Long Ye
Also known as: 叶龙
polymer solar cells, Domain Purity, Organic Eelectroncis, conjugated polymers, Soft X-ray Scattering, Interaction parameter, Miscibility, organic devices, organic photovoltaics, Morphology, nonfullerene acceptors, molecular design, differential scanning calorimetry, Polymer Physics, Mechanical Properties, Thermal Properties, Thermodynamics, Stretchable organic solar cells
Long Ye received Ph.D. degree (2015/07) in Polymer Physics and Chemistry at Prof. Jianhui Hou 's group in Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS). Currently, He is a full professor in the school of materials science and engineering of Tianjin University. He was research assistant professor under Prof. Harald Ade at North Carolina State University, United States. His research interests are molecular design and morphological characterizations of photovoltaic polymers & fullerene-free acceptors, device engineering of polymer solar cells and related electronics. His collaborative studies have been published in over 100 research papers and 4 book chapters, with citations of 20000+ (web of science) and an H-index of 73. He serves as an independent referee for several peer-reviewed journals including Nature Communications; Advanced Materials; Joule; Angew Chem; Energy & Environmental Science; Advanced Energy Materials; Advanced Science; etc.
Works (190)
Updated: July 26th, 2023 21:14
2022 journal article
A Mixed-Ligand Strategy to Modulate P3HT Regioregularity for High-Efficiency Solar Cells
Macromolecules, 55(8), 3078–3086.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 14, 2022
2022 journal article
A general enlarging shear impulse approach to green printing large-area and efficient organic photovoltaics
Energy & Environmental Science.
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Added: April 23, 2022
2022 journal article
A generic approach yields organic solar cells with enhanced efficiency and thermal stability
Aggregate.
author keywords: deuterated solvent; organic solar cells; phase separation; scattering; thermal stability
onlinelibrary.wiley.com (publisher PDF)
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: November 6, 2022
2022 journal article
Achieving high efficiency and well-kept ductility in ternary all-polymer organic photovoltaic blends thanks to two well miscible donors
Matter, 5(2), 725–734.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 27, 2022
2022 journal article
An Aggregation‐Suppressed Polymer Blending Strategy Enables High‐Performance Organic and Quantum Dot Hybrid Solar Cells
Small, 4, 2201387.
author keywords: aggregation; colloidal quantum dots; hybrid solar cells; photovoltaic polymers; polymer blends
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 27, 2022
2022 journal article
An In Situ Film to Film Transformation Approach toward Highly Crystalline Covalent Organic Framework Films
CCS Chemistry.
Contributors: Y. Lv*, Y. Li *, G. Zhang *, Z. Peng *, * , Y. Chen *, T. Zhang *, G. Xing *, L. Chen *
author keywords: COF films; A(2)B(2) monomers; self-polycondensation; in situ transformation
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Added: August 24, 2022
2022 journal article
Brominated Polythiophene Reduces the Efficiency-Stability-Cost Gap of Organic and Quantum Dot Hybrid Solar Cells
Advanced Energy Materials.
author keywords: brominated polythiophenes; hybrid solar cells; perovskite; quantum dots; thermal stability
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2022 journal article
Delicate crystallinity control enables high-efficiency P3HT organic photovoltaic cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(7), 3418–3429.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 27, 2022
2022 journal article
Eco‐friendly solution processing of all‐polymer solar cells: Recent advances and future perspective
Journal of Polymer Science, 60(6), 945–960.
Contributors: Y. Xiong *, * & C. Zhang *
author keywords: all-polymer solar cells; eco-friendly solvent; miscibility; morphology; phase separation
Source: ORCID
Added: December 4, 2021
2022 journal article
Low-cost and high-performance poly(thienylene vinylene) derivative donor for efficient versatile organic photovoltaic cells
Nano Energy.
Contributors: P. Bi *, J. Ren*, S. Zhang *, J. Wang *, Z. Chen *, M. Gao *, Y. Cui *, T. Zhang *
author keywords: Organic photovoltaic cells; Poly(thienylene vinylene); Low-cost; Indoor application; Tandem cell
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Added: August 24, 2022
2022 journal article
Morphology control in high‐efficiency all‐polymer solar cells
InfoMat, 4(4).
author keywords: aggregated structure; all-polymer solar cells; morphology tuning; photovoltaic polymers; polymer acceptor
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: January 10, 2022
2022 journal article
Novel Third Components with (Thio)barbituric Acid as the End Groups Improving the Efficiency of Ternary Solar Cells
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
author keywords: ternary organic solar cells; the third component; 1,3-diethyl-2-thiobarbituric acid; 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid; weak electron-withdrawing group
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: May 13, 2022
2022 journal article
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2022 journal article
Processing Poly(3‐Hexylthiophene) Interlayer with Nonhalogenated Solvents for High‐Performance and Low‐Cost Quantum Dot Solar Cells
Solar RRL.
author keywords: hybrid solar cells; interaction parameters; nonhalogenated solvents; poly(3-hexylthiophene); quantum dots
Source: ORCID
Added: September 21, 2022
2022 journal article
Reproducibility in Time and Space—The Molecular Weight Effects of Polymeric Materials in Organic Photovoltaic Devices
Small Methods, 4, 2101548.
author keywords: energetic disorders; mobility mapping; molecular weight effects; organic solar cells; reproducibility
Source: ORCID
Added: April 27, 2022
2022 journal article
Revealing the Molar Mass Dependence on Thermal, Microstructural, and Electrical Properties of Direct Arylation Polycondensation Prepared Poly(3-hexylthiophene)
ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2.
Contributors: Q. Qi*, Y. Zhong *, Y. Liu *, M. Gao *, Z. Peng *, S. Li *, W. Zhao *, H. Ke *, J. Zhang *, *
author keywords: P3HT; molecular weight; direct arylation polycondensation; thermal properties; nonfullerene solar cells
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2022
2022 journal article
Simple Polythiophene Solar Cells Approaching 10% Efficiency via Carbon Chain Length Modulation of Poly(3-alkylthiophene)
Macromolecules, 55(1), 133–145.
Source: ORCID
Added: April 27, 2022
2022 journal article
Simultaneously Enhanced Efficiency and Mechanical Durability in Ternary Solar Cells Enabled by Low-Cost Incompletely Separated Fullerenes
Macromolecular Rapid Communications.
author keywords: all-polymer solar cells; fullerene; low cost; mechanical ductility; ternary solar cells
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2022 journal article
Status and prospects of ternary all-polymer organic solar cells
Materials Today Energy.
author keywords: All -polymer solar cells; Ternary blend; Third component; Morphology; Photovoltaic parameters; Stability
Source: ORCID
Added: October 8, 2022
2022 journal article
Thermally stable poly(3‐hexylthiophene): Nonfullerene solar cells with efficiency breaking 10%
Aggregate, 3.
author keywords: multi-technique approach; organic solar cells; phase separation; polythiophene; thermal stability
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 27, 2022
2022 journal article
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of the differences in the efficiency and stability of all-polymer solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: January 19, 2022
2022 journal article
Unraveling the Correlations between Mechanical Properties, Miscibility, and Film Microstructure in All-Polymer Photovoltaic Cells
Advanced Functional Materials.
author keywords: aggregated structures; all-polymer solar cells; elastic modulus; miscibility; stretchability
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2022 journal article
Unraveling the Molar Mass Dependence of Shearing‐Induced Aggregation Structure of a High‐Mobility Polymer Semiconductor
Advanced Materials, 1, 2108255.
author keywords: aggregation structures; bar coating; conjugated polymers; molar mass dependence; organic thin-film transistors
TL;DR:
This work thoroughly shows the molar mass dependence of the aggregation structure of a high-mobility conjugated copolymer (TDPP-Se) comprising thiophene-flanked diketopyrrolopyrrole and selenophene and paves the way to visualize the real aggregated structure of polymer semiconductors in solution state and sheds light on the aggregationructure control of high-performance electronic devices.
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Added: December 2, 2021
2022 journal article
Unraveling the Photovoltaic, Mechanical, and Microstructural Properties and Their Correlations in Simple Poly(3-pentylthiophene) Solar Cells
Macromolecular Rapid Communications.
author keywords: electron acceptors; film microstructures; poly(3-pentylthiophene); polythiophene solar cells; tensile properties
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2022 journal article
When Electronically Inert Polymers Meet Conjugated Polymers: Emerging Opportunities in Organic Photovoltaics
Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition).
Contributors: J. Wang * & *
author keywords: Organic solar cells; Insulating polymers; Photovoltaic polymers; Miscibility; Morphology
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Advances and prospective in thermally stable nonfullerene polymer solar cells
Science China Chemistry.
author keywords: polymer solar cells; thermal stability; morphology; miscibility; crystallization
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Calculation aided miscibility manipulation enables highly efficient polythiophene:nonfullerene photovoltaic cells
Science China Chemistry.
author keywords: nonfullerene organic solar cells; polythiophenes; miscibility; molecular design
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Carboxylate substituted pyrazine: A simple and low-cost building block for novel wide bandgap polymer donor enables 15.3% efficiency in organic solar cells
NANO ENERGY, 82.
author keywords: Carboxylate substituted pyrazine; Low-cost; Organic solar cells; Power conversion efficiency; Wide bandgap polymer donor
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 19, 2021
2021 journal article
Challenges and recent advances in photodiodes-based organic photodetectors
Materials Today.
Contributors: J. Liu *, M. Gao *, J. Kim*, Z. Zhou *, D. Chung *, H. Yin *, *
author keywords: Organic photodetectors; Molecular engineering; Morphology control; Novel device design; Device stability
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Control of aggregated structure of photovoltaic polymers for high‐efficiency solar cells
Aggregate, 2(5).
author keywords: aggregated structure; photovoltaic polymers; polymer solar cells; power conversion efficiency; small molecule acceptors
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: May 7, 2021
2021 journal article
Fluorination Enables Tunable Molecular Interaction and Photovoltaic Performance in Non-Fullerene Solar Cells Based on Ester-Substituted Polythiophene
Frontiers in Chemistry.
Contributors: Z. Liang *, M. Gao *, B. Zhang *, J. Wu *, Z. Peng *, M. Li *, * , Y. Geng *
author keywords: polythiophenes; non-fullerene organic solar cells; molecular interaction; fluorination; miscibility; film morphology
TL;DR:
This study demonstrates that varying the number of F atoms in the acceptors is a feasible way to manipulate the molecular interaction and the film morphology toward high-performance polythiophene:nonfullerene based OPVs.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
High T g Polymer Insulator Yields Organic Photovoltaic Blends with Superior Thermal Stability at 150 o C
Chinese Journal of Chemistry.
author keywords: Energy conversion; Thin films; Polymer insulator; Thermal stability; Crystal growth
Source: ORCID
Added: May 10, 2021
2021 journal article
High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells and Photodetectors Enabled by a High-Mobility n-Type Polymer and Optimized Bulk-Heterojunction Morphology
Chemistry of Materials, 33(10), 3746–3756.
Contributors: Y. Zhao *, T. Liu *, B. Wu*, S. Zhang *, N. Prine *, L. Zhang *, S. Pang *, B. Yin*
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: May 13, 2021
2021 journal article
Impact of Electrostatic Interaction on Bulk Morphology in Efficient Donor–Acceptor Photovoltaic Blends
Angewandte Chemie, 133(29), 16124–16130.
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Added: June 9, 2021
2021 journal article
Impact of Electrostatic Interaction on Bulk Morphology in Efficient Donor–Acceptor Photovoltaic Blends
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(29), 15988–15994.
author keywords: bulk morphology; domain purity; electrostatic interaction; non-radiative energy loss; organic photovoltaic cells
TL;DR:
This work proposes a molecular design strategy that can finely-tune the bulk morphology to achieve balanced charge generation and recombination, which is crucial for further boosting the efficiency of the OPV cells.
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Source: ORCID
Added: June 9, 2021
2021 journal article
Implications of Crystallization Temperatures of Organic Small Molecules in Optimizing Nonfullerene Solar Cell Performance
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7.
author keywords: all small-molecule solar cells; crystallization behavior; morphology; thermal annealing; power conversion efficiency
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: July 23, 2021
2021 journal article
Low-bandgap conjugated polymers based on benzodipyrrolidone with reliable unipolar electron mobility exceeding 1 cm(2) V-1 s(-1)
Science China Chemistry.
Contributors: M. Yang*, T. Du *, X. Zhao*, X. Huang *, L. Pan*, S. Pang *, H. Tang *, Z. Peng *
author keywords: field-effect transistors; electron mobility; conjugated polymers; quinoidal structure; benzodipyrrolidone
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Miscibility Control by Tuning Electrostatic Interactions in Bulk Heterojunction for Efficient Organic Solar Cells
ACS Materials Letters, 7, 1276–1283.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: July 30, 2021
2021 journal article
Modulation of Morphological, Mechanical, and Photovoltaic Properties of Ternary Organic Photovoltaic Blends for Optimum Operation
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 11(8).
Contributors: Z. Peng *, K. Jiang *, Y. Qin n, M. Li *, N. Balar n, . Brendan T. O'Connor n, H. Ade n , n , Y. Geng *
author keywords: ductility; elastic modulus; film morphology; nonfullerene acceptors; ternary organic solar cells
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: January 16, 2021
2021 journal article
Morphology evolution with polymer chain propagation and its impacts on device performance and stability of non-fullerene solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
Contributors: L. Zhang *, X. Huang *, C. Duan *, Z. Peng *, * , N. Kirby *, F. Huang *, Y. Cao *
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: December 17, 2020
2021 journal article
Near-infrared absorbing non-fullerene acceptors with unfused D-A-D core for efficient organic solar cells
Organic Electronics.
Contributors: Q. Wang *, K. Huang*, Y. Zhang *, * , W. Ni, M. Li *, Y. Geng *
author keywords: Organic solar cells; Unfused non-fullerene acceptor; D-A-D-type central unit; Near-infrared absorption
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
New Electron Acceptor with End-Extended Conjugation for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells
ENERGY & FUELS, 35(23), 19061–19068.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: February 21, 2022
2021 journal article
Non-fullerene acceptor organic photovoltaics with intrinsic operational lifetimes over 30 years
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1).
Contributors: Y. Li *, X. Huang *, K. Ding *, H. Sheriff*, n , H. Liu *, C. Li *, H. Ade n , S. Forrest *
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that the instability of NFA solar cells arises primarily from chemical changes at organic/inorganic interfaces bounding the bulk heterojunction active region, and an extrapolated intrinsic lifetime of > 5.6 × 104 h is obtained, which is equivalent to 30 years outdoor exposure.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: September 15, 2021
2021 journal article
Open‐Circuit Voltage Loss in Lead Chalcogenide Quantum Dot Solar Cells
Advanced Materials, 6, 2008115.
author keywords: lead chalcogenide quantum dots; open-circuit voltage; organic hole transport layer; solar cells; voltage loss
TL;DR:
The great potential of achieving performance breakthroughs via various organic hole transport layers is highlighted and the existing challenges toward commercialization of lead chalcogenide CQDSCs are discussed.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
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Added: June 5, 2021
2021 journal article
Optimization of Monomer Molecular Structure for Polymer Electrodes Fabricated through in-situ Electro-Polymerization Strategy
ChemSusChem.
author keywords: electro-polymerization; energy storage; lithium-ion batteries; polymer electrodes; solubility
TL;DR:
It was found that monomer with increased polymerizable sites and decreased solubility brought about enhanced electrochemical performance, which could enhance monomers' utilization for polymerization and more polymerizable Sites could lead to stable cross-linked polymer network after electro-polymerization.
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Optimized Active Layer Morphologies via Ternary Copolymerization of Polymer Donors for 17.6 % Efficiency Organic Solar cells with Enhanced Fill Factor
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 60(5), 2322–2329.
author keywords: fill factor; morphology; organic solar cells; power conversion efficiency; terpolymers
TL;DR:
A simple but effective approach to optimize blend morphologies of OSCs for higher photovoltaic performance by carefully incorporating the third 5,5'-dithienyl-2,2'-bithiazole (DTBTz) unit into the molecular backbone of PM6 (PM6-Tz00).
