N-Annulated perylene diimide dimers: acetylene linkers as a strategy for controlling structural conformation and the impact on physical, electronic, optical and photovoltaic properties

1,8-Naphthalimide-Based Planar Small Molecular Acceptor for Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Jicheng Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Vinylene-Bridged Perylenediimide-Based Polymeric Acceptor Enabling Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells Processed under Ambient Conditions

(2016) Yikun Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Reduced Intramolecular Twisting Improves the Performance of 3D Molecular Acceptors in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Haoran Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A nonfullerene acceptor for wide band gap polymer based organic solar cells

(2016) Jicheng Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Solar Cell Performance of N-Annulated Perylene Diimide Non-Fullerene Acceptors

(2016) Arthur D. Hendsbee et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

More than Conformational “Twisting” or “Coplanarity”: Molecular Strategies for Designing High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Chuanlang Zhan et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based oligomers accessed via sequential C H activated coupling for fullerene-free organic photovoltaics

(2016) Shi-Yong Liu et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Morphology changes upon scaling a high-efficiency, solution-processed solar cell

(2016) Hyun Wook Ro et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

1,1,4,4-Tetracyanobuta-1,3-diene Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrroles: An Acceptor for Solution Processable Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2016) Yuvraj Patil et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Direct (Hetero)arylation Polymerization: Trends and Perspectives

(2016) Thomas Bura et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Three-Bladed Rylene Propellers with Three-Dimensional Network Assembly for Organic Electronics

(2016) Dong Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Performance Electron Acceptor with Thienyl Side Chains for Organic Photovoltaics

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Facile Planar Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor for As-Cast Polymer Solar Cells with 8.71% Efficiency

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Perylene diimide based all small-molecule organic solar cells: Impact of branched-alkyl side chains on solubility, photophysics, self-assembly, and photovoltaic parameters

(2016) Jon-Paul Sun et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

2,5,8,11-Tetraalkenyl Perylene Bisimides: Direct Regioselective Synthesis and Enhanced π–π Stacking Interaction

(2016) Li Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis and structure–property relationships of phthalimide and naphthalimide based organic π-conjugated small molecules

(2016) Abby-Jo Payne et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Side chain effect of nonfullerene acceptors on the photovoltaic performance of wide band gap polymer solar cells

(2016) Ran Hou et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor

(2016) Sarah Holliday et al.   Nature Communications

The Optimization of Direct Heteroarylation and Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reactions as Efficient and Sustainable Synthetic Methods To Access π-Conjugated Materials with Near-Infrared Absorption

(2016) Seth M. McAfee et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Perylenediimides as non-fullerene acceptors in bulk-heterojunction solar cells (BHJSCs)

(2016) Fernando Fernández-Lázaro et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Geometrically controlled organic small molecule acceptors for efficient fullerene-free organic photovoltaic devices

(2016) Wisnu Tantyo Hadmojo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A simple perylene diimide derivative with a highly twisted geometry as an electron acceptor for efficient organic solar cells

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

Beyond efficiency: scalability of molecular donor materials for organic photovoltaics

(2016) Riccardo Po et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

1,8-Naphthalimide-based nonfullerene acceptors for wide optical band gap polymer solar cells with an ultrathin active layer thickness of 35 nm

(2016) Jicheng Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Fast charge separation in a non-fullerene organic solar cell with a small driving force

(2016) Jing Liu et al.   Nature Energy

Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Use in Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Christian B. Nielsen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Fine-Tuning the 3D Structure of Nonfullerene Electron Acceptors Toward High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Haiyan Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with 8.5% Efficiency Enabled by a New Highly Twisted Electron Acceptor Dimer

(2015) Ye-Jin Hwang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Rigidifying Nonplanar Perylene Diimides by Ring Fusion Toward Geometry-Tunable Acceptors for High-Performance Fullerene-Free Solar Cells

(2015) Hongliang Zhong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-efficiency non-fullerene organic solar cells enabled by a difluorobenzothiadiazole-based donor polymer combined with a properly matched small molecule acceptor

