Structure–property relationships for bis-diketopyrrolopyrrole molecules in organic photovoltaics

Synthesis and photovoltaic performance of DPP-based small molecules with tunable energy levels by altering the molecular terminals

(2016) Delong Yu et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Porphyrin small molecules containing furan- and selenophene-substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

(2016) Tianxiang Liang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Benzodi(pyridothiophene): a novel acceptor unit for application in A1–A–A1 type photovoltaic small molecules

(2016) Jianhua Chen et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells based on fused-ring oligomer molecules

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Monodisperse macromolecules based on benzodithiophene and diketopyrrolopyrrole with strong NIR absorption and high mobility

(2016) Jiayu Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Weiwei Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Oligomer Molecules for Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Controlling the Morphology of BDTT-DPP-Based Small Molecules via End-Group Functionalization for Highly Efficient Single and Tandem Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2015) Ji-Hoon Kim et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Synergistic Effects of Morphological Control and Complementary Absorption in Efficient All-Small-Molecule Ternary-Blend Solar Cells

(2015) Mahmoud E. Farahat et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Improving Photovoltaic Performance of the Linear A-Ar-A-type Small Molecules with Diketopyrropyrrole Arms by Tuning the Linkage Position of the Anthracene Core

(2015) Xiongwei Duan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Spiro Linkage as an Alternative Strategy for Promising Nonfullerene Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Xiao-Feng Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A New Fullerene-Free Bulk-Heterojunction System for Efficient High-Voltage and High-Fill Factor Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Zheng Tang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Design of High-Mobility Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based π-Conjugated Copolymers for Organic Thin-Film Transistors

(2015) Zhengran Yi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Molar Mass versus Polymer Solar Cell Performance: Highlighting the Role of Homocouplings

(2015) Tim Vangerven et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Mechanistic Studies of Effect of Dispersity on the Photovoltaic Performance of PTB7 Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Low-Bandgap Small Molecules as Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors Composed of Benzothiadiazole and Diketopyrrolopyrrole for All Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Jae Woong Jung et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A Small Molecule Composed of Dithienopyran and Diketopyrrolopyrrole as Versatile Electron Donor Compatible with Both Fullerene and Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors for High Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Jae Woong Jung et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Solution-Processed Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with 7.0% Efficiency: In-Depth Investigation on the Effects of Structure Modification and Solvent Vapor Annealing

(2015) Jin-Liang Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Structural and morphological tuning of dithienobenzodithiophene-core small molecules for efficient solution processed organic solar cells

(2015) Minwoo Jung et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Theoretical investigations on enhancing the performance of terminally diketopyrrolopyrrole-based small-molecular donors in organic solar cell applications

(2015) Xiaorui Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING

Polymer Solar Cells: Solubility Controls Fiber Network Formation

(2015) Jacobus J. van Franeker et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Influence of Regio- and Chemoselectivity on the Properties of Fluoro-Substituted Thienothiophene and Benzodithiophene Copolymers

(2015) Hongliang Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Deep Absorbing Porphyrin Small Molecule for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells with Very Low Energy Losses

(2015) Ke Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Series of Simple Oligomer-like Small Molecules Based on Oligothiophenes for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Efficiency

(2015) Bin Kan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient inverted polymer solar cells employing favourable molecular orientation

(2015) Varun Vohra et al.   Nature Photonics

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(2015) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

Efficient strategies to improve photovoltaic performance of linear-shape molecules by introducing large planar aryls in molecular center and terminals

(2015) Youming Zhang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Efficient ternary blend polymer solar cells with a bipolar diketopyrrolopyrrole small molecule as cascade material

(2015) Wenqing Liu et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Realizing over 10% efficiency in polymer solar cell by device optimization

(2015) Shaoqing Zhang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

New acceptor–donor–acceptor-type conjugated molecules bearing naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene and (E)-1,2-di(thiophen-2-yl)ethene and their applications in thin-film transistors and photovoltaic cells

(2015) Tae Wan Lee et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Improving photovoltaic properties of linear small molecules with TPA–DPP segment by tuning their frameworks

(2015) Jianhua Chen et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

A real-time study of the benefits of co-solvents in polymer solar cell processing

(2015) Jacobus J. van Franeker et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative Study of Effects of Terminal Non-Alkyl Aromatic and Alkyl Groups on Small-Molecule Solar Cell Performance

(2015) Ailing Tang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A new V-shaped triphenylamine/diketopyrrolopyrrole containing donor material for small molecule organic solar cells