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: December 21, 2020
2021 journal article
P3HT-Based Organic Solar Cells with a Photoresponse to 1000 nm Enabled by Narrow Band Gap Nonfullerene Acceptors with High HOMO Levels
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Contributors: Z. Liang *, X. Cheng*, Y. Jiang *, J. Yu*, X. Xu *, Z. Peng *, L. Bu *, Y. Zhang *
author keywords: Organic solar cells; poly(3-hexylthiophene); nonfullerene acceptors; high HOMO level; power conversion efficiency
TL;DR:
This study demonstrates that the conjugated molecules with high HOMOs can also function as acceptor materials for P3HT-based OSCs, which opens a window to increase PCEs of P3 HT-basedOSCs in the future to the level of the devices based on the current state-of-the-art polymer donor materials.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Printable and stable all-polymer solar cells based on non-conjugated polymer acceptors with excellent mechanical robustness
Science China Chemistry.
author keywords: all-polymer solar cells; non-conjugated polymer acceptor; lager-area device; printing; mechanical robustness
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Quadrupole Moment Induced Morphology Control Via a Highly Volatile Small Molecule in Efficient Organic Solar Cells
Advanced Functional Materials.
author keywords: morphology control; organic solar cells; quadrupole moment; solid additives; volatility
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Recent advances in the development of radiative sky cooling inspired from solar thermal harvesting
Nano Energy.
Contributors: J. Liu *, J. Zhang *, H. Tang *, Z. Zhou *, D. Zhang*, * , D. Zhao *
author keywords: Radiative sky cooling; Solar thermal harvesting; Exergy analysis; Water harvesting; Night lighting
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Relationship between charge transfer state electroluminescence and the degradation of organic photovoltaics
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 118(6).
Contributors: C. Arneson *, X. Huang*, X. Huang *, D. Fan *, M. Gao *, n , H. Ade n , Y. Li *, S. Forrest *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: February 8, 2021
2021 journal article
Remove the water-induced traps toward improved performance in organic solar cells
Science China Materials.
author keywords: non-fullerene acceptor; water-induced traps; charge transport; device stability; organic semiconductors
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 article
Resolving the Molecular Origin of Mechanical Relaxations in Donor-Acceptor Polymer Semiconductors
Balar, N., Rech, J. J., Siddika, S., Song, R., Schrickx, H. M., Sheikh, N., … Brendan T. O'Connor. (2021, October 8). ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Vol. 10.
Contributors: N. Balar n, J. Rech *, S. Siddika n, R. Song n, H. Schrickx n, N. Sheikh n, n , A. Bonilla*
author keywords: dynamic mechanical analysis; glass transition; mechanical stability; polymer semiconductors; thermomechanical relaxation
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: October 11, 2021
2021 journal article
Revealing the Side-Chain-Dependent Ordering Transition of Highly Crystalline Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers
Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Contributors: G. Feng*, W. Tan *, S. Karuthedath *, C. Li *, X. Jiao *, A. Liu *, H. Venugopal *, Z. Tang *
author keywords: cryo-transmission electron microscopy; double-cable conjugated polymers; lamellar stacking; single-component organic solar cells
TL;DR:
It is found that for double-cable polymers with short linkers, the PBIs tend to stack in a head-to-head fashion, resulting in large d-spacing along the lamellar stacking direction, and the different packing facilitated by longer linker groups is associated with improved exciton separation and charge transport.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Sequential deposition enables high-performance nonfullerene organic solar cells
Materials Chemistry Frontiers.
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Added: May 18, 2021
2021 journal article
Stabilizing the microstructure for Y6-series nonfullerene solar cells
Chem, 7(11), 2853–2854.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: November 29, 2021
2021 journal article
Ternary copolymers containing 3,4-dicyanothiophene for efficient organic solar cells with reduced energy loss
Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
Contributors: Y. Zhang *, L. Pan*, Z. Peng *, W. Deng *, B. Zhang *, X. Yuan*, Z. Chen *, *
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
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Added: June 8, 2021
2021 journal article
The renaissance of polythiophene organic solar cells
Trends in Chemistry, 3(12), 1074–1087.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: October 26, 2021
2021 journal article
Thermoplastic Elastomer Tunes Phase Structure and Promotes Stretchability of High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells
Advanced Materials.
author keywords: film morphology; mechanical properties; nonfullerene small molecule acceptors; organic solar cells; thermoplastic elastomers
TL;DR:
Incorporating thermoplastic elastomers is a widely applicable and cost-effective strategy to improve mechanical properties of nonfullerene OSCs and beyond.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2021 journal article
Tuning the molar mass of P3HT via direct arylation polycondensation yields optimal interaction and high efficiency in nonfullerene organic solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: June 10, 2021
2021 article
Understanding, quantifying, and controlling the molecular ordering of semiconducting polymers: from novices to experts and amorphous to perfect crystals
Peng, Z., Ye, L., & Ade, H. (2021, December 1). MATERIALS HORIZONS, Vol. 9.
TL;DR:
The challenges to rationally design more perfect polymer crystals are outlined and a new molecular design approach is proposed that envisions conceptual molecular grafting that is akin to strained and unstrained hetero-epitaxy in classic (compound) semiconductors thin film growth.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: December 9, 2021
2020 journal article
2D covalent organic framework thin films via interfacial self-polycondensation of an A2B2 type monomer
Chemical Communications.
TL;DR:
An A2B2 type monomer was employed for the fabrication of continuous and highly crystalline 2D imine-linked covalent organic framework (COF) films with tunable thickness via interfacial self-polymerization that served as stable acidichromism sensors with rapid response, low detection limit and good repeatability.
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Added: March 5, 2020
2020 journal article
3,4-Dicyanothiophene-a Versatile Building Block for Efficient Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 10(12).
author keywords: 3; 4-dicyanothiophene; conjugated polymers; nonfullerene acceptors; polymer solar cells; wide-bandgap
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 20, 2020
2020 journal article
A 3D nonfullerene electron acceptor with a 9,9 ' -bicarbazole backbone for high -efficiency organic solar cells
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS, 84.
Contributors: C. Jiang *, X. Huang*, B. Sun *, Y. Li *, M. Gao *, n , H. Ade n , S. Forrest *, J. Fan *
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: July 6, 2020
2020 journal article
A Narrow-Bandgap n-Type Polymer with an Acceptor-Acceptor Backbone Enabling Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells
Advanced Materials.
author keywords: acceptor-acceptor polymers; all-polymer solar cells; narrow bandgap; nonradiative recombination loss; polymer acceptors
TL;DR:
A new narrow-bandgap polymer acceptor L14 is synthesized by copolymerizing a dibrominated fused-ring electron acceptor (FREA) with distannylated bithiophene imide, which not only shows a narrow bandgap and high absorption coefficient, but also low-lying frontier molecular orbital (FMO) levels.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 24, 2022
2020 journal article
Asymmetrically noncovalently fused-ring acceptor for high-efficiency organic solar cells with reduced voltage loss and excellent thermal stability
NANO ENERGY, 74.
author keywords: Organic solar cells; Noncovalently fused rings; Narrow-bandgap acceptor; Energy loss; Thermal stability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: July 27, 2020
2020 journal article
Correction: A multi-objective optimization-based layer-by-layer blade-coating approach for organic solar cells: rational control of vertical stratification for high performance
Energy & Environmental Science.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: December 3, 2019
2020 journal article
Direct Arylation Polycondensation of Chlorinated Thiophene Derivatives to High-Mobility Conjugated Polymers
Macromolecules, 53(22), 10147–10154.
Source: ORCID
Added: November 13, 2020
2020 journal article
Efficient As-Cast Polymer Solar Cells with High and Stabilized Fill Factor
Solar Rrl.
Contributors: J. Fang*, Q. Liu *, J. Zhang *, * , J. Wu *, Z. Wei *, X. Guo *, M. Zhang *, Y. Li *
author keywords: as-cast polymer solar cells; miscibility; molecular ordering; nonfullerene acceptors; photostability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2020 journal article
Efficient Organic Ternary Solar Cells Employing Narrow Band Gap Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymers and Nonfullerene Acceptors
Chemistry of Materials, 32(17), 7309–7317.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 19, 2020
2020 journal article
Enhanced efficiency in nonfullerene organic solar cells by tuning molecular order and domain characteristics
Nano Energy, 77, 105310.
Contributors: n , Y. Xiong n, M. Zhang *, X. Guo *, H. Guan*, Y. Zou*, H. Ade n
author keywords: Molecular order; Nonfullerene acceptor; Bulk-heterojunction film; Solvent additive; Domain
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 27, 2020
2020 journal article
Impact of Molecular Weight on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of a High-Mobility Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Conjugated Polymer
Macromolecules, 53(11), 4490–4500.
Source: ORCID
Added: May 20, 2020
2020 journal article
Miscibility-Controlled Phase Separation in Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers for Single-Component Organic Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 8 %
Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Contributors: X. Jiang *, J. Yang *, S. Karuthedath *, J. Li *, W. Lai*, C. Li *, C. Xiao *, *
author keywords: double-cable conjugated polymers; miscibility; naphthalene diimide; phase separation; single-component organic solar cells
TL;DR:
This work designed two double-cable conjugated polymers with almost the identical conjugate backbones and electron-withdrawing side units, but the extra chlorine (Cl) atoms had different positions on the conjugation backbones, enabling better miscibility with the naphthalene diimide side units.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2020 journal article
Molecular Engineering and Morphology Control of Polythiophene:Nonfullerene Acceptor Blends for High‐Performance Solar Cells
Advanced Energy Materials, 10, 2002572.
author keywords: molecular engineering; morphology control; nonfullerene; organic solar cells; polythiophene
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: October 16, 2020
2020 journal article
Molecular design of a non-fullerene acceptor enables a P3HT-based organic solar cell with 9.46% efficiency
Energy & Environmental Science.
Source: ORCID
Added: August 6, 2020
2020 journal article
Novel Bimodal Silver Nanowire Network as Top Electrodes for Reproducible and High‐Efficiency Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaics
Solar RRL, 4(10), 2000328.
Contributors: Y. Xiong n, R. Booth n, T. Kim n, n , Y. Liu n, Q. Dong n, M. Zhang *, F. So n
author keywords: silver nanowires; aspect ratios; semitransparent organic solar cells; solution processing; top conductive electrodes
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 8, 2020
2020 journal article
Optimization Requirements of Efficient Polythiophene:Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells
JOULE, 4(6), 1278–1295.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 13, 2020
2020 journal article
PBDB-T and its derivatives: A family of polymer donors enables over 17% efficiency in organic photovoltaics
Materials Today, 35, 115–130.
Contributors: Z. Zheng *, H. Yao *, n , Y. Xu *, S. Zhang * & J. Hou *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Source: ORCID
Added: December 20, 2019
2020 journal article
Reduced Energy Loss in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with Isomeric Donor Polymers Containing Thiazole π-Spacers
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(1), 753–762.
author keywords: organic solar cells; energy loss; pi-spacer; thiazole; isomeric polymers
TL;DR:
It is demonstrated that the introduction of thiazole π-spacer with different orientation is effective to reduce the energy losses of OSCs, which provided valuable inspirations for the development of new conjugated polymers to the efficiency breakthrough of O SCs in future.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Source: ORCID
Added: December 20, 2019
2020 journal article
Role of Secondary Thermal Relaxations in Conjugated Polymer Film Toughness
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 32(15), 6540–6549.
Contributors: N. Balar n, S. Siddika n, S. Kashani n, Z. Peng n, J. Rech *, * , W. You *, H. Ade , . Brendan T. O'Conner
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: September 14, 2020
2020 journal article
Significance of thermodynamic interaction parameters in guiding the optimization of polymer:nonfullerene solar cells
Chemical Communications.
Contributors: M. Gao *, Z. Liang *, Y. Geng * & *
TL;DR:
The recent advances in analysing the morphology formation of nonfullerene PSCs with an effective polymer thermodynamic quantity, i.e., Flory-Huggins interaction parameter χ are discussed and guidelines of high and low χ systems are summarized.
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Source: ORCID
Added: September 25, 2020
2020 journal article
TCNQ as a volatilizable morphology modulator enables enhanced performance in non-fullerene organic solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
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Source: ORCID
Added: December 5, 2019
2020 journal article
Tuning the Hybridization of Local Exciton and Charge‐Transfer States in Highly Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(23), 9004–9010.
author keywords: charge-transfer states; hybridization; intermolecular interactions; molecular electrostatic potential; non-radiative energy loss
TL;DR:
Taking molecular surface electrostatic potential (ESP) as a quantitative parameter, the results reveal that increasing the ESP difference between donor and acceptor will enhance the intermolecular interaction.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: May 26, 2020
2020 journal article
Tuning the Hybridization of Local Exciton and Charge‐Transfer States in Highly Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Angewandte Chemie, 132(23), 9089–9095.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: May 26, 2020
2019 journal article
A Printable Organic Cathode Interlayer Enables over 13% Efficiency for 1-cm(2) Organic Solar Cells
JOULE, 3(1), 227–239.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: February 18, 2019
2019 journal article
A multi-objective optimization-based layer-by-layer blade-coating approach for organic solar cells: rational control of vertical stratification for high performance
Energy & Environmental Science, 12(10), 3118–3132.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 5, 2019
2019 journal article
Alkyl Chain Tuning of Small Molecule Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells
JOULE, 3(12), 3020–3033.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 6, 2020
2019 journal article
Black phosphorus nanoflakes as morphology modifier for efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells with high fill-factor and better morphological stability
NANO RESEARCH, 12(4), 777–783.
author keywords: fullerene-free organic solar cells; black phosphorus nanoflakes; morphology tuning; device stability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: April 15, 2019
2019 journal article
Conjugation-Curtailing of Benzodithionopyran-Cored Molecular Acceptor Enables Efficient Air-Processed Small Molecule Solar Cells
SMALL, 15(44).
author keywords: air-processing; all-small-molecule solar cells; electron acceptors; power conversion efficiency
TL;DR:
Detailed X-ray scattering investigations indicate that the B DT3TR-SF:NBDTP-M blend exhibits a blend morphology featuring fine interpenetrating networks with smaller domains and higher phase purity, which results in more efficient charge generation, more balanced charge transport, and less recombination compared to the low-performance BDT3 TR-SF; NBDTTP- M blend.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: September 30, 2019
2019 journal article
Efficient Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells with Enhanced Fill Factors via Increased Fullerene Loading
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 11(11), 10794–10800.
Contributors: C. Duan *, Z. Peng n, F. Colberts *, S. Pang *, n , O. Awartani n, K. Hendriks*, H. Ade , M. Wienk*, R. Janssen *
author keywords: polymer solar cells; thick films; fill factor; fullerene loading
TL;DR:
The results suggest enhanced electron mobility and suppressed bimolecular recombination upon increasing fullerene content in thick polymer:fullerene blend films, which are the result of larger fulleren aggregates and improved interconnectivity of the fullererene phases that provide continuous percolating pathways for electron transport in thick films.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: April 9, 2019
2019 journal article
Enhanced JSC of P3HT-based non-fullerene polymer solar cells by modulating aggregation effect of P3HT in solution state
Organic Electronics, 68, 15–21.
author keywords: Polymer solar cells; Poly(3-hexylthiophene); Non-fullerene; Aggregation effect; Morphology; Short-circuit currents
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 12, 2019
2019 journal article
Highly Efficient, Stable, and Ductile Ternary Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells from a Two-Donor Polymer Blend
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 31(17).
Contributors: H. Hu n, n , M. Ghasemi n, N. Balar n, J. Rech *, S. Stuard n, W. You *, . Brendan T. O'Connor n, H. Ade n
author keywords: mechanical durability; nonhalogenated solvents; stability; ternary solar cells
TL;DR:
The study indicates that improved stability and performance can be achieved in a synergistic way without significant embrittlement, which will accelerate the future development and application of nonfullerene OSCs.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: May 13, 2019
2019 journal article
Isomery-Dependent Miscibility Enables High-Performance All-Small-Molecule Solar Cells
SMALL, 15(1).
author keywords: all-small-molecule solar cells; electron acceptors; isomers; miscibility; power conversion efficiency
TL;DR:
The importance of modulating the materials miscibility by interfacial-tension-oriented molecular design, which provides a general guideline toward efficient NF-SMSCs, is revealed, which can be achieved by the "isomerization" design on molecular acceptors.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: January 21, 2019
2019 journal article
Modulation of Building Block Size in Conjugated Polymers with D–A Structure for Polymer Solar Cells
Macromolecules, 52(20), 7929–7938.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: October 12, 2019
2019 journal article
Multi-length scale morphology of nonfullerene all-small molecule blends and its relation to device function in organic solar cells
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 3(1), 137–144.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: January 21, 2019
2019 journal article
Polymer Side-Chain Variation Induces Microstructural Disparity in Nonfullerene Solar Cells
Chemistry of Materials, 31(17), 6568–6577.
Contributors: n , W. Li *, X. Guo *, M. Zhang * & H. Ade n
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 12, 2019
2019 journal article
Quenching to the Percolation Threshold in Organic Solar Cells
JOULE, 3(2), 443–458.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: March 18, 2019
2019 journal article
Rational Strategy to Stabilize an Unstable High-Efficiency Binary Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with a Third Component
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 9(20).
author keywords: miscibility; morphology stability; nonfullerene acceptors; organic solar cells; thermodynamics
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: June 17, 2019
2019 journal article
Reduced Nonradiative Energy Loss Caused by Aggregation of Nonfullerene Acceptor in Organic Solar Cells
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 9(35).
author keywords: aggregation; energy loss; nonfullerene acceptors; nonradiative recombination; organic solar cells
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: October 28, 2019
2019 journal article
Sequential Deposition of Organic Films with Eco-Compatible Solvents Improves Performance and Enables Over 12%-Efficiency Nonfullerene Solar Cells
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 31(17).
Contributors: n , Y. Xiong n, Z. Chen *, Q. Zhang *, Z. Fei *, R. Henry n, M. Heeney *, . Brendan T. O'Connor n, W. You *, H. Ade n
author keywords: eco-friendly solvent; molecular order; nonfullerene acceptors; organic solar cells; sequential deposition
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: May 13, 2019
2019 journal article
Soft X-Ray Scattering Characterization of Polymer Semiconductors
CONJUGATED POLYMERS: PERSPECTIVE, THEORY, AND NEW MATERIALS, VOL 2, EDITION.
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Added: August 24, 2022
2019 journal article
Soft X-Ray Scattering Characterization of Polymer Semiconductors
CONJUGATED POLYMERS: PROPERTIES, PROCESSING, AND APPLICATIONS, VOL 1, EDITION. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/49456059/
Source: ORCID
Added: August 24, 2022
2019 journal article
The Importance of Entanglements in Optimizing the Mechanical and Electrical Performance of All-Polymer Solar Cells
Chemistry of Materials, 31(14), 5124–5132.
Contributors: N. Balar n, J. Rech *, R. Henry n, n , H. Ade n, W. You *, . Brendan T. O'Connor n
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: August 12, 2019
2019 journal article
The crucial role of end group planarity for fused-ring electron acceptors in organic solar cells
Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 3(8), 1642–1652.
Contributors: J. Rech *, N. Bauer *, D. Dirkes *, J. Kaplan*, Z. Peng n, H. Zhang *, n , S. Liu *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2019 journal article
“Twisted” conjugated molecules as donor materials for efficient all-small-molecule organic solar cells processed with tetrahydrofuran
Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2019
2018 journal article
A High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cell Enabled by the Strong Intramolecular Electron Push-Pull Effect of the Nonfullerene Acceptor
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 30(16).
author keywords: intramolecular electron push-pull effect; miscibility; nonfullerene acceptor; organic solar cell; vibrational relaxation
TL;DR:
The strong push-pull effect decreases the vibrational relaxation, which makes IT-4F more promising than IT-M in reducing the energetic loss of organic solar cells and a power conversion efficiency of 13.7% is recorded in PBDB-TF:IT- 4F-based devices.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
A Wide Band Gap Polymer with a Deep Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Level Enables 14.2% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 140(23), 7159–7167.
TL;DR:
A new benzodithiophene unit is developed and subtle side-chain modulation of the ester greatly influences the aggregation effects and molecular packing of polymer PDTB-EF-T, demonstrating the great potential of the DTBDT-EF unit for future organic photovoltaic applications.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
A polymer design strategy toward green solvent processed efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 6(10), 4324–4330.
Contributors: Y. Qin*, n , S. Zhang *, J. Zhu *, B. Yang *, H. Ade n , J. Hou *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Controlling Blend Morphology for Ultrahigh Current Density in Nonfullerene Acceptor-Based Organic Solar Cells
ACS Energy Letters, 3(3), 669–676.
Contributors: X. Song *, N. Gasparini *, n , H. Yao *, J. Hou *, H. Ade n , D. Baran *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 12, 2019
2018 journal article
High-Efficiency All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells Based on an Organic Molecule Donor with Alkylsilyl-Thienyl Conjugated Side Chains
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 30(27).
Contributors: H. Bin *, J. Yao, Y. Yang *, I. Angunawela n, C. Sun *, L. Gao *, n , B. Qiu*
author keywords: alkylsilyl-thienyl conjugated side-chains; organic small-molecule donor materials; organic solar cells
TL;DR:
Two medium-bandgap p-type organic small molecules H21 and H22 with an alkylsily-thienyl conjugated side chain on benzo shows blueshifted absorption, higher charge-carrier mobility and better 3D charge pathway in blend films.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
High-Performance Wide Bandgap Copolymers Using an EDOT Modified Benzodithiophene Donor Block with 10.11% Efficiency
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 8(6).
author keywords: ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT); fluorination; polymer solar cells; side chain engineering; wide bandgap copolymers
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Influence of Donor Polymer on the Molecular Ordering of Small Molecular Acceptors in Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 8(5).
Contributors: H. Hu n, K. Jiang *, P. Chow *, n , G. Zhang*, Z. Li *, J. Carpenter n, H. Ade n , H. Yan *
author keywords: coherence length; morphology; polymer solar cells; small molecular acceptor; X-ray scattering
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Long-Lived, Non-Geminate, Radiative Recombination of Photogenerated Charges in a Polymer/Small-Molecule Acceptor Photovoltaic Blend
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(31), 9996–10008.
Contributors: M. Ziffer *, S. Jo *, H. Zhong *, n , H. Liu *, F. Lin *, J. Zhang *, X. Li *
TL;DR:
An important demonstration of photoluminescence due to nongeminate charge recombination in an efficient OPV blend is provided, a key step in identifying new OPV materials and materials-screening criteria if OPV is to approach the theoretical limits to efficiency.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 12, 2019
2018 journal article
Measuring Temperature-Dependent Miscibility for Polymer Solar Cell Blends: An Easily Accessible Optical Method Reveals Complex Behavior
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 30(12), 3943–3951.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Miscibility-Function Relations in Organic Solar Cells: Significance of Optimal Miscibility in Relation to Percolation
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 8(28).
Contributors: n , B. Collins n, X. Jiao n, J. Zhao *, H. Yan * & H. Ade n
author keywords: miscibility; percolation thresholds; polymer solar cells; scanning transmission X-ray microscopy
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: October 19, 2018
2018 journal article
Quantitative relations between interaction parameter, miscibility and function in organic solar cells
NATURE MATERIALS, 17(3), 253–260.
Contributors: n , H. Hu *, M. Ghasemi n, T. Wang *, B. Collins n, J. Kim n, K. Jiang *, J. Carpenter n
TL;DR:
This work establishes a quantitative ‘constant-kink-saturation’ relation between χaa and the fill factor in organic solar cells that is verified in detail in a model system and delineated across numerous high- and low-performing materials systems, including fullerene and non-fullerene acceptors.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: August 6, 2018
2018 journal article
Revealing the Impact of F4-TCNQ as Additive on Morphology and Performance of High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells
Advanced Functional Materials, 29(1), 1806262.
author keywords: additive; halogen-free solvents; mean-square composition variation; morphological aid; Nonfullerene polymer solar cells
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: January 21, 2019
2018 journal article
Surpassing 10% Efficiency Benchmark for Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells by Scalable Coating in Air from Single Nonhalogenated Solvent
Advanced Materials, 30(8), 1705485.
Contributors: n , Y. Xiong n, Q. Zhang *, S. Li *, C. Wang *, Z. Jiang *, J. Hou *, W. You *, H. Ade n
author keywords: blade coating; film morphology; nonfullerene acceptors; nonhalogenated solvents; organic solar cells
TL;DR:
The material system and approach yield the highest reported performance for nonfullerene OSC devices by a coating technique approximating scalable fabrication methods and hold great promise for the development of low-cost, low-toxicity, and high-efficiency OSCs by high-throughput production.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 12, 2019
2018 journal article
Surpassing 10% efficiency benchmark for nonfullerene organic solar cells by scalable coating in air from single nonhalogenated solvent
Advanced Materials, 30(8).
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Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
9.73% Efficiency Nonfullerene All Organic Small Molecule Solar Cells with Absorption-Complementary Donor and Acceptor
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 139(14), 5085–5094.
Contributors: H. Bin *, Y. Yang *, Z. Zhang *, n , M. Ghasemi n, S. Chen *, Y. Zhang*, C. Zhang *
TL;DR:
The results indicate that fluorobenzotriazole based 2D conjugated p-OSs are promising medium bandgap donors in the nonfullerene OSCs.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
A regioregular conjugated polymer for high performance thick-film organic solar cells without processing additive
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 5(21), 10517–10525.
Contributors: H. Zhong *, n , J. Chen *, S. Jo *, C. Chueh *, J. Carpenter n, H. Ade n , A. Jen *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Achieving Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Improved Intermolecular Interaction and Open-Circuit Voltage
Advanced Materials, 29(21), 1700254.
TL;DR:
A new acceptor-donor-acceptor-structured nonfullerene acceptor ITCC shows improved electron-transport properties and a high-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level, suggesting that ITCC has great potential for applications in tandem organic solar cells.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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Added: August 12, 2019
2017 journal article
Comparing non-fullerene acceptors with fullerene in polymer solar cells: a case study with FTAZ and PyCNTAZ
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 5(10), 4886–4893.
Contributors: N. Bauer *, Q. Zhang *, J. Zhao *, n , J. Kim n, I. Constantinou n, L. Yan *, F. So n
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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Added: August 6, 2018
2017 journal article
Control of Mesoscale Morphology and Photovoltaic Performance in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Small Band Gap Terpolymers
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 7(3).
Contributors: n , X. Jiao n, S. Zhang *, H. Yao *, Y. Qin*, H. Ade n , J. Hou *
author keywords: diketopyrrolopyrrole; domain purity; domain size; small band gap; terpolymers
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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2017 journal article
Design of a New Small‐Molecule Electron Acceptor Enables Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with High Fill Factor
Advanced Materials, 29(46), 1704051.
author keywords: end-groups; fill factor; molecular packing; polymer solar cells; smallmolecule acceptors
TL;DR:
E enlarging the conjugated area of the terminal-group in these A-D-A-type SMAs is a promising approach not only for enhancing the electron mobility, but also for improving the blend morphology, and both of them are conducive to the fill-factor breakthrough.
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2017 journal article
Effect of Alkylsilyl Side-Chain Structure on Photovoltaic Properties of Conjugated Polymer Donors
Advanced Energy Materials, 8(8), 1702324.
author keywords: alkylsilyl side chain; photovoltaic materials; polymer solar cells; power conversion efficiency; side-chain engineering
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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2017 journal article
Environmentally-friendly solvent processed fullerenefree organic solar cells enabled by screening halogen-free solvent additives
SCIENCE CHINA-MATERIALS, 60(8), 697–706.
Contributors: W. Zhao *, n , S. Li *, X. Liu *, S. Zhang *, Y. Zhang *, M. Ghasemi n, C. He *, H. Ade n , J. Hou *
author keywords: organic solar cells; halogen-free solvent; morphology; high-efficiency
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2017 journal article
High-Efficiency Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells: Critical Factors that Affect Complex Multi-Length Scale Morphology and Device Performance
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 7(7).
Contributors: n , W. Zhao *, S. Li *, S. Mukherjee n, J. Carpenter n, O. Awartani n, X. Jiao n, J. Hou *, H. Ade n
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2017 journal article
Morphology control enables thickness-insensitive efficient nonfullerene polymer solar cells
MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 1(10), 2057–2064.
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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2017 journal article
Panchromatic Sequentially Cast Ternary Polymer Solar Cells
Advanced Materials, 29(4), 1604603.
Contributors: M. Ghasemi n, n , Q. Zhang *, L. Yan *, J. Kim n, O. Awartani n, W. You *, A. Gadisa n, H. Ade n
TL;DR:
A sequential-casting ternary method is developed to create stratified bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells, in which the two BHJ layers are spin cast sequentially without the need of adopting a middle electrode and orthogonal solvents.
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2017 review
Precise Characterization of Performance Metrics of Organic Solar Cells
[Review of ]. SMALL METHODS, 1(8).
author keywords: bandgap; hybrid solar cells; mismatch factor; organic solar cells; power conversion efficiency
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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2017 journal article
Precise Manipulation of Multilength Scale Morphology and Its Influence on Eco-Friendly Printed All-Polymer Solar Cells
Advanced Functional Materials, 27(33), 1702016.
Contributors: n , Y. Xiong n, S. Li *, M. Ghasemi n, N. Balar n, J. Turner n, A. Gadisa n, J. Hou *, . Brendan T. O'Connor n, H. Ade n
author keywords: green solvents; multilength morphology; nonfullerene solar cells; polymer blends; solvent additives
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
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2017 journal article
Quantitative Morphology-Performance Correlations in Organic Solar Cells: Insights from Soft X-Ray Scattering
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 7(18).
author keywords: domains; molecular orientation; morphology; organic photovoltaics; soft X-ray scattering
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
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2017 journal article
Role of Polymer Segregation on the Mechanical Behavior of All-Polymer Solar Cell Active Layers
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(50), 43886–43892.
Contributors: N. Balar*, Y. Xiong, * , S. Li *, D. Nevola, D. Dougherty*, J. Hou *, H. Ade* , . Brendan T. O'Connor
author keywords: all-polymer solar cell; polymer blend film; fracture energy; crack onset strain; multilength scale morphology
TL;DR:
This study highlights that improved mechanical behavior of all-polymer systems cannot be assumed, and that details of the molecular structure, molecular weight, and film morphology play an important role in both the optoelectronic and mechanical properties.
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2017 journal article
Significant Influence of the Methoxyl Substitution Position on Optoelectronic Properties and Molecular Packing of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors for Photovoltaic Cells
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 7(17).
Contributors: S. Li *, n , W. Zhao *, S. Zhang *, H. Ade n & J. Hou *
author keywords: methoxy groups; nonfullerene acceptors; optoelectronic properties; polymer solar cells; substitution positions
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2016 journal article
Breaking the 10% Efficiency Barrier in Organic Photovoltaics: Morphology and Device Optimization of Well-Known PBDTTT Polymers
Advanced Energy Materials, 6(11).
Contributors: S. Zhang *, * & J. Hou *
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2016 book
CHAPTER 2: New polymer donors for polymer solar cells
In RSC Polymer Chemistry Series (pp. 32–77).
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2016 journal article
Dialkylthio Substitution: An Effective Method to Modulate the Molecular Energy Levels of 2D-BDT Photovoltaic Polymers
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(6), 3575–3583.
Contributors: H. Yao *, H. Zhang *, * , W. Zhao *, S. Zhang * & J. Hou *
author keywords: conjugated polymer; polymer solar cell; photovoltaic polymer; molecular energy levels; dialkylthio substitution
TL;DR:
The results indicate that the dialkylthio substitution is an effective method to modulate the molecular energy levels and that the BDT-DST unit has potential for constructing high-efficiency photovoltaic polymers.
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2016 journal article
Effectively Improving Extinction Coefficient of Benzodithiophene and Benzodithiophenedione-based Photovoltaic Polymer by Grafting Alkylthio Functional Groups
Chemistry-an Asian Journal, 11(19), 2650–2655.
Contributors: Q. Wang *, S. Zhang *, B. Xu *, * , H. Yao *, Y. Cui *, H. Zhang *, W. Yuan *, J. Hou *
author keywords: alkylthio group; extinction coefficients; polymers; solar cells; structure-activity relationships
TL;DR:
Introducing the alkylthio functional group in polymer is an effective method to tune the extinction coefficient of photovoltaic polymer, which provides a new path to improve photvoltaic performance without increasing active layer thickness.
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2016 journal article
Energy-Level Modulation of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors to Achieve over 12% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 28(42), 9423-+.
Contributors: S. Li *, n , W. Zhao *, S. Zhang *, S. Mukherjee n, H. Ade n , J. Hou *
TL;DR:
The two new SMAs (IT-M and IT-DM) end-capped by methyl-modified dicycanovinylindan-1-one exhibit upshifted lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels, and hence higher open-circuit voltages can be observed in the corresponding devices.
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2016 journal article
Green-Solvent-Processed All-Polymer Solar Cells Containing a Perylene Diimide-Based Acceptor with an Efficiency over 6.5%
Advanced Energy Materials, 6(5).
Contributors: S. Li *, H. Zhang *, W. Zhao *, * , H. Yao *, B. Yang *, S. Zhang *, J. Hou *
author keywords: all-polymer solar cells; device engineering; green solvents; perylene diimides; polymer acceptors
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Added: August 12, 2019
2016 journal article
Green-solvent-processable organic solar cells
Materials Today, 19(9), 533–543.
Contributors: S. Zhang *, * , H. Zhang * & J. Hou *
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2016 journal article
High Performance Organic Solar Cells Processed by Blade Coating in Air from a Benign Food Additive Solution
Chemistry of Materials, 28(20), 7451–7458.
Contributors: n , Y. Xiong n, H. Yao *, A. Gadisa n, H. Zhang *, S. Li *, M. Ghasemi n, N. Balar n
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2016 journal article
High-Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Environment-Friendly Single-Solvent Processing
Advanced Energy Materials, 6(6).
