A comprehensive review on poly (3-alkylthiophene)-based crystalline structures, protocols and electronic applications

S Agbolaghi, S Zenoozi - Organic Electronics, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (3-alkylthiophenes)(P3ATs) particularly poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) have
vigorous tendency to crystallize into the ordered morphologies, thereby reflect the efficient …

Modeling and simulations of polymers: a roadmap

TE Gartner III, A Jayaraman - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular modeling and simulations are invaluable tools for the polymer science and
engineering community. These computational approaches enable predictions and provide …

Simulating charge transport in organic semiconductors and devices: a review

C Groves - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Charge transport simulation can be a valuable tool to better understand, optimise and
design organic transistors (OTFTs), photovoltaics (OPVs), and light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) …

Charge carrier transport and photogeneration in P3HT: PCBM photovoltaic blends

F Laquai, D Andrienko, R Mauer… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews the charge transport and photogeneration in bulk‐heterojunction solar
cells made from blend films of regioregular poly (3‐hexylthiophene)(RR‐P3HT) and …

How rigid are conjugated non‐ladder and ladder polymers?

Z Cao, M Leng, Y Cao, X Gu… - Journal of polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Persistence length is commonly used to quantitatively describe the chain rigidity of
macromolecules, which represents an important structural parameter governing many …

Predicting the mechanical properties of organic semiconductors using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations

SE Root, S Savagatrup, CJ Pais, G Arya… - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
The ability to predict the mechanical properties of organic semiconductors is of critical
importance for roll-to-roll production and thermomechanical reliability of organic electronic …

Predicting chain dimensions of semiflexible polymers from dihedral potentials

W Zhang, ED Gomez, ST Milner - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
We develop a numerical and an analytical approach to estimate the persistence length lp
and mean-square end-to-end distance⟨ R 2⟩ of complex semiflexible polymers …

Computational methodologies for developing structure–morphology–performance relationships in organic solar cells: A protocol review

K Do, MK Ravva, T Wang, JL Bredas - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
We outline a step-by-step protocol that incorporates a number of theoretical and
computational methodologies to evaluate the structural and electronic properties of π …

Modelling the morphology and thermomechanical behaviour of low-bandgap conjugated polymers and bulk heterojunction films

SE Root, NE Jackson, S Savagatrup, G Arya… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper describes the use of molecular dynamics (MD) to predict the nanoscale
morphology and thermomechanical behavior of three low-bandgap semiconducting …

Organic photovoltaics: Relating chemical structure, local morphology, and electronic properties

T Wang, G Kupgan, JL Brédas - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Substantial enhancements in the efficiencies of bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells
(OSCs) have come from largely trial-and-error-based optimizations of the morphology of the …