π-Linkage effect of push-pull-structure organic small molecules for photovoltaic application

Toward high performance indacenodithiophene-based small-molecule organic solar cells: investigation of the effect of fused aromatic bridges on the device performance

(2016) Jin-Liang Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Rational Design of Small Molecular Donor for Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaics with 8.1% Efficiency and High Fill Factor via Multiple Fluorine Substituents and Thiophene Bridge

(2015) Jin-Liang Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Performance Organic Solar Cells Based on a Small Molecule with Alkylthio-Thienyl-Conjugated Side Chains without Extra Treatments

(2015) Chaohua Cui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The future of organic photovoltaics

(2015) Katherine A. Mazzio et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Small Molecules Based on Alkyl/Alkylthio-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Performance

(2015) Bin Kan et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

4,8-Bis(thienyl)-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene based A-π-D-π-A typed conjugated small molecules with mono-thiophene as the π-bridge: Synthesis, properties and photovoltaic performance

(2015) Ni Yin et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

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

Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor Small Molecules Based on Indacenodithiophene for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Huitao Bai et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Comparative Studies on Optical, Redox, and Photovoltaic Properties of a Series of D-A-D and Analogous D-A Chromophores

(2014) André Zitzler-Kunkel et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High performance asymmetrical push–pull small molecules end-capped with cyanophenyl for solution-processed solar cells

(2014) Hang Gao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enhanced efficiency of solution-processed small-molecule solar cells upon incorporation of gold nanospheres and nanorods into organic layers

(2014) Xiaoyan Xu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of star-shaped triphenylamine molecules with donor–acceptor unit as core

(2014) Hongyu Zhen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS

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

Characterization of two new (A–π)2–D–A type dyes with different central D unit and their application for dye sensitized solar cells

(2014) G.D. Sharma et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Solution-processed small molecules based on indacenodithiophene for high performance thin-film transistors and organic solar cells

(2014) Wenli Tang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

High open-circuit voltage of the solution-processed organic solar cells based on benzothiadiazole–triphenylamine small molecules incorporating π-linkage

(2014) Lihui Wang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Stepwise co-sensitization as a useful tool for enhancement of power conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells: The case of an unsymmetrical porphyrin dyad and a metal-free organic dye

(2014) G.D. Sharma et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Quantitative cascade energy transfer in semiconductor thin films

(2014) Rebecca Flamini et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Push–pull organic semiconductors with planar indenothiophene bridges for solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells

(2014) Jae Kwan Lee et al.   TETRAHEDRON

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

Linkage effects of linear D–π–A–π–D type diketopyrrolopyrrole-triphenylamine based solution-processable organic small molecule photovoltaic materials

(2014) Changyan Ji et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

High Performance Photovoltaic Applications Using Solution-Processed Small Molecules

(2013) Yongsheng Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Design and Synthesis of Molecular Donors for Solution-Processed High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Jessica E. Coughlin et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Intensity Dependence of Current–Voltage Characteristics and Recombination in High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Aung Ko Ko Kyaw et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effects of Fused Thiophene Bridges in Organic Semiconductors for Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Jae Kwan Lee et al.   BULLETIN OF THE KOREAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-Processable Organic Molecule Photovoltaic Materials with Bithienyl-benzodithiophene Central Unit and Indenedione End Groups

(2013) Suling Shen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Recent progress of bulk heterojunction solar cells based on small-molecular donors

(2013) QiuLiu Huang et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Efficient Sensitization of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Novel Triazine-Bridged Porphyrin–Porphyrin Dyads

(2013) Galateia E. Zervaki et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthetic Tuning of Electronic and Photophysical Properties of 2-Aryl-1,3-Benzothiaphospholes

(2013) Joshua C. Worch et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ethynylene-Linked Donor–Acceptor Alternating Copolymers

(2013) Wade A. Braunecker et al.   MACROMOLECULES

An Acetylene-Containing Perylene Diimide Copolymer for High Mobility n-Channel Transistor in Air

(2013) Xingang Zhao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Acetylene-bridged D–A–D type small molecule comprising pyrene and diketopyrrolopyrrole for high efficiency organic solar cells