Contributors: H. Zhang *, H. Yao *, W. Zhao *, * & J. Hou *
author keywords: additive-free; green solvents; morphology; polymer solar cells; single solvents
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Added: August 12, 2019
2016 journal article
Improving the open-circuit voltage of alkylthio-substituted photovoltaic polymers via post-oxidation
Organic Electronics, 28, 39–46.
Contributors: S. Li *, * , Q. Wang *, S. Zhang *, W. Zhao * & J. Hou *
author keywords: Polymer solar cells; Post-oxidation; Open-circuit voltage; Alkylthio; Sulfonyl
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Added: August 12, 2019
2016 journal article
Manipulation of Domain Purity and Orientational Ordering in High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 28(17), 6178–6185.
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2016 journal article
Molecular Design of Benzodithiophene-Based Organic Photovoltaic Materials.
Chemical Reviews, 116(12), 7397–7457.
Contributors: H. Yao *, * , H. Zhang *, S. Li *, S. Zhang * & J. Hou *
MeSH headings : Electric Power Supplies; Molecular Structure; Organic Chemicals / chemistry; Solar Energy; Thiophenes / chemistry
TL;DR:
This review offered an overview of the organic photovoltaic materials based on BDT from the aspects of backbones, functional groups, alkyl chains, and device performance, trying to provide a guideline about the structure-performance relationship.
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2016 journal article
New Polymer Donors for Polymer Solar Cells
POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS: MATERIALS, PHYSICS, AND DEVICE ENGINEERING. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/7528283/
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Added: August 12, 2019
2015 journal article
2D-Conjugated Benzodithiophene-Based Polymer Acceptor: Design, Synthesis, Nanomorphology, and Photovoltaic Performance
MACROMOLECULES, 48(19), 7156–7163.
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2015 journal article
A universal halogen-free solvent system for highly efficient polymer solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry a, 3(24), 12723–12729.
Contributors: W. Zhao *, * , S. Zhang *, M. Sun * & J. Hou *
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2015 journal article
An Easily Accessible Cathode Buffer Layer for Achieving Multiple High Performance Polymer Photovoltaic Cells
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(49), 27322–27329.
Contributors: W. Zhao *, * , S. Zhang *, H. Yao *, M. Sun * & J. Hou *
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2015 chapter
Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Materials
In Organic Optoelectronic Materials (Vol. 91, pp. 195–239).
Contributors: * , J. Hou * & Y. Li
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2015 journal article
Enhanced Efficiency in Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cell by Incorporating Fine-designed Donor and Acceptor Materials
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(17), 9274–9280.
Contributors: * , K. Sun *, W. Jiang *, S. Zhang *, W. Zhao *, H. Yao *, Z. Wang *, J. Hou *
author keywords: polymer solar cells; perylene bisimides; nonfullerene acceptor; donor polymers
TL;DR:
The synchronous selection and design of donor and acceptor materials reported here offer a feasible strategy for realizing highly efficient fullerene-free organic photovoltaics.
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2015 journal article
Enhanced efficiency of polymer photovoltaic cells via the incorporation of a water-soluble naphthalene diimide derivative as a cathode interlayer
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3(37), 9565–9571.
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2015 journal article
Highly Efficient Photovoltaic Polymers Based on Benzodithiophene and Quinoxaline with Deeper HOMO Levels
Macromolecules, 48(15), 5172–5178.
Contributors: D. Liu *, W. Zhao *, S. Zhang *, * , Z. Zheng *, Y. Cui *, Y. Chen *, J. Hou *
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2015 journal article
Highly Efficient Tandem Polymer Solar Cells with a Photovoltaic Response in the Visible Light Range
Advanced Materials, 27(7), 1189–1194.
Contributors: Z. Zheng *, S. Zhang *, M. Zhang *, K. Zhao *, * , Y. Chen *, B. Yang *, J. Hou *
TL;DR:
Highly efficient polymer solar cells with a tandem structure are fabricated by using two excellent photovoltaic polymers and a highly transparent intermediate recombination layer to improve power conversion -efficiencies.
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2015 journal article
Influence of the alkyl substitution position on photovoltaic properties of 2D-BDT-based conjugated polymers
Science China-Materials, 58(3), 213–222.
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2015 journal article
Manipulating Aggregation and Molecular Orientation in All-Polymer Photovoltaic Cells
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 27(39), 6046–6054.
author keywords: 2D-conjugated polymers; anisotropy; interfaces; molecular orientation; polymer solar cells
TL;DR:
By replacing the polymeric donor PBDTBDD with its 2D-conjugated polymer PBDD-T, the power conversion efficiency of OPVs featuring the anisotropic polymer acceptor PNDI is drastically boosted from 2.4% up to 5.8%.
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2015 journal article
Molecular Design and Application of a Photovoltaic Polymer with Improved Optical Properties and Molecular Energy Levels
Macromolecules, 48(11), 3493–3499.
Contributors: H. Yao *, H. Zhang *, * , W. Zhao *, S. Zhang * & J. Hou *
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
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Added: August 12, 2019
2015 journal article
Molecular design strategies for voltage modulation in highly efficient polymer solar cells
Polymer International, 64(8), 957–962.
Contributors: H. Zhang *, * & J. Hou *
author keywords: polymer solar cells; open-circuit voltage; benzodithiophene; photovoltaic polymers; polythiophenes
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Added: August 12, 2019
2015 journal article
Optimization of side chains in alkylthiothiophene-substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b '] dithiophene-based photovoltaic polymers
Polymer Chemistry, 6(14), 2752–2760.
Contributors: S. Zhang *, M. Uddin *, W. Zhao *, * , H. Woo *, D. Liu *, B. Yang *, H. Yao *, Y. Cui *, J. Hou *
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2015 journal article
Perovskite-polymer hybrid solar cells with near-infrared external quantum efficiency over 40%
Science China-Materials, 58(12), 953–960.
Contributors: * , B. Fan*, S. Zhang *, S. Li *, B. Yang *, Y. Qin*, H. Zhang *, J. Hou *
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2015 journal article
Realizing over 10% efficiency in polymer solar cell by device optimization
Science China Chemistry, 58(2), 248–256.
Contributors: S. Zhang *, * , W. Zhao *, B. Yang *, Q. Wang * & J. Hou *
author keywords: polymer solar cells; photovoltaic polymer; device optimization; solvent additives
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2015 journal article
Toward efficient non-fullerene polymer solar cells: Selection of donor polymers
Organic Electronics: Physics, Materials, Applications, 17, 295–303.
Contributors: * , W. Jiang *, W. Zhao *, S. Zhang *, Y. Cui *, Z. Wang *, J. Hou *
author keywords: Polymer solar cells; Perylene bisimides; Non-fullerene acceptor; Donor polymers
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2015 journal article
Toward reliable and accurate evaluation of polymer solar cells based on low band gap polymers
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3(3), 564–569.
Contributors: * , C. Zhou, H. Meng*, H. Wu, C. Lin, H. Liao, S. Zhang *, J. Hou *
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2014 journal article
Bay-linked perylene bisimides as promising non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells
Chemical Communications, 50(8), 1024–1026.
TL;DR:
A series of bay-linked perylene bisimides as non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells are designed and the best power conversion efficiency up to 3.63% is demonstrated by fine-tuning optoelectronic properties resulting from different degrees of twisting and flexibility by bay-linkages.
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2014 journal article
Binary additives synergistically boost the efficiency of all-polymer solar cells up to 3.45%
Energy & Environmental Science, 7(4), 1351–1356.
Contributors: P. Cheng *, * , X. Zhao *, J. Hou *, Y. Li * & X. Zhan *
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2014 journal article
Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance by Modulating Surface Composition in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Based on PBDTTT-C-T/PC71BM
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 26(24), 4043–4049.
Contributors: X. Guo *, M. Zhang *, W. Ma n, * , S. Zhang *, S. Liu *, H. Ade n , F. Huang *, J. Hou *
author keywords: solvent additives; morphology; polymer solar cells; surface composition
TL;DR:
The use of 1,8-diiodooctane as the solvent additive enriches the polymer at the top surface, so that a power conversion efficiency of 9.13% is recorded in the inverted polymer solar cell based on the blend, which is much higher than that of the device with conventional structure.
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2014 journal article
Highly Efficient 2D-Conjugated Benzodithiophene-Based Photovoltaic Polymer with Linear Alkylthio Side Chain
Chemistry of Materials, 26(12), 3603–3605.
