Rational molecular design of conjugated polymers and cautious optimization of
morphologies of the active layer are critical for developing high performance polymer solar …

Recently, the benzodithiophene-(BDT-) based polymers with conjugated side groups
attracted considerable attention due to their superior properties in polymer solar cells …

Two donor–acceptor (D–A) type conjugated polymers using dodecyl-and ethylhexyl-
thiophene substituted benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene (BDT-DDT and BDT-EHT …

Four new D–A type copolymers, namely, PBDT-DFQX-PP, PBDT-DFQX-TP, PBDT-DFQX-PT
and PBDT-DFQX-TT, were designed and synthesized to investigate the influence of …

Extending π-conjugation in the benzodithiophene (BDT) side chains has been proven useful
to improve the efficiencies of the BDT-based polymer solar cells (PSCs). Herein, combined …

Alkyl side chains play critical roles in the molecular design of conjugated polymers for
applications in bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells (PSCs). Recently, the …

A novel polymer material, poly {5, 10-bis (5-ethylhexyl-4-fluorothiophen-2-yl) dithieno [2, 3-d:
2′, 3′-d′′] benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene-co-1, 3-bis (thiophen-2-yl)-5, 7-bis (2 …

Extending the π-conjugation length of the polymeric backbone is an effective way to
enhance the photovoltaic performance of polymer solar cells (PSCs). Here, the donor–donor …

A series of D–A copolymers containing dioctyloxybenzo [1, 2-b: 4, 3-b′] dithiophene (BdT)
donor unit and different acceptor unit of bithiazole (BTz), thiazolo [5, 4-d] thiazole (TTz) …

A series of novel benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene (BDT)-based conjugated polymers
were synthesized using a Stille cross-coupling reaction. These polymers contained dithienyl …