High-Performance Photovoltaic Polymers Employing Symmetry-Breaking Building Blocks

A Difluorobenzoxadiazole Building Block for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Jingbo Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of Fluorination of 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole

(2015) Christian B. Nielsen et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Determining the Role of Polymer Molecular Weight for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells: Its Effect on Polymer Aggregation and Phase Separation

(2015) Hyunbum Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Incorporation of Fluorine onto Different Positions of Phenyl Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Unit: Influence on Photovoltaic Properties

(2015) Jun Yuan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

(2015) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

Molecular Design toward Highly Efficient Photovoltaic Polymers Based on Two-Dimensional Conjugated Benzodithiophene

(2014) Long Ye et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance by Modulating Surface Composition in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Based on PBDTTT-C-T/PC71BM

(2014) Xia Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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

Fluorination of Polythiophene Derivatives for High Performance Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Jea Woong Jo et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Highly Efficient 2D-Conjugated Benzodithiophene-Based Photovoltaic Polymer with Linear Alkylthio Side Chain

(2014) Long Ye et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Semi-crystalline photovoltaic polymers with efficiency exceeding 9% in a ∼300 nm thick conventional single-cell device

(2014) T. L. Nguyen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Improvement of open-circuit voltage and photovoltaic properties of 2D-conjugated polymers by alkylthio substitution

(2014) Chaohua Cui et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Extending π-Conjugation System with Benzene: An Effective Method To Improve the Properties of Benzodithiophene-Based Polymer for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Jiuxing Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Unraveling the Morphology of High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Based on the Donor Polymer PBDTTT-EFT

(2014) Wenchao Huang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

An Easy and Effective Method to Modulate Molecular Energy Level of the Polymer Based on Benzodithiophene for the Application in Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Maojie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2013) Yunfeng Deng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of the Fibrillar Microstructure on the Efficiency of High Molecular Weight Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Weiwei Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Benzothiadiazole and Alkylphenyl Substituted Benzodithiophene with a Power Conversion Efficiency over 8%

(2013) Maojie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effect of Fluorination on the Properties of a Donor–Acceptor Copolymer for Use in Photovoltaic Cells and Transistors

(2013) Hugo Bronstein et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Universal Correlation between Fibril Width and Quantum Efficiency in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymer Solar Cells

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

Fluorinated Benzothiadiazole-Based Conjugated Polymers for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells without Any Processing Additives or Post-treatments

(2013) Ning Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Linear Side Chains in Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene–Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Polymers Direct Self-Assembly and Solar Cell Performance

(2013) Clément Cabanetos et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Manipulating Backbone Structure to Enhance Low Band Gap Polymer Photovoltaic Performance

(2013) Ye Huang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

New alkoxylphenyl substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′] dithiophene-based polymers: synthesis and application in solar cells

(2013) Jun Yuan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Molecular Design of Photovoltaic Materials for Polymer Solar Cells: Toward Suitable Electronic Energy Levels and Broad Absorption

(2012) Yongfang Li   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Improving the Ordering and Photovoltaic Properties by Extending π-Conjugated Area of Electron-Donating Units in Polymers with D-A Structure

(2012) Ye Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dual Plasmonic Nanostructures for High Performance Inverted Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Xuanhua Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Prominent Short-Circuit Currents of Fluorinated Quinoxaline-Based Copolymer Solar Cells with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.0%

(2012) Hsieh-Chih Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Inverted polymer solar cells with 8.4% efficiency by conjugated polyelectrolyte

(2012) Tingbin Yang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Enhancing the Photocurrent in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymer Solar Cells via Energy Level Control

(2012) Weiwei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Systematic Investigation of Benzodithiophene- and Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low-Bandgap Polymers Designed for Single Junction and Tandem Polymer Solar Cells

(2012) Letian Dou 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

Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure

(2012) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Large Open-Circuit Voltage: Electron Transfer with Small Donor-Acceptor Energy Offset

(2011) Xiong Gong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electrochemical Considerations for Determining Absolute Frontier Orbital Energy Levels of Conjugated Polymers for Solar Cell Applications

(2011) Claudia M. Cardona et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Replacing Alkoxy Groups with Alkylthienyl Groups: A Feasible Approach To Improve the Properties of Photovoltaic Polymers

(2011) Lijun Huo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Indacenodithiophene and Quinoxaline-Based Conjugated Polymers for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2011) Yong Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fluorine Substituted Conjugated Polymer of Medium Band Gap Yields 7% Efficiency in Polymer−Fullerene Solar Cells

(2011) Samuel C. Price et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Based on End-Functional-Group-Modified Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2010) Jong Soo Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

For the Bright Future-Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

(2010) Yongye Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recombination Dynamics as a Key Determinant of Open Circuit Voltage in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: A Comparison of Four Different Donor Polymers

(2010) Andrea Maurano et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Critical Interfaces in Organic Solar Cells and Their Influence on the Open-Circuit Voltage

(2009) William J. Potscavage et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications

(2009) Yen-Ju Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100%

(2009) Sung Heum Park et al.   Nature Photonics

Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials with Broad Absorption Band and High Charge Carrier Mobility

(2008) Yongfang Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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