(2015) Shifan Wang et al.   RSC Advances

Modulating molecular aggregation by facile heteroatom substitution of diketopyrrolopyrrole based small molecules for efficient organic solar cells

(2015) Deping Qian et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Designing a thiophene-fused DPP unit to build an A–D–A molecule for solution-processed solar cells

(2015) Bing Chen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Rational design of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based oligomers for high performance small molecular photovoltaic materials via an extended framework and multiple fluorine substitution

(2015) Qing-Ru Yin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) functionalized tetrathienothiophene (TTA) small molecules for organic thin film transistors and photovoltaic cells

(2015) Nanjia Zhou et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Pyrene and Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Oligomers Synthesized via Direct Arylation for OSC Applications

(2014) Shi-Yong Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Evaluation of Heterocycle-Modified Pentathiophene-Based Molecular Donor Materials for Solar Cells

(2014) Qing-Cai Yu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Additive-Assisted Control over Phase-Separated Nanostructures by Manipulating Alkylthienyl Position at Donor Backbone for Solution-Processed, Non-Fullerene, All-Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2014) Jianhua Huang 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

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

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

Substantial photovoltaic response and morphology tuning in benzo[1,2-b:6,5-b′]dithiophene (bBDT) molecular donors

(2014) Tobias Harschneck et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

New Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-Based Small Molecules Containing Alkoxyphenyl Side Chains for High Efficiency Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Zhengkun Du et al.   ChemSusChem

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

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

Homocoupling Defects in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Copolymers and Their Effect on Photovoltaic Performance

(2014) Koen H. Hendriks et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Small-Bandgap Semiconducting Polymers with High Near-Infrared Photoresponse

(2014) Koen H. Hendriks et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Triphenylamine modified bis-diketopyrrolopyrrole molecular donor materials with extended conjugation for bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2014) Hai-Fen Feng et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

D–A–Ar-type small molecules with enlarged π-system of phenanthrene at terminal for high-performance solution processed organic solar cells

(2014) Youming Zhang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

A solution-processable electron acceptor based on diketopyrrolopyrrole and naphthalenediimide motifs for organic solar cells

(2014) Hemlata Patil et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

π-Extended Narrow-Bandgap Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Oligomers for Solution-Processed Inverted Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Woong Shin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A diketopyrrolopyrrole and benzothiadiazole based small molecule electron acceptor: design, synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic properties

(2014) Aaron M. Raynor et al.   RSC Advances

Single Junction Inverted Polymer Solar Cell Reaching Power Conversion Efficiency 10.31% by Employing Dual-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film as Cathode Interlayer

(2014) Sih-Hao Liao et al.   Scientific Reports

A Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dimer for Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Zhixiao Niu et al.   Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

An Efficient Tin-Free Route to Small Molecules Based on Silole-Modified Pentathiophenes for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Qing-Cai Yu et al.   Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

Roll-coating fabrication of flexible large area small molecule solar cells with power conversion efficiency exceeding 1%

(2014) Wenqing Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

New dithienyl-diketopyrrolopyrrole-based conjugated molecules entailing electron withdrawing moieties for organic ambipolar semiconductors and photovoltaic materials

(2014) Chenmin Yu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Star-Shaped D–A Small Molecules Based on Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Triphenylamine for Efficient Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Jun-Ying Pan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

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

Nongeminate Recombination and Charge Transport Limitations in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Solution-Processed Small Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Christopher M. Proctor et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

The Role of Additive in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Small Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2013) Hongyu Wang 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

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

DiketopyrrolopyrroleThiophene-Based Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Materials for High-Performance Field-Effect Transistors

(2013) Chien Lu et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Optimization of energy levels by molecular design: evaluation of bis-diketopyrrolopyrrole molecular donor materials for bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2013) Bright Walker et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Theoretical characterization and design of small molecule donor material containing naphthodithiophene central unit for efficient organic solar cells

(2013) Yu-Ai Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Predicting Morphologies of Solution Processed Polymer:Fullerene Blends

(2013) Sandra Kouijzer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Improved Light Harvesting and Improved Efficiency by Insertion of an Optical Spacer (ZnO) in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Aung Ko Ko Kyaw et al.   NANO LETTERS

A direct arylation-derived DPP-based small molecule for solution-processed organic solar cells

(2013) Shi-Yong Liu et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

A strategy to enhance both VOC and JSC of A–D–A type small molecules based on diketopyrrolopyrrole for high efficient organic solar cells

