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 …

Chiroptical properties in thin films of π-conjugated systems

G Albano, G Pescitelli, L Di Bari - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chiral π-conjugated molecules provide new materials with outstanding features for current
and perspective applications, especially in the field of optoelectronic devices. In thin films …

Controlling morphology and microstructure of conjugated polymers via solution-state aggregation

ZF Yao, JY Wang, J Pei - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The macroscopic functions and properties of conjugated polymers depend on their
microcosmic morphology and microstructure in the solid state. However, such morphology …

Organic optoelectronic materials: mechanisms and applications

O Ostroverkhova - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organic (opto) electronic materials have received considerable attention due to their
applications in thin-film-transistors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, sensors, photorefractive …

Mechanical properties of organic semiconductors for stretchable, highly flexible, and mechanically robust electronics

SE Root, S Savagatrup, AD Printz, D Rodriquez… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Mechanical deformability underpins many of the advantages of organic semiconductors. The
mechanical properties of these materials are, however, diverse, and the molecular …

Fluorination effects on indacenodithienothiophene acceptor packing and electronic structure, end-group redistribution, and solar cell photovoltaic response

TJ Aldrich, M Matta, W Zhu, SM Swick… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Indacenodithienothiophene (IDTT)-based postfullerene electron acceptors, such as ITIC (2,
2′-[[6, 6, 12, 12-tetrakis (4-hexylphenyl)-6, 12-dihydrodithieno [2, 3-d: 2′, 3′-d′]-s …

Morphology controls the thermoelectric power factor of a doped semiconducting polymer

SN Patel, AM Glaudell, KA Peterson, EM Thomas… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The electrical performance of doped semiconducting polymers is strongly governed by
processing methods and underlying thin-film microstructure. We report on the influence of …

Conjugated polymer–small molecule alloy leads to high efficient ternary organic solar cells

J Zhang, Y Zhang, J Fang, K Lu, Z Wang… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ternary organic solar cells are promising candidates for bulk heterojunction solar cells;
however, improving the power conversion efficiency (PCE) is quite challenging because the …

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 …

Molecular semiconductors for logic operations: dead‐end or bright future?

G Schweicher, G Garbay, R Jouclas, F Vibert… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The field of organic electronics has been prolific in the last couple of years, leading to the
design and synthesis of several molecular semiconductors presenting a mobility in excess of …