(2015) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Beyond Fullerenes: Designing Alternative Molecular Electron Acceptors for Solution-Processable Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Geneviève Sauvé et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

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

Energy Level Tuning of Non-Fullerene Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Kjell Cnops et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Rhodanine Flanked Nonfullerene Acceptor for Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Sarah Holliday et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Non-Fullerene-Acceptor-Based Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency over 7%

(2015) Dan Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

SiliaCat: A Versatile Catalyst Series for Synthetic Organic Chemistry

(2015) Rosaria Ciriminna et al.   ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Overview of high-efficiency organic photovoltaic materials and devices

(2015) Xuxu Liu et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Molecular helices as electron acceptors in high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Yu Zhong et al.   Nature Communications

New advances in non-fullerene acceptor based organic solar cells

(2015) Chuanlang Zhan et al.   RSC Advances

Key components to the recent performance increases of solution processed non-fullerene small molecule acceptors

(2015) Seth M. McAfee et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A 1,8-naphthalimide based small molecular acceptor for polymer solar cells with high open circuit voltage

(2015) Xuejuan Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

A Tetraperylene Diimides Based 3D Nonfullerene Acceptor for Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Shi-Yong Liu et al.   Advanced Science

Tailor-Made Rylene Arrays for High Performance n-Channel Semiconductors

(2014) Wei Jiang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A Tetraphenylethylene Core-Based 3D Structure Small Molecular Acceptor Enabling Efficient Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An Electron-Deficient Small Molecule Accessible from Sustainable Synthesis and Building Blocks for Use as a Fullerene Alternative in Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Seth M. McAfee et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Design and Computational Characterization of Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Use in Solution-Processable Solar Cells

(2014) Lesley R. Rutledge et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Helical Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptors

(2014) Yu Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Helical Ribbons for Molecular Electronics

(2014) Yu Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

8.4% efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells exploiting long-range exciton energy transfer

(2014) Kjell Cnops et al.   Nature Communications

Development of Polymer Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2014) Yujeong Kim et al.   Polymers

Perylene diimides based materials for organic solar cells

(2013) Erika Kozma et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Effect of synthetic accessibility on the commercial viability of organic photovoltaics

(2013) Timothy P. Osedach et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Green chemistry for organic solar cells

(2013) Daniel J. Burke et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Charge Delocalization through Benzene, Naphthalene, and Anthracene Bridges in π-Conjugated Oligomers: An Experimental and Quantum Chemical Study

(2013) Alicia M. Fraind et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

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

(2013) Xingang Zhao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Greening the Valsartan Synthesis: Scale-up of Key Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling over SiliaCat DPP-Pd

(2013) Valerica Pandarus et al.   ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Towards rational design of organic electron acceptors for photovoltaics: a study based on perylenediimide derivatives

(2013) Qifan Yan et al.   Chemical Science

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based materials for organic photovoltaics

(2012) Sanyin Qu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Heterogeneous Sonogashira Coupling over Nanostructured SiliaCat Pd(0)

(2012) Rosaria Ciriminna et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Electrochemical Considerations for Determining Absolute Frontier Orbital Energy Levels of Conjugated Polymers for Solar Cell Applications

(2011) Claudia M. Cardona et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

SiliaCat ® S-Pd and SiliaCat DPP-Pd: Highly Reactive and Reusable Heterogeneous Silica-Based Palladium Catalysts

(2010) Mathieu Lemay et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Bis-N-Annulated Quaterrylene: An Approach to Processable Graphene Nanoribbons

(2009) Yan Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Conjugated Dimeric and Trimeric Perylenediimide Oligomers

(2009) Qifan Yan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Heteroatom-Annulated Perylenes: Practical Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Solid-State Packing Arrangement

(2008) Wei Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Fully Conjugated Tri(perylene bisimides): An Approach to the Construction ofn-Type Graphene Nanoribbons

(2008) Hualei Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY