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High-performance nonfullerene polymer solar cells based on a fluorinated wide bandgap copolymer with a high open-circuit voltage of 1.04 V

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High-performance nonfullerene polymer solar cells with open-circuit voltage over 1 V and energy loss as low as 0.54 eV

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Molecular Engineering of Highly Efficient Small Molecule Nonfullerene Acceptor for Organic Solar Cells

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On the Efficiency Limit of Conjugated Polymer:Fullerene-Based Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

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A spirobifluorene and diketopyrrolopyrrole moieties based non-fullerene acceptor for efficient and thermally stable polymer solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

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

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Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency

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Fluorination-enabled optimal morphology leads to over 11% efficiency for inverted small-molecule organic solar cells

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A New Polythiophene Derivative for High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with PCE over 9%

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Spiro Linkage as an Alternative Strategy for Promising Nonfullerene Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells

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A High Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cell with Optimized Crystalline Organizations

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A Series of Simple Oligomer-like Small Molecules Based on Oligothiophenes for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Efficiency

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Conformation-Insensitive Ambipolar Charge Transport in a Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Co-polymer Containing Acetylene Linkages

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Nongeminate Recombination and Charge Transport Limitations in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Solution-Processed Small Molecule Solar Cells

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High-Molecular-Weight Regular Alternating Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based Terpolymers for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

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Efficient Tandem and Triple-Junction Polymer Solar Cells

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Solution-Processed and High-Performance Organic Solar Cells Using Small Molecules with a Benzodithiophene Unit

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