Medium band gap conjugated polymers from thienoacene derivatives and pentacyclic aromatic lactam as promising alternatives of poly(3-hexylthiophene) in photovoltaic application

Thienothiophene-based copolymers for high-performance solar cells, employing different orientations of the thiazole group as a π bridge

(2017) Dangqiang Zhu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Naphtho[1,2- c :5,6- c ′]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole-based conjugated polymers consisting of oligothiophenes for efficient polymer solar cells

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A High-Performance D-A Copolymer Based on Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]Pyridin-5(4H)-One Unit Compatible with Fullerene and Nonfullerene Acceptors in Solar Cells

(2017) Mingwei An et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Additive-Free Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency over 10%

(2017) Hui Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Effect of alkylthiophene spacers and fluorine on the optoelectronic properties of 5,10-bis(dialkylthien-2-yl)dithieno[2,3-d:2′,3′-d′]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-alt-benzothiadiazole derivative copolymers

(2017) Pengzhi Guo et al.   RSC Advances

High-Performance Polymer Tandem Solar Cells Employing a New n-Type Conjugated Polymer as an Interconnecting Layer

(2016) Kai Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Low bandgap semiconducting polymers for polymeric photovoltaics

(2016) Chang Liu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A two-dimension medium band gap conjugated polymer based on 5,10-bis(alkylthien-2-yl)dithieno[3,2-d:3′,2′-d′]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene: Synthesis and photovoltaic application

(2016) Jianfeng Li et al.   Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A-Pure and Applied Chemistry

High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells by Synergistic Effects of Fine-Tuned Crystallinity and Solvent Annealing

(2016) Zhaojun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Effects of Backbone Planarity and Tightly Packed Alkyl Chains in the Donor–Acceptor Polymers for High Photostability

(2016) Hyo Sang Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Solution-processed organic tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies >12%

(2016) Miaomiao Li et al.   Nature Photonics

A heptacyclic acceptor unit developed for D–A copolymers used in polymer solar cells

(2016) Jiamin Cao et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Low Band Gap Polymer Solar Cells With Minimal Voltage Losses

(2016) Chuanfei Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Quinoxaline–thiophene based thick photovoltaic devices with an efficiency of ∼8%

(2016) Yuxiang Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Wide bandgap dithienobenzodithiophene-based π-conjugated polymers consisting of fluorinated benzotriazole and benzothiadiazole for polymer solar cells

(2016) Wenkai Zhong et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A lactam building block for efficient polymer solar cells

(2015) Jiamin Cao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Hexacyclic lactam building blocks for highly efficient polymer solar cells

(2015) Jiamin Cao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Wide Band-Gap 3,4-Difluorothiophene-Based Polymer with 7% Solar Cell Efficiency: An Alternative to P3HT

(2015) Jannic Wolf et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

(2015) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

A hexacyclic ladder-type building block for high-performance D–A copolymers

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

Dramatic performance enhancement for large bandgap thick-film polymer solar cells introduced by a difluorinated donor unit

(2015) Zhengke Li et al.   Nano Energy

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

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

Synthesis of dithieno[2,3-d:2’,3’-d’]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene -alt-isoindigo conjugated polymer and enhancement of photovoltaic property with diphenyl sulfide additives

(2014) Yangjun Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of Solvent Additives on Morphology, Charge Generation, Transport, and Recombination in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2014) Aung Ko Ko Kyaw et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Synthetically controlling the optoelectronic properties of dithieno[2,3-d:2′,3′-d′]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-alt-diketopyrrolopyrrole-conjugated polymers for efficient solar cells

(2014) Shuo Sun et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A pentacyclic aromatic lactam building block for efficient polymer solar cells

(2013) Jiamin Cao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Development of Large Band-Gap Conjugated Copolymers for Efficient Regular Single and Tandem Organic Solar Cells

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

Molecular Design toward Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with High Polymer Content

(2013) Deping Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and photovoltaic properties of novel 3,4-ethylenedithiathiophene-based copolymers for organic solar cells

(2013) Xiuxuan Sun et al.   Polymer Chemistry

An efficient selenophene-containing conjugated copolymer for organic solar cells

(2013) Jiamin Cao et al.   RSC Advances

Solution Processed Polymer Tandem Solar Cell Using Efficient Small and Wide bandgap Polymer:Fullerene Blends

(2012) Veronique S. Gevaerts et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Rational Design of High Performance Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Huaxing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stille Polycondensation for Synthesis of Functional Materials

(2011) Bridget Carsten et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Matter of minutes degradation of poly(3-hexylthiophene) under illumination in air

(2011) Steffan Cook et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymer Based on Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2011) Ming Wang 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

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

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