Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

Imide-and amide-functionalized polymer semiconductors

X Guo, A Facchetti, TJ Marks - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organic molecular and polymeric semiconductors are attractive for fabrication of cost-
effective, large-area, and mechanically flexible electronic devices via solution-based high …

Dithieno[3,2‐b:2′,3′‐d]pyrrol Fused Nonfullerene Acceptors Enabling Over 13% Efficiency for Organic Solar Cells

J Sun, X Ma, Z Zhang, J Yu, J Zhou, X Yin… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A new electron‐rich central building block, 5, 5, 12, 12‐tetrakis (4‐hexylphenyl)‐indacenobis‐
(dithieno [3, 2‐b: 2′, 3′‐d] pyrrol)(INP), and two derivative nonfullerene acceptors (INPIC …

Small-molecule acceptor based on the heptacyclic benzodi (cyclopentadithiophene) unit for highly efficient nonfullerene organic solar cells

B Kan, H Feng, X Wan, F Liu, X Ke… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A new nonfullerene small molecule with acceptor–donor–acceptor (A–D–A) structure,
namely, NFBDT, based on a heptacyclic benzodi (cyclopentadithiophene)(FBDT) unit using …

Donor–acceptor conjugated polymers based on multifused ladder-type arenes for organic solar cells

JS Wu, SW Cheng, YJ Cheng, CS Hsu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Harvesting solar energy from sunlight to generate electricity is considered as one of the most
important technologies to address the future sustainability of humans. Polymer solar cells …

Designing π-conjugated polymers for organic electronics

X Guo, M Baumgarten, K Müllen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Conjugated polymers have attracted an increasing amount of attention in recent years for
various organic electronic devices because of their potential advantages over inorganic and …

A near-infrared non-fullerene electron acceptor for high performance polymer solar cells

Y Li, L Zhong, B Gautam, HJ Bin, JD Lin… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Low-bandgap polymers/molecules are an interesting family of semiconductor materials, and
have enabled many recent exciting breakthroughs in the field of organic electronics …

Enhancing performance of nonfullerene acceptors via side‐chain conjugation strategy

J Wang, W Wang, X Wang, Y Wu, Q Zhang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A side‐chain conjugation strategy in the design of nonfullerene electron acceptors is
proposed, with the design and synthesis of a side‐chain‐conjugated acceptor (ITIC2) based …

Recent advances in molecular design of functional conjugated polymers for high-performance polymer solar cells

CC Chueh, AKY Jen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Continuous improvements have been made to drive the impressive progress of solution-
processed bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells (BHJ PSCs), in which the rationally …

A potential perylene diimide dimer‐based acceptor material for highly efficient solution‐processed non‐fullerene organic solar cells with 4.03% efficiency

X Zhang, Z Lu, L Ye, C Zhan, J Hou, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Great progress has been made on solution-processed, bulkheterojunction (BHJ) fullerene-
based organic solar cells (OSCs), and the reported power conversion efficiency (PCE) …