c]phenazine Derivatives

(2011) Leandro A. Estrada et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-based conjugated polymers: band gap and energy level control and their application in polymer solar cells

(2011) Lijun Huo et al.   Polymer Chemistry

π-Conjugated Polymers for Organic Electronics and Photovoltaic Cell Applications†

(2010) Antonio Facchetti   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

High-Mobility Ambipolar Near-Infrared Light-Emitting Polymer Field-Effect Transistors

(2008) Lukas Bürgi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Processing Additives for Improved Efficiency from Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2008) Jae Kwan Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Bandgap and Molecular Energy Level Control of Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene

(2008) Jianhui Hou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Toward a Rational Design of Poly(2,7-Carbazole) Derivatives for Solar Cells

(2007) Nicolas Blouin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY