Direct arylation polymerization toward a narrow bandgap donor-acceptor conjugated polymer of alternating 5,6-difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole and alkyl-quarternarythiophene: From synthesis, optoelectronic properties to devices

Effects of the Terminal Structure, Purity, and Molecular Weight of an Amorphous Conjugated Polymer on Its Photovoltaic Characteristics

(2016) Junpei Kuwabara et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dithienobenzochalcogenodiazole-based electron donor–acceptor polymers for organic electronics

(2016) Amsalu Efrem et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Optimization of PDTS-DTffBT-Based Solar Cell Performance through Control of Polymer Molecular Weight

(2016) Pengfei Ma et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Thienoisoindigo-based small molecules and narrow bandgap polymers synthesized via C-H direct arylation coupling

(2016) Jing Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Tin-Free Direct C–H Arylation Polymerization for High Photovoltaic Efficiency Conjugated Copolymers

(2016) Alexander S. Dudnik et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

End-Capping Effect of Quinoxalino[2,3-b′]porphyrin on Donor–Acceptor Copolymer and Improved Performance of Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Liwei Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mixed-Ligand Approach to Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Polymerization: Effective Prevention of Structural Defects Using Diamines

(2016) Eisuke Iizuka et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Direct arylation polymerization towards narrow bandgap conjugated microporous polymers with hierarchical porosity

(2016) Amsalu Efrem et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Facile synthesis of naphthodithiophenediimide based small molecules and polymers via direct arylation coupling

(2016) Hassan Bohra et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

New Processable Phenanthridinone-Based Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications

(2016) Maxime Guérette et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Effective End Group Modification of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with Functional Electron-Deficient Moieties for Performance Improvement in Polymer Solar Cell

(2015) Chi-Min Chen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

C–H-Activated Direct Arylation of Strong Benzothiadiazole and Quinoxaline-Based Electron Acceptors

(2015) Junxiang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Defect-free Naphthalene Diimide Bithiophene Copolymers with Controlled Molar Mass and High Performance via Direct Arylation Polycondensation

(2015) Rukiya Matsidik et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Balanced Ambipolar Poly(diketopyrrolopyrrole-alt-tetrafluorobenzene) Semiconducting Polymers Synthesized via Direct Arylation Polymerization

(2015) Kai Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Systematic Analysis of Polymer Molecular Weight Influence on the Organic Photovoltaic Performance

(2015) Athanasios Katsouras et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

En Route to Defect-Free Polythiophene Derivatives by Direct Heteroarylation Polymerization

(2015) Thomas Bura et al.   MACROMOLECULES

End Capping Does Matter: Enhanced Order and Charge Transport in Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Polymers

(2015) Unsal Koldemir et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of conjugated polymers via an exclusive direct-arylation coupling reaction: a facile and straightforward way to synthesize thiophene-flanked benzothiadiazole derivatives and their copolymers

(2015) Xiaochen Wang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Direct arylation polycondensation for efficient synthesis of narrow-bandgap alternating D–A copolymers consisting of naphthalene diimide as an acceptor

(2015) Jinjun Shao et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Direct Arylation Polycondensation: A Promising Method for the Synthesis of Highly Pure, High-Molecular-Weight Conjugated Polymers Needed for Improving the Performance of Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Junpei Kuwabara et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Low Band-Gap Conjugated Polymers with Strong Interchain Aggregation and Very High Hole Mobility Towards Highly Efficient Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Zhenhui Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2014) Alessandro Luzio et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis of poly(5,6-difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-alt-9,9-dioctyl-fluorene) via direct arylation polycondensation

(2014) Xiaojie Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Optimization of direct arylation polymerization (DArP) through the identification and control of defects in polymer structure

(2014) Andrey E. Rudenko et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of donor–acceptor conjugated polymers based on benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene and 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole via direct arylation polycondensation: towards efficient C–H activation in nonpolar solvents

(2014) Xiaochen Wang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis and characterization of dithienobenzothiadiazole-based donor–acceptor conjugated polymers for organic solar cell applications

(2014) Amsalu Efrem et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Random Poly(3-hexylthiophene-co-3-cyanothiophene) Copolymers via Direct Arylation Polymerization (DArP) for Organic Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage

(2014) Andrey E. Rudenko et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Conjugated Polymers à la Carte from Time-Controlled Direct (Hetero)Arylation Polymerization

(2014) Pierre-Olivier Morin et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Direct (Hetero)Arylation: A New Tool for Polymer Chemists

(2013) Lauren G. Mercier et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Influences of the Non-Covalent Interaction Strength on Reaching High Solid-State Order and Device Performance of a Low Bandgap Polymer with Axisymmetrical Structural Units

(2013) Jyun-Fong Jheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

10.2% Power Conversion Efficiency Polymer Tandem Solar Cells Consisting of Two Identical Sub-Cells

(2013) Jingbi You et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A new ladder-type benzodi(cyclopentadithiophene)-based donor–acceptor polymer and a modified hole-collecting PEDOT:PSS layer to achieve tandem solar cells with an open-circuit voltage of 1.62 V

(2013) Yung-Lung Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

Direct Arylation Polymerization: A Green, Streamlining Synthetic Approach to π -conjugated Polymers

(2013) Kai Wang et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Controllable Direct Arylation: Fast Route to Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical 4,7-Diaryl-5,6-difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole Derivatives for Organic Optoelectronic Materials

(2013) Junxiang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fluorine Substituents Reduce Charge Recombination and Drive Structure and Morphology Development in Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Andrew C. Stuart et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Integrated Materials Design of Organic Semiconductors for Field-Effect Transistors

(2013) Jianguo Mei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of 5H-Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyran as an Electron-Rich Building Block for Donor–Acceptor Type Low-Bandgap Polymers

(2013) Letian Dou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

C–H Arylation Reaction: Atom Efficient and Greener Syntheses of π-Conjugated Small Molecules and Macromolecules for Organic Electronic Materials

(2013) Ken Okamoto et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Substituent Effects on Physical and Photovoltaic Properties of 5,6-Difluorobenzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-Based D–A Polymers: Toward a Donor Design for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Yan Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

C–H bond activation enables the rapid construction and late-stage diversification of functional molecules

(2013) Joanna Wencel-Delord et al.   Nature Chemistry

Made to order

(2013) Antonio Facchetti   NATURE MATERIALS

Optimization and simplification of polymer–fullerene solar cells through polymer and active layer design

(2013) Petr P. Khlyabich et al.   POLYMER

Superheated high-temperature size-exclusion chromatography with chloroform as the mobile phase for π-conjugated polymers

(2013) Xianwen Lou et al.   Polymer Chemistry

A polymer tandem solar cell with 10.6% power conversion efficiency

(2013) Jingbi You et al.   Nature Communications

An Air-Stable Low-Bandgap n-Type Organic Polymer Semiconductor Exhibiting Selective Solubility in Perfluorinated Solvents

(2012) Youhei Takeda et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymers with Dithienocarbazoles as Donor Units: Effect of Structure on Semiconducting Properties

(2012) Yunfeng Deng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Gold-Catalyzed Direct Arylation

(2012) L. T. Ball et al.   SCIENCE

Pathways to a New Efficiency Regime for Organic Solar Cells

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

End-Capping Effect of a Narrow Bandgap Conjugated Polymer on Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Jin Kuen Park et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Increased open circuit voltage in fluorinated benzothiadiazole-based alternating conjugated polymers

(2011) Yong Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Stille Polycondensation for Synthesis of Functional Materials

(2011) Bridget Carsten et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Semiconducting π-Conjugated Systems in Field-Effect Transistors: A Material Odyssey of Organic Electronics

(2011) Chengliang Wang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Molecular Design and Ordering Effects in π-Functional Materials for Transistor and Solar Cell Applications

(2011) Pierre M. Beaujuge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Controlled polymerizations for the synthesis of semiconducting conjugated polymers

(2011) Ken Okamoto et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2010) Jong Soo Kim et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbazole-based polymers for organic photovoltaic devices

(2010) Jiaoli Li et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Water/alcohol soluble conjugated polymers as highly efficient electron transporting/injection layer in optoelectronic devices

(2010) Fei Huang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Improving polymer transistor performance via morphology control

(2010) Hoi Nok Tsao et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Synthesis of Light-Emitting Conjugated Polymers for Applications in Electroluminescent Devices

(2009) Andrew C. Grimsdale et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Suzuki Polycondensation: Polyarylenes à la Carte

(2009) Junji Sakamoto et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency

(2009) Hsiang-Yu Chen et al.   Nature Photonics