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 …

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 …

Direct (hetero) arylation polymerization: simplicity for conjugated polymer synthesis

JR Pouliot, F Grenier, JT Blaskovits, S Beaupré… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Direct (hetero) arylation polymerization (DHAP) has recently been established as an
environmentally benign method for the preparation of conjugated polymers. This synthetic …

Diketopyrrolopyrrole polymers for organic solar cells

W Li, KH Hendriks, MM Wienk… - Accounts of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Conjugated polymers have been extensively studied for application in organic
solar cells. In designing new polymers, particular attention has been given to tuning the …

Influence of Processing Parameters and Molecular Weight on the Morphology and Properties of High‐Performance PffBT4T‐2OD:PC71BM Organic Solar Cells

W Ma, G Yang, K Jiang, JH Carpenter… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The influences of various processing parameters and polymer molecular weight on the
morphology and properties of poly [(5, 6‐difluoro‐2, 1, 3‐benzothiadiazol‐4, 7‐diyl)‐alt‐(3 …

Tin-free direct C–H arylation polymerization for high photovoltaic efficiency conjugated copolymers

AS Dudnik, TJ Aldrich, ND Eastham… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A new and highly regioselective direct C–H arylation polymerization (DARP) methodology
enables the reproducible and sustainable synthesis of high-performance π-conjugated …

Molecular engineering of conjugated polymers for solar cells: an updated report

S Xiao, Q Zhang, W You - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The device efficiency of polymer: fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells has recently
surpassed 11%, as a result of synergistic efforts among chemists, physicists, and engineers …

The history of palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings should inspire the future of catalyst-transfer polymerization

AK Leone, EA Mueller, AJ McNeil - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers are the workhorse materials in organic electronics, a field that is
rapidly growing to encompass energy storage devices such as supercapacitors and …

Precision Synthesis of Various Low‐Bandgap Donor–Acceptor Alternating Conjugated Polymers via Living Suzuki–Miyaura Catalyst‐Transfer Polymerization

H Kim, J Lee, T Kim, M Cho, TL Choi - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we demonstrate that living Suzuki–Miyaura catalyst‐transfer polymerization (SCTP)
using a RuPhos Pd G3 precatalyst is a versatile method for the precision synthesis of …

On the importance of chemical precision in organic electronics: fullerene intercalation in perfectly alternating conjugated polymers

J Vanderspikken, Z Liu, X Wu, O Beckers… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The true structure of alternating conjugated polymers—the state‐of‐the‐art materials for
many organic electronics—often deviates from the idealized picture. Homocoupling defects …