Chlorination of low-band-gap polymers: Toward high-performance polymer solar cells

D Mo, H Wang, H Chen, S Qu, P Chao… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Halogenation is an effective way to tune the energy levels of organic semiconducting
materials. To date, fluorination of organic semiconducting materials to fabricate polymer …

Terthieno[3,2‐b]Thiophene (6T) Based Low Bandgap Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptor for Highly Efficient Solar Cells with a High Short‐Circuit Current Density and Low …

X Shi, J Chen, K Gao, L Zuo, Z Yao… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A terthieno [3, 2‐b] thiophene (6T) based fused‐ring low bandgap electron
acceptor, 6TIC, is designed and synthesized for highly efficient nonfullerene solar cells. The …

Highly Efficient Inverted Organic Solar Cells Through Material and Interfacial Engineering of Indacenodithieno[3,2‐b]thiophene‐Based Polymers and Devices

JJ Intemann, K Yao, YX Li, HL Yip… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A synergistic approach combining new material design and interfacial engineering of
devices is adopted to produce high efficiency inverted solar cells. Two new polymers, based …

A thieno [3, 2-b][1] benzothiophene isoindigo building block for additive-and annealing-free high-performance polymer solar cells

W Yue, RS Ashraf, CB Nielsen, E Collado-Fregoso… - 2015 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
A novel photoactive polymer with two different molecular weights is reported, based on a
new building block: thieno [3, 2-b][1] benzothiophene isoindigo. Due to the improved …

A non-fullerene acceptor with a fully fused backbone for efficient polymer solar cells with a high open-circuit voltage

S Li, W Liu, CZ Li, TK Lau, X Lu, M Shi… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we design and synthesize a perylene diimide derivative with a fully fused backbone,
FITP, which possesses an elevated lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level and high …

Indacenodithiophene: a promising building block for high performance polymer solar cells

Y Li, M Gu, Z Pan, B Zhang, X Yang, J Gu… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Harvesting energy directly from sunlight using photovoltaic technology has become an
essential component of future global energy production. Although silicon-based inorganic …

A novel alkylated indacenodithieno [3, 2‐b] thiophene‐based polymer for high‐performance field‐effect transistors

W Zhang, Y Han, X Zhu, Z Fei, Y Feng… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed studies of IDT-BT demonstrated that the rigidity of the IDT units enhanced the
coplanarity of the polymer backbone, contributing to effective quasi-1D charge transport …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization and simplification of polymer–fullerene solar cells through polymer and active layer design

PP Khlyabich, B Burkhart, AE Rudenko, BC Thompson - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
Polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells have consistently been at the
forefront of the growing field of organic photovoltaics (OPV). The enduring vision of OPV is …

Ternary organic solar cells with enhanced open circuit voltage

C Wang, X Xu, W Zhang, SB Dkhil, X Meng, X Liu… - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
By introducing a non-fullerene small molecule acceptor as a third component to typical
polymer donor: fullerene acceptor binary solar cells, we demonstrate that the short circuit …

A pentacyclic aromatic lactam building block for efficient polymer solar cells

J Cao, Q Liao, X Du, J Chen, Z Xiao, Q Zuo… - Energy & Environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
AD–A conjugated polymer (PThTPTI) was developed by using a brand new pentacyclic
aromatic lactam acceptor unit (TPTI). PThTPTI possesses good light absorption, thermal …