The fracture of polymer materials is a multiscale process starting with the scission of a single
molecular bond advancing to a site of failure within the bulk. Quantifying the bonds broken …

Achieving high power conversion efficiency (PCE) polymer solar cells (PSCs) has been very
challenging and the ultimate goal for their commercialization. Precise investigation of the …

Over the last two decades, an enormous number of new polymeric materials have been
developed for organic photovoltaics, with the power conversion efficiencies of the best solar …

The present work describes computational studies on structural, electronic, charge transport
and photovoltaic properties of donor-acceptor-donor (DAD) type of compounds based on …

Naphthothiophenes were prepared from commercially available 2, 3-dibromothiophenes in
two steps by one-pot Suzuki/Sonogashira or Sonogashira/Suzuki coupling reactions …

We report four novel n-type polymer semiconductors containing a 2, 1, 3-benzothiadiazole
(BT) based acceptor annulated with a 2-(1, 3-dithiol-2-ylidene) malonitrile (DTYM) group …

In recent decades, the demand for clean and renewable energy has grown increasingly
urgent due to the irreversible alteration of the global climate change. As a result, organic …

Thick films of active layers (Polymer: PCBM blend) are required to harness the maximum
amount of sunlight and to achieve higher efficiencies in polymer solar cells. However, the …

Three random terpolymers were synthesized by subtle incorporation of fluoroarenes as the
third monomer into the popular PTB7-Th backbone and utilized for photovoltaic applications …

Synthesizing molecules with significant topological features, such as catenanes, tailored
with specific groups to confer desired functionality, is essential for investigating various …