Since the discovery of highly conducting polyacetylene by Shirakawa, MacDiarmid, and
Heeger1 in 1977, π-conjugated systems have attracted much attention as futuristic materials …

This critical review is devoted to semiconducting and high spin polymers which are of great
scientific interest in view of further development of the organic electronics and the emerging …

The optoelectronic properties of polymeric semiconductor materials can be utilized for the
fabrication of organic electronic and photonic devices. When key structural requirements are …

Self-assembly is invaluable in the construction of giant molecular structures via a bottom-up
approach. Although living organisms naturally make the most use of self-assembly and …

A new low band gap silole-containing conjugated polymer, PSBTBT, was designed and
synthesized. Photovoltaic properties of PSBTBT were initially investigated, and an average …

Organic molecules/polymers with a π-conjugated (hetero) aromatic backbone are capable of
transporting charge and interact efficiently with light. Therefore, these systems can act as …

Organic, planar, and electron deficient small molecules were utilized as acceptors in the first
reported bilayer heterojunction solar cells, however, current state-of-the-art organic …

For organic photovoltaics (OPVs) to become a viable source of renewable energy, the
synthesis of organic active-layer materials will need to be scaled to thousands of kilograms …

The most efficient plastic solar cells comprise a blend of conjugated polymer and a suitable
electron acceptor, typically a fullerene derivative. Therefore narrow-bandgap conjugated …

A novel diketopyrrolopyrrole-based π-conjugated copolymer P (DPP-alt-DTBSe), 5, and a
known copolymer P (DPP-alt-QT), 4, have been synthesized in 80–90% yield using the Stille …