Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

Progress of conjugated polymers as emerging thermoelectric materials

S Wang, G Zuo, J Kim, H Sirringhaus - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Thanks to the combined efforts of scientists in several research fields, the preceding decade
has witnessed considerable progress in the use of conjugated polymers as emerging …

Recent progress in high‐mobility organic transistors: a reality check

AF Paterson, S Singh, KJ Fallon, T Hodsden… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past three decades, significant research efforts have focused on improving the
charge carrier mobility of organic thin‐film transistors (OTFTs). In recent years, a commonly …

Regiochemistry-driven organic electrochemical transistor performance enhancement in ethylene glycol-functionalized polythiophenes

RK Hallani, BD Paulsen, AJ Petty… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Novel p-type semiconducting polymers that can facilitate ion penetration, and operate in
accumulation mode are much desired in bioelectronics. Glycol side chains have proven to …

Bulk heterojunction solar cells: morphology and performance relationships

Y Huang, EJ Kramer, AJ Heeger, GC Bazan - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
With the hope of solving the present energy crisis and associated environmental issues,
much research has been focused on solar cells that can harvest energy directly from …

A general relationship between disorder, aggregation and charge transport in conjugated polymers

R Noriega, J Rivnay, K Vandewal, FPV Koch… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Conjugated polymer chains have many degrees of conformational freedom and interact
weakly with each other, resulting in complex microstructures in the solid state …

2D coherent charge transport in highly ordered conducting polymers doped by solid state diffusion

K Kang, S Watanabe, K Broch, A Sepe, A Brown… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Do** is one of the most important methods to control charge carrier concentration in
semiconductors. Ideally, the introduction of dopants should not perturb the ordered …

A molecular nematic liquid crystalline material for high-performance organic photovoltaics

K Sun, Z **ao, S Lu, W Zajaczkowski, W Pisula… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Solution-processed organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) hold great promise to enable roll-to-
roll printing of environmentally friendly, mechanically flexible and cost-effective photovoltaic …

Quantitative determination of organic semiconductor microstructure from the molecular to device scale

J Rivnay, SCB Mannsfeld, CE Miller, A Salleo… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Organic semiconductors offer the potential for large-area deposition on substrates of flexible
or unique form factors and can be deposited at ambient conditions at low cost. They can be …

The effect of glycol side chains on the assembly and microstructure of conjugated polymers

S Moro, N Siemons, O Drury, DA Warr, TA Moriarty… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conjugated polymers with glycol-based chains, are emerging as a material class with
promising applications as organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors, particularly in …