(2013) Jeong-Wook Mun et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

A plasmonically enhanced polymer solar cell with gold–silica core–shell nanorods

(2013) Xiaoyan Xu et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Synthesis and photovoltaic characteristics of push–pull organic semiconductors containing an electron-rich dithienosilole bridge for solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells

(2013) Sanghyun Paek et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency of Low Band-Gap Polymer Solar Cells by Insertion of Optimized Binary Processing Additives

(2013) Dong Hwan Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Density functional theory design and characterization of D–A–A type electron donors with narrow band gap for small-molecule organic solar cells

(2013) Dongmei Wang et al.   Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

A star-shaped oligothiophene end-capped with alkyl cyanoacetate groups for solution-processed organic solar cells

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

D–π–A–π–D type benzothiadiazole–triphenylamine based small molecules containing cyano on the π-bridge for solution-processed organic solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

(2012) Shaohang Zeng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Facile Synthesis of Fluorine-Substituted Benzothiadiazole-Based Organic Semiconductors and Their Use in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Nara Cho et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

D?A?D low band gap molecule containing triphenylamine and benzoxadiazole/benzothiadiazole units: Synthesis and photophysical properties

(2012) Shaohang Zeng et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Monodispersed vs. polydispersed systems for bulk heterojunction solar cells: the case of dithienopyrrole/anthracene based materials

(2012) Roberto Grisorio et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Novel naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene core linear donor–π–acceptor conjugated small molecules with thiophene-bridged bithiazole acceptor: design, synthesis, and their application in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

(2012) Pranabesh Dutta et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Organic bulk heterojunction solar cells based on solution processable small molecules (A–π–A) featuring 2-(4-nitrophenyl) acrylonitrile acceptors and phthalimide-based π-linkers

(2012) G. D. Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

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

Vacuum-Deposited Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiencies by Judicious Molecular Design and Device Optimization

(2012) Yi-Hong Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

(2012) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE

Solution-processable star-shaped photovoltaic organic molecule with triphenylamine core and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene–dicyanovinyl arms

(2012) Dan Deng et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Small molecules based on bithiazole for solution-processed organic solar cells

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Evolved structure of thiazolothiazole based small molecules towards enhanced efficiency in organic solar cells

(2012) Pei Cheng et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Push-pull organic semiconductors comprising of bis-dimethylfluorenyl amino benzo[b]thiophene donor and various acceptors for solution processed small molecule organic solar cells

(2012) Jooyoung Kim et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Donor-acceptor small molecule with coplanar and rigid π-bridge for efficient organic solar cells

(2012) Liang-Chen Chi et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Dicyanovinyl-Substituted Oligothiophenes: Structure-Property Relationships and Application in Vacuum-Processed Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Roland Fitzner et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Manipulation of the Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells by Desymmetrization of the Structure of Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor Molecules

(2011) Dora Demeter et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Performance Solar Cells using a Solution-Processed Small Molecule Containing Benzodithiophene Unit

(2011) Yongsheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A new donor–acceptor molecule with uniaxial anisotropy for efficient vacuum-deposited organic solar cells

(2011) Hao-Wu Lin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A donor–acceptor–acceptor molecule for vacuum-processed organic solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 6.4%

(2011) Shi-Wen Chiu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A Planar Small Molecule with Dithienosilole Core for High Efficiency Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2011) Jiaoyan Zhou 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

Triphenylamine-containing D–A–D molecules with (dicyanomethylene)pyran as an acceptor unit for bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

(2011) Jing Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and photobehaviour of donor-π-acceptor conjugated arylacetylenes

(2011) Rebecca Flamini et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY

Rational Design of Organic Asymmetric Donors D1–A–D2 Possessing Broad Absorption Regions and Suitable Frontier Molecular Orbitals to Match Typical Acceptors toward Solar Cells

(2011) Shanshan Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Can the Gibbs Free Energy of Adsorption Be Predicted Efficiently and Accurately: An M05-2X DFT Study

(2011) A. Michalkova et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

A Low-Energy-Gap Organic Dye for High-Performance Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Li-Yen Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Triphenylamine-containing linear D-A-D molecules with benzothiadiazole as acceptor unit for bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

