Solution processed organic solar cells based on A–D–D′–D–A small molecule with benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene donor (D′) unit, cyclopentadithiophene donor (D) and ethylrhodanine acceptor unit having 6% light to energy conversion efficiency

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Dialkylthiol-Substituted Benzodithiophene Unit with Efficiency near 10%

(2014) Bin Kan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structural Design of Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-Based 2D Conjugated Polymers with Bithienyl and Terthienyl Substituents toward Photovoltaic Applications

(2014) Cheng-Yu Kuo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers

(2014) Simon Mathew et al.   Nature Chemistry

Controlling Solution-Phase Polymer Aggregation with Molecular Weight and Solvent Additives to Optimize Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) Jonathan A. Bartelt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Interface Design to Improve the Performance and Stability of Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Conventional Solar Cells

(2014) Jie Min et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Effects of oligothiophene π-bridge length on physical and photovoltaic properties of star-shaped molecules for bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2014) Jie Min et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

High Performance Photovoltaic Applications Using Solution-Processed Small Molecules

(2013) Yongsheng Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

2-Alkyl-5-thienyl-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-Based Donor Molecules for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Dhananjaya Patra et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solution-Processed Small Molecules Using Different Electron Linkers for High-Performance Solar Cells

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Regioregular pyridyl[2,1,3]thiadiazole-co-indacenodithiophene conjugated polymers

(2013) Wen Wen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A new two-dimensional oligothiophene end-capped with alkyl cyanoacetate groups for highly efficient solution-processed organic solar cells

(2013) Chaohua Cui et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Solution-Processable Organic Molecule Photovoltaic Materials with Bithienyl-benzodithiophene Central Unit and Indenedione End Groups

(2013) Suling Shen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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

(2013) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Conjugated Side-Chain-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers for Use in Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Ha-Seul Chung et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Improved Light Harvesting and Improved Efficiency by Insertion of an Optical Spacer (ZnO) in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Aung Ko Ko Kyaw et al.   NANO LETTERS

Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene and benzotriazole based small molecule for solution-processed organic solar cells

(2013) Yanhua Chen et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

A Solution-Processable Small Molecule Based on Benzodithiophene and Diketopyrrolopyrrole for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Yuze Lin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Alkyl Chain Engineering of Solution-Processable Star-Shaped Molecules for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Jie Min et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Small-Molecule Solar Cells with Fill Factors up to 0.75 via a Layer-by-Layer Solution Process

(2013) Yuze Lin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Barium: An Efficient Cathode Layer for Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells

(2013) Vinay Gupta et al.   Scientific Reports

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells: breaking the 10% power conversion efficiency

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Effect of structure on the solubility and photovoltaic properties of bis-diketopyrrolopyrrole molecules

(2013) Weiwei Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

One, two and three-branched triphenylamine–oligothiophene hybrids for solution-processed solar cells

(2013) Yuze Lin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Insights into π-Conjugated Small Molecule Neat Films and Blends As Determined Through Photoconductivity

(2012) Jacek J. Jasieniak et al.   ACS Nano

Non-Basic High-Performance Molecules for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Thomas S. van der Poll et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Small Molecule Organic Semiconductors on the Move: Promises for Future Solar Energy Technology

(2012) Amaresh Mishra et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A star-shaped oligothiophene end-capped with alkyl cyanoacetate groups for solution-processed organic solar cells

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Solar Cell Efficiency, Self-Assembly, and Dipole–Dipole Interactions of Isomorphic Narrow-Band-Gap Molecules

(2012) Christopher J. Takacs et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Narrow-Band-Gap Conjugated Chromophores with Extended Molecular Lengths

(2012) Xiaofeng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Small Molecules Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Unit for High-Performance Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cyclopentadithiophene–benzothiadiazole oligomers: Synthesis via direct arylation, X-ray crystallography, optical properties, solution casted field-effect transistor and photovoltaic characteristics

(2012) Shu-Wei Chang et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

A solution-processable star-shaped molecule for high-performance organic solar cells via alkyl chain engineering and solvent additive

(2012) Jie Min et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

High-Performance Solar Cells using a Solution-Processed Small Molecule Containing Benzodithiophene Unit

(2011) Yongsheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Solution-Processable Star-Shaped Molecule for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Huixia Shang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Planar Small Molecule with Dithienosilole Core for High Efficiency Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2011) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells with 6.7% efficiency

(2011) Yanming Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Transient photoconductivity in polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells: Competition between sweep-out and recombination

(2011) Sarah R. Cowan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Spin-Coated Small Molecules for High Performance Solar Cells

(2011) Yongsheng Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution Processable Rhodanine-Based Small Molecule Organic Photovoltaic Cells with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 6.1%

(2011) Zhi Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solvent-Annealed Crystalline Squaraine: PC70BM (1:6) Solar Cells

(2011) Guodan Wei et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution-Processable Star-Shaped Molecules with Triphenylamine Core and Dicyanovinyl Endgroups for Organic Solar Cells†

(2010) Jing Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

On the Performances of the M06 Family of Density Functionals for Electronic Excitation Energies

(2010) Denis Jacquemin et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Efficient solution processed bulk-heterojunction solar cells based a donor–acceptor oligothiophene

(2010) Yongsheng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synchronously Reduced Surface States, Charge Recombination, and Light Absorption Length for High-Performance Organic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2010) Renzhi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

A Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Donor−Acceptor Polymer Exhibiting High Crystallinity for Photovoltaic Applications

(2010) Mao-Chuan Yuan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Molecular Bulk Heterojunctions: An Emerging Approach to Organic Solar Cells

(2009) Jean Roncali   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Highly Efficient Solar Cell Polymers Developed via Fine-Tuning of Structural and Electronic Properties

(2009) Yongye Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Columnar Structure in Bulk Heterojunction in Solution-Processable Three-Layered p-i-n Organic Photovoltaic Devices Using Tetrabenzoporphyrin Precursor and Silylmethyl[60]fullerene

(2009) Yutaka Matsuo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-Processed Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Monodisperse Dendritic Oligothiophenes

(2008) Chang-Qi Ma et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS