Phthalocyanines and porphyrinoid analogues as hole-and electron-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells

M Urbani, G de la Torre, MK Nazeeruddin… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite absorbers in combination with electron and hole
transporting selective contacts result in power conversion efficiencies of over 23% under AM …

Phthalocyanine-based organic thin-film transistors: a review of recent advances

OA Melville, BH Lessard, TP Bender - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Metal phthalocyanines (MPcs) are versatile conjugated macrocycles that have attracted a
great deal of interest as active components in modern organic electronic devices. In …

Liquid crystals in photovoltaics: a new generation of organic photovoltaics

M Kumar, S Kumar - Polymer Journal, 2017 - nature.com
This article presents an overview of the developments in the field of organic photovoltaics
(PVs) with liquid crystals (LCs). A brief introduction to the PV and LC fields is given first …

What currently limits charge carrier mobility in crystals of molecular semiconductors?

G Schweicher, Y Olivier, V Lemaur… - Israel Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Charge carrier mobility is a central property that characterizes the performances of organic
semiconductors and is mostly measured in field‐effect transistors. High mobility values are …

Segregated donor–acceptor columns in liquid crystals that exhibit highly efficient ambipolar charge transport

H Hayashi, W Nihashi, T Umeyama… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystalline donor (ie, phthalocyanine) was covalently linked to acceptor (ie, fullerene)
to achieve efficient charge-transport properties in a liquid crystalline phase. The columnar …

Nanostructured liquid-crystalline semiconductors–a new approach to soft matter electronics

M Funahashi - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In contrast to solid-state organic semiconductors, superstructures can be constructed in
liquid-crystalline (LC) phases, using chirality, hybridization with nanofibers, and …

Three-chain truxene discotic liquid crystal showing high charged carrier mobility

KQ Zhao, C Chen, H Monobe, P Hu… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A new truxene discotic liquid crystal possessing only three octyloxy chains (3C8OTRX) was
studied on the mesomorphic and semiconducting properties to reveal that it exhibits a high …

Liquid–crystalline perylene tetracarboxylic acid bisimide bearing oligosiloxane chains with high electron mobility and solubility

M Funahashi, A Sonoda - Organic Electronics, 2012 - Elsevier
Liquid–crystalline perylene tetracarboxylic acid bisimide derivatives 1 and 2 bearing 1, 1, 1,
2, 2, 3, 3-heptamethyltrisiloxane chains at the end of alkyl side-chains have been …

Effects of processing additives on nanoscale phase separation, crystallization and photovoltaic performance of solar cells based on mesogenic phthalocyanine

QD Dao, T Hori, K Fukumura, T Masuda, T Kamikado… - Organic …, 2013 - Elsevier
A study on the effects of processing additives on the nanoscale phase separation,
crystallization, and photovoltaic performance of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) thin films made of …

Solution-processable electronic and redox-active liquid crystals based on the design of side chains

M Funahashi - Flexible and Printed Electronics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
For the development of solution-processable functional materials, it is significant to increase
the solubilities of the materials for organic solvents, retaining ordered structures of functional …