A recent overview of porphyrin-based π-extended small molecules as donors and acceptors for high-performance organic solar cells

V Piradi, F Yan, X Zhu, WY Wong - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been considered as a promising, cost-effective alternative
to the silicon-based solar cells due to their light weight, mechanical flexibility, and easy …

Porphyrinic Acceptors for Fullerene-Free Molecular Photovoltaics

J Labella, J Laforga-Martin, T Torres - CCS Chemistry, 2024 - chinesechemsoc.org
Over the past few years, the development of nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) has become a
prominent focus in both organic and perovskite solar cell (OSCs and PSCs, respectively) …

Discotic liquid crystal-nanoparticle hybrid systems

S Kumar - NPG Asia Materials, 2014 - nature.com
Discotic liquid crystals (DLCs) are nanomaterials with sizes ranging from 2 to 6 nm, and they
are emerging as one-dimensional organic semiconducting materials. Recently, hybridization …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular parameters including fluorination program order during hierarchical helical self-organization of self-assembling dendrons

M Peterca, MR Imam, AE Dulcey, K Morimitsu, Q Xiao… - Giant, 2022 - Elsevier
Primary structure endows tertiary structure while tertiary structure determines function. This
fundamental principle is responsible for the generation of high order and precise functions in …

Improving efficiencies by modulating the central metal ion in porphyrin-oligothiophene-mediated P3HT/PCBM organic solar cells

DM Lyons, J Kesters, W Maes, CW Bielawski… - Synthetic metals, 2013 - Elsevier
The power conversion efficiencies of poly (3-hexylthiophene)/[6, 6]-phenyl-C 61-butyric acid
methyl ester (P3HT/PCBM) bulk heterojunction organic solar cells were increased through …

Modularly constructed polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-based giant molecules for unconventional nanostructure fabrication

J Jiang, Y Wang, L Jin, CH Hsu, S Zhang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Controlled assembly of nanoscale building blocks is a promising approach to obtain
functional materials with unique properties. Here, we report a way to manipulate the …

Donor/Acceptor Segregated π-Stacking Arrays by Use of Shish-Kebab-Type Polymeric Backbones: Highly Conductive Discotic Blends of …

T Sakurai, S Yoneda, S Sakaguchi, K Kato… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Construction of large-area electron donor–acceptor (D–A) interfaces and hole/electron
pathways is important for photoconducting and photovoltaic functions. Although blends of D …

[HTML][HTML] Do Molecules Tunnel through Nanoporous Graphene?

L Barabanova, A Buldum - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
The molecular transport and quantum tunneling of H2 and H2O molecules through
nanoporous graphene is studied using computational modeling and first-principles density …

Hybrids of cationic porphyrins with nanocarbons

B Girek, W Sliwa - Journal of inclusion phenomena and macrocyclic …, 2015 - Springer
In the review hybrids of cationic porphyrins (ie porphyrins functionalized by quaternary
pyridinium groups) with nanocarbons such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene …

Nanoparticles in discotic liquid crystals

S Kumar - Liquid Crystals With Nano And Microparticles, 2017 - World Scientific
The self-assembly of disc-shaped molecules creates discotic liquid crystals (DLCs). These
nanomaterials of the sizes ranging from 2-6 nm are emerging as a new class of organic …