Molecular design of benzodithiophene-based organic photovoltaic materials

H Yao, L Ye, H Zhang, S Li, S Zhang, J Hou - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Advances in the design and application of highly efficient conjugated polymers and small
molecules over the past years have enabled the rapid progress in the development of …

Fluorinated conjugated polymers in organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells

F Meyer - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The photovoltaic technology represents a major renewable energy source to harnes the
solar power. Over the last two decades, the development of solution-processed bulk …

Benzothiadiazole building units in solution-processable small molecules for organic photovoltaics

J Du, MC Biewer, MC Stefan - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Significant progress has been made in the field of organic photovoltaics in the last decade
and the rapid development of innovative organic semiconductor materials is one of the main …

Implementing the donor–acceptor approach in electronically conducting copolymers via electropolymerization

RMG Rajapakse, DL Watkins, TA Ranathunge… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electropolymerization has become a convenient method for synthesizing and characterizing
complex organic copolymers having intrinsic electronic conductivity, including the donor (D) …

Developments of furan and benzodifuran semiconductors for organic photovoltaics

P Huang, J Du, MC Biewer, MC Stefan - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes the developments of organic photovoltaic materials containing furan
or benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] difuran (BDF) building blocks. Promising power conversion …

Effect of molecular weight on the properties and organic solar cell device performance of a donor–acceptor conjugated polymer

Z **ao, K Sun, J Subbiah, T Qin, S Lu… - Polymer …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Donor–acceptor conjugated polymers with 2-(2-ethylhexyl)-3-hexyl thienyl substituted benzo
[1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene (BDT) as donor building block and 5, 6-difluorobenzo [c][1, 2, 5] …

Extending π-conjugation system with benzene: an effective method to improve the properties of benzodithiophene-based polymer for highly efficient organic solar …

J Wang, M **ao, W Chen, M Qiu, Z Du, W Zhu… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
To obtain a polymer based on benzodithiophene (BDT) owning both a largely extended π-
conjugation system and a low-lying highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), a polymer …

Two-dimensionally extended π-conjugation of donor–acceptor copolymers via oligothienyl side chains for efficient polymer solar cells

J Lee, JH Kim, B Moon, HG Kim, M Kim, J Shin… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of two-dimensional conjugated polymers containing π-conjugated oligothienyl side
chains, namely PBDT2FBT-T1, PBDT2FBT-T2, PBDT2FBT-T3, and PBDT2FBT-T4, was …

Fused dithienopicenocarbazole enabling high mobility dopant-free hole-transporting polymers for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Z Zhang, L Liang, L Deng, L Ren, N Zhao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a critical component in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), hole-transporting materials (HTMs)
have been extensively explored. To develop efficient dopant-free HTMs for PSCs, a decent …

Benzodifuran and benzodithiophene donor–acceptor polymers for bulk heterojunction solar cells

P Huang, J Du, SS Gunathilake, EA Rainbolt… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Four new donor–acceptor copolymers were synthesized by using benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′]
dithiophene and benzo [1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] difuran as donors and thieno [3, 4-b] thiophene was …