Contributors: * , S. Zhang *, W. Zhao *, H. Yao * & J. Hou *
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2014 journal article
Investigations of the Conjugated Polymers Based on Dithienogermole (DTG) Units for Photovoltaic Applications
Macromolecules, 47(16), 5558–5565.
Contributors: Q. Wang *, S. Zhang *, * , Y. Cui *, H. Fan * & J. Hou *
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2014 journal article
Molecular Design toward Highly Efficient Photovoltaic Polymers Based on Two-Dimensional Conjugated Benzodithiophene
Accounts of Chemical Research, 47(5), 1595–1603.
Contributors: * , S. Zhang *, L. Huo *, M. Zhang * & J. Hou *
TL;DR:
Overall, this Account correlates the molecular structures of the 2D-conjugated BDT-based polymers with their photovoltaic properties and can guide the molecular design of organic photvoltaic materials and the development of organic materials for other types of optoelectronic devices.
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2014 journal article
Photovoltaics: Quantification of Nano- and Mesoscale Phase Separation and Relation to Donor and Acceptor Quantum Efficiency,Jsc, and FF in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells (Adv. Mater. 25/2014)
Advanced Materials, 26(25), 4399–4399.
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2014 journal article
Quantification of Nano- and Mesoscale Phase Separation and Relation to Donor and Acceptor Quantum Efficiency, J(SC), and FF in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 26(25), 4234–4241.
Contributors: W. Ma n, J. Tumbleston n, * , C. Wang *, J. Hou * & H. Ade n
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2014 journal article
Selecting a Donor Polymer for Realizing Favorable Morphology in Efficient Non-fullerene Acceptor-based Solar Cells
Small, 10(22), 4658–4663.
Contributors: * , W. Jiang, W. Zhao *, S. Zhang *, D. Qian *, Z. Wang *, J. Hou *
author keywords: polymer solar cells; nano-morphology; non-fullerene acceptors; ternary solvents; donor polymers
TL;DR:
Encouragingly, Facchetti et al. reported a record power conversion effi ciency (PCE) of ≈6.4% in polymer:polymer blend-based PSCs, which demonstrated the great potential of fullerene-free P SCs and signifi cantly promoted the research in the field of polymer solar cells.
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2014 journal article
Side Chain Selection for Designing Highly Efficient Photovoltaic Polymers with 2D-Conjugated Structure
Macromolecules, 47(14), 4653–4659.
Contributors: S. Zhang *, * , W. Zhao *, D. Liu *, H. Yao * & J. Hou *
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Added: August 12, 2019
2014 journal article
Ultrathin Polyaniline-based Buffer Layer for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with Wide Applicability
Scientific Reports, 4.
Contributors: W. Zhao *, * , S. Zhang *, B. Fan, M. Sun * & J. Hou *
TL;DR:
A water-soluble hydrochloric acid doped polyanilines (HAPAN) were utilized as p-type electrode buffer layer in highly efficient polymer solar cells (PSC) based on PBDTTT-EFT and several representative polymers.
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2013 journal article
A Potential Perylene Diimide Dimer-Based Acceptor Material for Highly Efficient Solution-Processed Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with 4.03% Efficiency
Advanced Materials, 25(40), 5791-+.
Contributors: X. Zhang *, Z. Lu *, * , C. Zhan *, J. Hou *, S. Zhang *, B. Jiang *, Y. Zhao *
MeSH headings : Dimerization; Electrochemical Techniques; Electrodes; Fullerenes / chemistry; Imides / chemistry; Perylene / analogs & derivatives; Perylene / chemistry; Polymers / chemistry; Polystyrenes / chemistry; Semiconductors; Solar Energy; Solutions / chemistry; Thiophenes / chemistry; Tin Compounds / chemistry
TL;DR:
The dimeric PDI shows a best power conversion efficiency approximately 300 times that of the monomeric PDI when blended with a conjugate polymer and with 1,8-diiodooctane as co-solvent to show that non-fullerene materials also hold promise for efficient OSCs.
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2013 journal article
Application of Bis-PCBM in Polymer Solar Cells with Improved Voltage
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(48), 25360–25366.
Contributors: * , S. Zhang *, D. Qian *, Q. Wang * & J. Hou *
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2013 journal article
Benzodifuran-alt-thienothiophene based low band gap copolymers: substituent effects on their molecular energy levels and photovoltaic properties
Polymer Chemistry, 4(10), 3047–3056.
Contributors: L. Huo *, Z. Li *, X. Guo *, Y. Wu *, M. Zhang *, * , S. Zhang *, J. Hou *
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2013 journal article
Competition between morphological attributes in the thermal annealing and additive processing of polymer solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1(33), 5023.
Contributors: W. Ma n, * , S. Zhang *, J. Hou * & H. Ade n
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2013 journal article
Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance of Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-Based Polymers with Extended pi Conjugation
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(19), 9550–9557.
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2013 journal article
Molecular Design toward Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with High Polymer Content
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 135(23), 8464–8467.
MeSH headings : Absorption; Electric Power Supplies; Molecular Structure; Particle Size; Photochemical Processes; Polymers / chemical synthesis; Polymers / chemistry; Solar Energy; Surface Properties; Thiophenes / chemical synthesis; Thiophenes / chemistry
TL;DR:
This work provides a successful example of using molecular structure as a tool to realize optimal photovoltaic performance with high polymer content, thus enabling the realization of efficient photoabsorption in very thin films.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Remove the Residual Additives toward Enhanced Efficiency with Higher Reproducibility in Polymer Solar Cells
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(29), 14920–14928.
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2013 journal article
Subnanosecond charge photogeneration and recombination in polyfluorene copolymer-fullerene solar cell: Effects of electric field
Optics Express, 21(5), A241–A249.
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2013 journal article
Subnanosecond charge photogeneration and recombination in polyfluorene copolymerfullerene solar cell: Effects of electric field
Optics Express, 21(SUPPL.2).
TL;DR:
Significant enhancement of charge photogeneration and apparent suppression of polaron pair recombination were observed, which agrees with the field-assisted enhancement of external quantum efficiency of the solar cell devices.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2012 journal article
Application of Two-Dimensional Conjugated Benzo 1,2-b:4,5-b ' dithiophene in Quinoxaline-Based Photovoltaic Polymers
Macromolecules, 45(7), 3032–3038.
Contributors: R. Duan*, * , X. Guo *, Y. Huang *, P. Wang *, S. Zhang *, J. Zhang *, L. Huo *, J. Hou *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2012 journal article
Conjugated and Nonconjugated Substitution Effect on Photovoltaic Properties of Benzodifuran-Based Photovoltaic Polymers
Macromolecules, 45(17), 6923–6929.
Contributors: L. Huo *, * , Y. Wu *, Z. Li *, X. Guo *, M. Zhang *, S. Zhang *, J. Hou *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2012 journal article
Design, Application, and Morphology Study of a New Photovoltaic Polymer with Strong Aggregation in Solution State
Macromolecules, 45(24), 9611–9617.
Contributors: D. Qian *, * , M. Zhang *, Y. Liang *, L. Li*, Y. Huang *, X. Guo *, S. Zhang *, Z. Tan *, J. Hou *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
2012 journal article
From Binary to Ternary Solvent: Morphology Fine-tuning of D/A Blends in PDPP3T-based Polymer Solar Cells
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 24(47), 6335–6341.
Contributors: * , S. Zhang *, W. Ma n, B. Fan*, X. Guo *, Y. Huang *, H. Ade n , J. Hou *
author keywords: diketopyrrolopyrrole; polymer solar cells; ternary mixed solvent; morphology; domain purity
TL;DR:
This work finds systematic variations in the surface texture, the bulk compositional morphology, and the crystallization behavior of the PDPP3T/PCBM system and relates them to device performance.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(Web of Science)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Molecular energy level modulation by changing the position of electron-donating side groups
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(12), 5700–5705.
Contributors: Y. Huang *, M. Zhang*, * , X. Guo *, C. Han*, Y. Li *, J. Hou *
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
(OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2019
Employment
Updated: February 5th, 2021 01:18
2019 - present
Tianjin University Tianjin, Tianjin, CN
Professor
Materials Science & Engineering
2018 - present
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Research Assistant Professor
Physics
2015 - 2018
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Postdoc Research Associate
Physics
Education
Updated: December 20th, 2017 16:22
2010 - 2015
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, Beijing, CN
Doctor of Science
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2010 - 2015
Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, Beijing, CN
Doctor of Science
Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences
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