Controlling Molecular Weight of a High Efficiency Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymer and Understanding Its Significant Impact on Photovoltaic Properties

Fluorinated Polymer Yields High Organic Solar Cell Performance for a Wide Range of Morphologies

(2013) John R. Tumbleston et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

On the role of intermixed phases in organic photovoltaic blends

(2013) Paul Westacott et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Consecutive Thiophene-Annulation Approach to π-Extended Thienoacene-Based Organic Semiconductors with [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (BTBT) Substructure

(2013) Takamichi Mori et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

“Fibonacci’s Route” to Regioregular Oligo(3-hexylthiophene)s

(2013) Felix P. V. Koch et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Designing and Refining Ni(II)diimine Catalysts Toward the Controlled Synthesis of Electron-Deficient Conjugated Polymers

(2013) Colin R. Bridges et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fluorine Substituents Reduce Charge Recombination and Drive Structure and Morphology Development in Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Andrew C. Stuart et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Domain Purity, Miscibility, and Molecular Orientation at Donor/Acceptor Interfaces in High Performance Organic Solar Cells: Paths to Further Improvement

(2013) Wei Ma et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Role of the transition metal in Grignard metathesis polymerization (GRIM) of 3-hexylthiophene

(2013) Mahesh P. Bhatt et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Competition between morphological attributes in the thermal annealing and additive processing of polymer solar cells

(2013) Wei Ma et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

The Impact of Molecular Orientation on the Photovoltaic Properties of a Phthalocyanine/Fullerene Heterojunction

(2012) Barry P. Rand et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Effects of the Molecular Weight and the Side-Chain Length on the Photovoltaic Performance of Dithienosilole/Thienopyrrolodione Copolymers

(2012) Ta-Ya Chu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Disentangling the impact of side chains and fluorine substituents of conjugated donor polymers on the performance of photovoltaic blends

(2012) Liqiang Yang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Polymer-Fullerene Miscibility: A Metric for Screening New Materials for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Neil D. Treat et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Structure-Property Optimizations in Donor Polymers via Electronics, Substituents, and Side Chains Toward High Efficiency Solar Cells

(2012) Rycel L. Uy et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Rational Design of High Performance Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Huaxing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polarized X-ray scattering reveals non-crystalline orientational ordering in organic films

(2012) B. A. Collins et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Pd2(dba)3 as a Precursor of Soluble Metal Complexes and Nanoparticles: Determination of Palladium Active Species for Catalysis and Synthesis

(2012) Sergey S. Zalesskiy et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Soft x-ray scattering facility at the Advanced Light Source with real-time data processing and analysis

(2012) E. Gann et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Studying Polymer/Fullerene Intermixing and Miscibility in Laterally Patterned Films with X-Ray Spectromicroscopy

(2012) Xiaoxi He et al.   Small

The Importance of Fullerene Percolation in the Mixed Regions of Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2012) Jonathan A. Bartelt et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Absolute Measurement of Domain Composition and Nanoscale Size Distribution Explains Performance in PTB7:PC71BM Solar Cells

(2012) Brian A. Collins et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Precision Synthesis of n-Type π-Conjugated Polymers in Catalyst-Transfer Condensation Polymerization

(2012) Tsutomu Yokozawa et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Drastic Change of Molecular Orientation in a Thiazolothiazole Copolymer by Molecular-Weight Control and Blending with PC61BM Leads to High Efficiencies in Solar Cells

(2011) Itaru Osaka et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

Fullerene-Dependent Miscibility in the Silole-Containing Copolymer PSBTBT-08

(2011) Brian A. Collins et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Outlook Brightens for Plastic Solar Cells

(2011) R. F. Service   SCIENCE

A Weak Donor−Strong Acceptor Strategy to Design Ideal Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2010) Huaxing Zhou et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Higher Molecular Weight Leads to Improved Photoresponsivity, Charge Transport and Interfacial Ordering in a Narrow Bandgap Semiconducting Polymer

(2010) Minghong Tong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Quantitatively Analyzing the Influence of Side Chains on Photovoltaic Properties of Polymer−Fullerene Solar Cells

(2010) Liqiang Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Interdiffusion of PCBM and P3HT Reveals Miscibility in a Photovoltaically Active Blend

(2010) Neil D. Treat et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Influence of Molecular Weight Distribution on the Gelation of P3HT and Its Impact on the Photovoltaic Performance

(2009) Markus Koppe et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Donor−Acceptor Polymers Incorporating Alkylated Dithienylbenzothiadiazole for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Pronounced Effect of Positioning Alkyl Chains

(2009) Huaxing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Streamlined microwave-assisted preparation of narrow-bandgap conjugated polymers for high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2009) Robert C. Coffin et al.   Nature Chemistry