(2013) Yoon Suk Choi et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Solution-processed small molecule:fullerene bulk-heterojunction solar cells: impedance spectroscopy deduced bulk and interfacial limits to fill-factors

(2013) Antonio Guerrero et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A Solution-Processable Small Molecule Based on Benzodithiophene and Diketopyrrolopyrrole for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Yuze Lin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A Solution-Processable Electron Acceptor Based on Dibenzosilole and Diketopyrrolopyrrole for Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Yuze Lin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Effect of structure on the solubility and photovoltaic properties of bis-diketopyrrolopyrrole molecules

(2013) Weiwei Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Significant improvement of photovoltaic performance by embedding thiophene in solution-processed star-shaped TPA-DPP backbone

(2013) Ailing Tang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A bipolar small molecule based on indacenodithiophene and diketopyrrolopyrrole for solution processed organic solar cells

(2013) Huitao Bai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A new solution-processed diketopyrrolopyrrole donor for non-fullerene small-molecule solar cells

(2013) Yuxia Chen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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

Recent Advances in the Development of Semiconducting DPP-Containing Polymers for Transistor Applications

(2012) Christian B. Nielsen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A 3D star-shaped non-fullerene acceptor for solution-processed organic solar cells with a high open-circuit voltage of 1.18 V

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A “zig-zag” naphthodithiophene core for increased efficiency in solution-processed small molecule solar cells

(2012) Stephen Loser et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

New Semiconductors Based on 2,2′-Ethyne-1,2-diylbis[3-(alk-1-yn-1-yl)thiophene] for Organic Opto-Electronics

(2012) Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Structure–properties relationships in conjugated molecules based on diketopyrrolopyrrole for organic photovoltaics

(2012) Emilie Ripaud et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Synthesis and applications of novel low bandgap star-burst molecules containing a triphenylamine core and dialkylated diketopyrrolopyrrole arms for organic photovoltaics

(2012) Duryodhan Sahu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Liquid crystalline hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene-diketopyrrolopyrrole organic dyes for photovoltaic applications

(2012) Wallace W. H. Wong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Solar Cell Efficiency, Self-Assembly, and Dipole–Dipole Interactions of Isomorphic Narrow-Band-Gap Molecules

(2012) Christopher J. Takacs et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The synthesis and photovoltaic properties of A–D–A-type small molecules containing diketopyrrolopyrrole terminal units

(2012) Ling Zhang et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based small molecules with simple structure for high VOC organic photovoltaics

(2012) Jong Won Lee et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Solution processable low bandgap small molecule donors with naphthalene end-groups for organic solar cells

(2012) Ying Liu et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Morphology control of solution processable small molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells via solvent additives

(2012) Jin Kuen Park et al.   RSC Advances

Enhanced performance of solution-processed solar cells based on porphyrin small molecules with a diketopyrrolopyrrole acceptor unit and a pyridine additive

(2012) Lisheng Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Efficient Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Fill Factors via Pyrene-Directed Molecular Self-Assembly

(2011) Olivia P. Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Oligothiophenes for Field-Effect Transistors and Solar Cells

(2011) Jianguo Mei et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis, thin-film morphology, and comparative study of bulk and bilayer heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices using soluble diketopyrrolopyrrole molecules

(2011) William Kylberg et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A Naphthodithiophene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Donor Molecule for Efficient Solution-Processed Solar Cells

(2011) Stephen Loser et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene−Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Polymers for High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors and Organic Photovoltaic Devices

(2011) Hugo Bronstein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells with 6.7% efficiency

(2011) Yanming Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Molecular engineering of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based photosensitizer for solution processed small molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2011) Ban-Seok Jeong et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Effect of Charge Recombination on the Fill Factor of Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Yuan Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Nanoscale Phase Separation and High Photovoltaic Efficiency in Solution-Processed, Small-Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Bright Walker et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Outstanding Short-Circuit Currents in BHJ Solar Cells Based on NIR-Absorbing Acceptor-Substituted Squaraines

(2009) Ulrich Mayerhöffer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A low band gap, solution processable oligothiophene with a dialkylated diketopyrrolopyrrole chromophore for use in bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2009) Arnold Bernarte Tamayo et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on merocyanine colorants

(2008) Nils M. Kronenberg et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A Low Band Gap, Solution Processable Oligothiophene with a Diketopyrrolopyrrole Core for Use in Organic Solar Cells

(2008) Arnold B. Tamayo et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C