Low band gap conjugated polymers combining siloxane-terminated side chains and alkyl side chains: side-chain engineering achieving a large active layer processing window for PCE > 10% in polymer solar cells

Ternary solar cells with a mixed face-on and edge-on orientation enable an unprecedented efficiency of 12.1%

(2017) Tanya Kumari et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Fused Nonacyclic Electron Acceptors for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2017) Shuixing Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Combinatorial Study of Temperature-Dependent Nanostructure and Electrical Conduction of Polymer Semiconductors: Even Bimodal Orientation Can Enhance 3D Charge Transport

(2016) Sangsik Park et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Novel Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c′]Bis([1,2,5]Thiadiazole)-Based Narrow-Bandgap π-Conjugated Polymer with Power Conversion Efficiency Over 10%

(2016) Yaocheng Jin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Aqueous Solution Processed Photoconductive Cathode Interlayer for High Performance Polymer Solar Cells with Thick Interlayer and Thick Active Layer

(2016) Li Nian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Energy-Level Modulation of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors to Achieve over 12% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Sunsun Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Yankang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Polymers Entailing Pechmann Dye-Derived Acceptor with Siloxane-Terminated Side Chains Exhibiting Balanced Ambipolar Semiconducting Behavior

(2016) Si-Fen Yang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Structure–Property Relationships Directing Transport and Charge Separation in Isoindigo Polymers

(2016) Caroline Grand et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Reducing the efficiency–stability–cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells

(2016) Derya Baran et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A Wide Bandgap Polymer with Strong π-π Interaction for Efficient Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Huifeng Yao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Usingo-Chlorobenzaldehyde as a Fast Removable Solvent Additive during Spin-Coating PTB7-Based Active Layers: High Efficiency Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Jinxiang Chen et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

(2016) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Nature Energy

Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Improved Vertical Donor-Acceptor Compositional Gradient Via an Inverted Off-Center Spinning Method

(2015) Jiang Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on Absorption-Complementary Polymer Donor and Acceptor with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 8.27%

(2015) Liang Gao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Donor–acceptor conjugated polymers based on multifused ladder-type arenes for organic solar cells

(2015) Jhong-Sian Wu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

High-Performance Solution-Processed Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Based on Selenophene-Containing Perylene Bisimide Acceptor

(2015) Dong Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photoconductive Cathode Interlayer for Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Li Nian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Balanced Face-On to Edge-On Texture Ratio in Naphthalene Diimide-Based Polymers with Hybrid Siloxane Chains Directs Highly Efficient Electron Transport

(2015) Yiho Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Replacing Alkyl with Oligo(ethylene glycol) as Side Chains of Conjugated Polymers for Close π–π Stacking

(2015) Bin Meng et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Thiophene-Thiazolothiazole Copolymers: Significant Impact of Side Chain Composition on Backbone Orientation and Solar Cell Performances

(2014) Itaru Osaka et al.   ADVANCED 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

High-Mobility Field-Effect Transistors Fabricated with Macroscopic Aligned Semiconducting Polymers

(2014) Hsin-Rong Tseng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Naphtho[1,2-b:5,6-b′]dithiophene Based Two-Dimensional Conjugated Polymers for Highly Efficient Thick-Film Inverted Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Xiangwei Zhu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Cost analysis of roll-to-roll fabricated ITO free single and tandem organic solar modules based on data from manufacture

(2014) Florian Machui et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A New Tetracyclic Lactam Building Block for Thick, Broad-Bandgap Photovoltaics

(2014) Renee Kroon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Thienoisoindigo-Naphthalene Polymer with Ultrahigh Mobility of 14.4 cm2/V·s That Substantially Exceeds Benchmark Values for Amorphous Silicon Semiconductors

(2014) Gyoungsik Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Efficiency Inverted Polymer Photovoltaics via Spectrally Tuned Absorption Enhancement

(2014) Stephen Loser et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

High-Performance Inverted Organic Photovoltaics with Over 1-μm Thick Active Layers

(2014) Xiaowen Hu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Efficient Small Bandgap Polymer Solar Cells with High Fill Factors for 300 nm Thick Films

(2013) Weiwei Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Understanding the Mechanism of Operation

(2013) Alan J. Heeger   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optimization of polymer photovoltaic cells with bulk heterojunction layers hundreds of nanometers thick: modifying the morphology and cathode interface

(2013) Hui Joon Park et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Boosting the Ambipolar Performance of Solution-Processable Polymer Semiconductors via Hybrid Side-Chain Engineering

(2013) Junghoon Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Record High Hole Mobility in Polymer Semiconductors via Side-Chain Engineering

(2013) Il Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Naphthodithiophene–Naphthobisthiadiazole Copolymers for Solar Cells: Alkylation Drives the Polymer Backbone Flat and Promotes Efficiency

(2013) Itaru Osaka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organic photovoltaics with thick active layers (∼800nm) using a high mobility polymer donor

(2013) Leanne Murphy et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Loss Mechanisms in Thick-Film Low-Bandgap Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Cephas E. Small et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Comparison of the Photovoltaic Characteristics and Nanostructure of Fullerenes Blended with Conjugated Polymers with Siloxane-Terminated and Branched Aliphatic Side Chains

(2012) Do Hwan Kim et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Overcoming efficiency challenges in organic solar cells: rational development of conjugated polymers

(2012) Hae Jung Son et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Solution-Processable Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole–Selenophene Polymer with Unprecedentedly High Hole and Electron Mobilities

(2012) Junghoon Lee 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

A simple droplet pinning method for polymer film deposition for measuring charge transport in a thin film transistor

(2012) Hanying Li et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Bulk heterojunction solar cells with thick active layers and high fill factors enabled by a bithiophene-co-thiazolothiazole push-pull copolymer

(2011) J. Peet et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

Siloxane-Terminated Solubilizing Side Chains: Bringing Conjugated Polymer Backbones Closer and Boosting Hole Mobilities in Thin-Film Transistors

(2011) Jianguo Mei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An Easily Synthesized Blue Polymer for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2010) Ergang Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Effects of active layer thickness and thermal annealing on polythiophene: Fullerene bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices

(2010) Lichang Zeng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

π-Conjugated Polymers for Organic Electronics and Photovoltaic Cell Applications†

(2010) Antonio Facchetti   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Business, market and intellectual property analysis of polymer solar cells

(2010) Torben D. Nielsen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Development of Novel Conjugated Donor Polymers for High-Efficiency Bulk-Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices

(2009) Junwu Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2009) Gilles Dennler et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications

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

Narrow‐Bandgap Diketo‐Pyrrolo‐Pyrrole Polymer Solar Cells: The Effect of Processing on the Performance

(2008) Martijn M. Wienk et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis, Characterization, and Photovoltaic Properties of a Low Band Gap Polymer Based on Silole-Containing Polythiophenes and 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole

(2008) Jianhui Hou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY