Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

The effects of side chains on the charge mobilities and functionalities of semiconducting conjugated polymers beyond solubilities

Y Yang, Z Liu, G Zhang, X Zhang… - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of semiconducting polymers in
terms of high charge mobilities and applications in transistors. Significant efforts have been …

High-performance intrinsically stretchable polymer solar cell with record efficiency and stretchability enabled by thymine-functionalized terpolymer

Q Wan, S Seo, SW Lee, J Lee, H Jeon… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Designing new polymer semiconductors for intrinsically stretchable polymer solar cells (IS-
PSCs) with high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and durability is critical for wearable …

Tuning conjugated polymer chain packing for stretchable semiconductors

J Xu, HC Wu, J Mun, R Ning, W Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In order to apply polymer semiconductors to stretchable electronics, they need to be easily
deformed under strain without being damaged. A small number of conjugated polymers …

Tuning the mechanical properties of a polymer semiconductor by modulating hydrogen bonding interactions

Y Zheng, M Ashizawa, S Zhang, J Kang… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conjugation breakers (CBs) with different H-bonding chemistries and linker flexibilities are
designed and incorporated into a diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based conjugated polymer …

Side-chain engineering of conjugated polymers for high-performance organic field-effect transistors

N Luo, P Ren, Y Feng, X Shao… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Past decades have witnessed the rapid development of conjugated polymers because of
their promising semiconducting properties and applications in organic field-effect transistors …

Elucidating the role of hydrogen bonds for improved mechanical properties in a high-performance semiconducting polymer

LA Galuska, MU Ocheje, ZC Ahmad… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Incorporation of hydrogen bond moieties into the backbone or side chain of conjugated
polymers is an effective strategy to enhance mechanical performance, facilitate …

The critical role of electron‐donating thiophene groups on the mechanical and thermal properties of donor–acceptor semiconducting polymers

S Zhang, MU Ocheje, L Huang… - Advanced Electronic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconducting donor–acceptor polymers are promising candidates for stretchable
electronics owing to their mechanical compliance. However, the effect of the electron …

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-Based polymers and their organic field-effect transistor applications: A review

HJ Cheon, TK An, YH Kim - Macromolecular Research, 2022 - Springer
Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based polymeric semiconductors have recently attracted
widespread attention and, due to their high field-effect mobility values, been studied for the …

Recent structural engineering of polymer semiconductors incorporating hydrogen bonds

Q Zhang, J Huang, K Wang, W Huang - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Highly planar, extended π‐electron organic conjugated polymers have been increasingly
attractive for achieving high‐mobility organic semiconductors. In addition to the conventional …