Synthesis of conjugated polymers for organic solar cell applications

YJ Cheng, SH Yang, CS Hsu - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Harvesting energy directly from sunlight using photovoltaic technology is considered as
being one of the most important ways to address growing global energy needs using a …

How the structural deviations on the backbone of conjugated polymers influence their optoelectronic properties and photovoltaic performance

CL Chochos, SA Choulis - Progress in polymer science, 2011 - Elsevier
The design of novel conjugated polymers with appropriate frontier orbital energy levels, low
band gap (LBG) and suitable carrier transport properties are needed to improve the power …

Thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine as an Acceptor toward Fast-Switching Green Donor–Acceptor-Type Electrochromic Polymer with Low Bandgap

S Ming, S Zhen, K Lin, L Zhao, J Xu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Thiadiazolo [3, 4-c] pyridine (PT), an important analog of benzothiadiazole (BT), has most
recently been explored as a novel electron acceptor. It exhibits more electron-accepting …

Donor polymers containing benzothiadiazole and four thiophene rings in their repeating units with improved photovoltaic performance

E Wang, M Wang, L Wang, C Duan, J Zhang… - …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A series of internal donor− acceptor type of copolymers containing benzothiadiazole and
four thiophene rings (bis (2, 2′-dithienyl) benzothiadiazole) in their repeating units were …

Anthracene based conjugated polymers: Correlation between π− π-stacking ability, photophysical properties, charge carrier mobility, and photovoltaic performance

DAM Egbe, S Türk, S Rathgeber, F Kuhnlenz… - …, 2010 - ACS Publications
This article reports on the synthesis, characterization and properties of a series of
anthracene− containing poly (p-phenylene-ethynylene)-alt-poly (p-phenylene-vinylene) s …

Alkyl side chain impact on the charge transport and photovoltaic properties of benzodithiophene and diketopyrrolopyrrole-based copolymers

Z Li, Y Zhang, SW Tsang, X Du, J Zhou… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
To investigate the side chain effect on the photovoltaic performance of conjugated
copolymers with alternating electron push–pull structures, three alternating copolymers (O …

Dopant-free hole transport materials based on alkyl-substituted indacenodithiophene for planar perovskite solar cells

X Liu, E Rezaee, H Shan, J Xu, Y Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Two dopant-free hole transporting materials (HTMs) comprising a planar
indacenodithiophene (IDT) core with different alkyl chains (either C4 or C6) and electron …

Acetylene-based materials in organic photovoltaics

F Silvestri, A Marrocchi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2010 - mdpi.com
Fossil fuel alternatives, such as solar energy, are moving to the forefront in a variety of
research fields. Organic photovoltaic systems hold the promise of a lightweight, flexible, cost …

Effect of the number of thiophene rings in polymers with 2, 1, 3-benzooxadiazole core on the photovoltaic properties

TT Do, YE Ha, JH Kim - Organic Electronics, 2013 - Elsevier
A series of polymers, poly {5, 6-bis (decyloxy)-4-(thiophen-2-yl) benzo [c][1, 2, 5]
oxadiazole}(1T-BO20), poly {4-(2, 2′-bithiophen-5-yl)-5, 6-bis (decyloxy) benzo [c][1, 2, 5] …

Synthesis, characterization, and photovoltaic properties of a low-bandgap copolymer based on 2, 1, 3-benzooxadiazole

JM Jiang, PA Yang, HC Chen, KH Wei - Chemical communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
PBDTBO, a conjugated polymer comprising benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene (BDT) and
5, 6-bis (octyloxy) benzo [c][1, 2, 5] oxadiazole (BO) units, exhibits a deep HOMO energy …