Small is powerful: recent progress in solution‐processed small molecule solar cells

SD Collins, NA Ran, MC Heiber… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 5 years, research on the synthesis, device engineering, and device physics of
solution‐processed small molecule solar cells (SMSCs) has rapidly expanded …

Conjugated materials containing dithieno [3, 2-b: 2′, 3′-d] pyrrole and its derivatives for organic and hybrid solar cell applications

Y Geng, A Tang, K Tajima, Q Zeng… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The growing number of new π-conjugated polymers and small-molecules has promoted the
rapid development of organic solar cells (OSCs) over the past two decades. Among the most …

DFT molecular modeling studies of D-π-A-π-D type cyclopentadithiophene-diketopyrrolopyrrole based small molecules donor materials for organic photovoltaic cells

R Zaier, S Ayachi - Optik, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel six D-π-A-π-D type compounds containing small molecules from
cyclopentadithiophene (CPDT) and diketopyrrolopyrrole building (DPP) units were …

Direct (hetero) arylation: a tool for low-cost and eco-friendly organic photovoltaics

M Mainville, M Leclerc - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaics have attracted much attention in the past few years, mainly due to
their ability to be fully printed at low cost and large scale. However, the organic …

Poly(naphthalene diimide-alt-bithiophene) Prepared by Direct (Hetero)arylation Polymerization for Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

A Robitaille, SA Jenekhe, M Leclerc - Chemistry of Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
A high molecular weight alternating naphthalene diimide–bithiophene copolymer (poly {[N,
N′-bis (2-octyldodecyl)-naphthalene-1, 4, 5, 8-bis (dicarboximide)-2, 6-diyl]-alt-5, 5′-(2 …

Extracting Structural Data from MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Alternating Conjugated Polymers–A Case Study on PBTTT Derivatives

J Vanderspikken, P Verstappen, W Maes - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The incorporation of organic molecules has transformed the (mobile phone) displays market,
yet the widespread use of conjugated polymers in optoelectronic applications remains …

An effective strategy to enhance the dielectric constant of organic semiconductors–CPDTTPD-based low bandgap polymers bearing oligo (ethylene glycol) side …

J Brebels, E Douvogianni, D Devisscher… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated polymers applied in organic electronics (notably photovoltaics and
photodetectors) generally exhibit relatively low dielectric constants (εr 3–4), which leads to …

On the “True” Structure of Push–Pull‐Type Low‐Bandgap Polymers for Organic Electronics

G Pirotte, P Verstappen… - Advanced Electronic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Donor–acceptor‐type conjugated polymers are a dominant class of active materials in the
field of organic electronics. Their adjustable light‐harvesting, charge transfer, and charge …

Elucidating batch-to-batch variation caused by homocoupled side products in solution-processable organic solar cells

T Vangerven, P Verstappen, N Patil… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers and small molecules based on alternating electron-donating (D) and
electron-accepting (A) building blocks have led to state-of-the-art organic solar cell materials …

Dithienopyrrole-benzodithiophene based donor materials for small molecular BHJSCs: Impact of side chain and annealing treatment on their photovoltaic properties

MR Busireddy, VNR Mantena, NR Chereddy… - Organic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Two small molecular organic materials denoted as ICT1 and ICT2 with AD 1-D 2-D 1-A
architecture have been synthesized and their thermal, photo-physical, electrochemical and …