(2011) Dan Deng et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Low band-gap phenylenevinylene and fluorenevinylene small molecules containing triphenylamine segments: Synthesis and application in bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2011) J.A. Mikroyannidis et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Phenanthrene-functionalized 3,6-dithiophen-2-yl-2,5- dihydropyrrolo[3,4–c]pyrrole-1,4-diones as donor molecules for solution-processed organic photovoltaic cells

(2011) Zhonglian Wu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Novel unsymmetrical push–pull squaraine chromophores for solution processed small molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2011) Seulgi So et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Novel solution processable small molecule containing new electron-withdrawing group and oligothiophene for photovoltaic applications

(2011) Zaifang Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Tricyanofuran-based donor–acceptor type chromophores for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

(2011) Min Ju Cho et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Synthesis and photovoltaic performances of donor–π–acceptor dyes utilizing 1,3,5-triazine as π spacers

(2011) Jian Liu et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

A Solution Processable D-A-D Molecule based on Thiazolothiazole for High Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Qinqin Shi et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Spin-Coated Small Molecules for High Performance Solar Cells

(2011) Yongsheng Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution-Processable Star-Shaped Molecules with Triphenylamine Core and Dicyanovinyl Endgroups for Organic Solar Cells†

(2010) Jing Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Small Molecule Solution-Processed Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells†

(2010) Bright Walker et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Solution processable donor–acceptor oligothiophenes for bulk-heterojunction solar cells

(2010) Weifeng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Design and synthesis of solution processable small molecules towards high photovoltaic performance

(2010) Zaifang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and photophysical properties of conjugated anthracene-based compounds

(2010) Assunta Marrocchi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY

Solution-Processable Organic Molecule with Triphenylamine Core and Two Benzothiadiazole-Thiophene Arms for Photovoltaic Application

(2010) Yi Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Synthesis and Photovoltaic Properties of Solution Processable Small Molecules Containing 2-Pyran-4-ylidenemalononitrile and Oligothiophene Moieties

(2010) Zaifang Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Electrochemical Behavior and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Star-Shaped D−A Compounds with a 1,3,5-Triazine Core and Substituted Fluorene Arms

(2010) Khalid M. Omer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-Processable Low-Molecular Weight Extended Arylacetylenes: Versatile p-Type Semiconductors for Field-Effect Transistors and Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) Fabio Silvestri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of a Low-Band-Gap Small Molecule Based on Acenaphthoquinoxaline for Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) J. A. Mikroyannidis et al.   LANGMUIR

Strategies for Increasing the Efficiency of Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells: Material Selection and Device Architecture

(2009) Paul Heremans et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

“Plastic” Solar Cells: Self-Assembly of Bulk Heterojunction Nanomaterials by Spontaneous Phase Separation

(2009) Jeffrey Peet et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Novel p-Phenylenevinylene Compounds Containing Thiophene or Anthracene Moieties and Cyano−Vinylene Bonds for Photovoltaic Applications

(2009) John A. Mikroyannidis et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Star-Shaped D-π-A Molecules Containing a 2,4,6-Tri(thiophen-2-yl)-1,3,5-triazine Unit: Synthesis and Two-Photon Absorption Properties

(2009) Li Zou et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Solution-Processable Star-Shaped Photovoltaic Organic Molecule with Triphenylamine Core and Benzothiadiazole−Thiophene Arms

(2009) Jing Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dibenzo[f,h]thieno[3,4-b] quinoxaline-Based Small Molecules for Efficient Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Marappan Velusamy et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Solution processable D-A-D molecules based on triphenylamine for efficient organic solar cells

(2009) Huixia Shang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Oliogothiophenes end-capped with arylacetylenes for organic thin film transistors

(2009) Hui Wang et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Star-shaped triazine–thiophene conjugated systems

(2009) Philippe Leriche et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Donor-Acceptor Oligothiophenes as Low Optical Gap Chromophores for Photovoltaic Applications

(2008) Ping Fang Xia et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improving the efficiency of solution processable organic photovoltaic devices by a star-shaped molecular geometry

(2008) Chang He et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

[2.2]Paracyclophane-based molecular systems for the development of organic solar cells

(2008) L. Valentini et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Novel Anthracene-Core Molecule for the Development of Efficient PCBM-Based Solar Cells

(2007) Luca Valentini et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS