Organic photovoltaics over three decades

O Inganäs - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The development of organic semiconductors for photovoltaic devices, over the last three
decades, has led to unexpected performance for an alternative choice of materials to convert …

Designing π-conjugated polymers for organic electronics

X Guo, M Baumgarten, K Müllen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Conjugated polymers have attracted an increasing amount of attention in recent years for
various organic electronic devices because of their potential advantages over inorganic and …

Development of novel conjugated donor polymers for high-efficiency bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices

J Chen, Y Cao - Accounts of chemical research, 2009 - ACS Publications
Solar cells are one attractive method for harnessing inexhaustible clean energy from the
sun. Organic photovoltaic technology is emerging as a potential competitor to silicon-based …

Polyphenylene-based materials for organic photovoltaics

C Li, M Liu, NG Pschirer, M Baumgarten… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Energy will be one of the most important factors to influence human society in the 21st
century. 1, 2 Cost, availability, and sustainability of energy have a significant impact on the …

Polyfluorene-based semiconductors combined with various periodic table elements for organic electronics

LH **e, CR Yin, WY Lai, QL Fan, W Huang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Polyfluorenes have emerged as versatile semiconducting materials with applications in
various polymer optoelectronic devices, such as light-emitting devices, lasers, solar cells …

Materials and methods for encapsulation of OPV: A review

J Ahmad, K Bazaka, LJ Anderson, RD White… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
Amongst alternative energy sources, photovoltaics hold a considerable promise for it is a
plentiful, easily accessible and renewable source of power. Yet, the overall cost of …

How the structural deviations on the backbone of conjugated polymers influence their optoelectronic properties and photovoltaic performance

CL Chochos, SA Choulis - Progress in polymer science, 2011 - Elsevier
The design of novel conjugated polymers with appropriate frontier orbital energy levels, low
band gap (LBG) and suitable carrier transport properties are needed to improve the power …

Donor–acceptor semiconducting polymers for organic solar cells

RS Kularatne, HD Magurudeniya… - Journal of Polymer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the synthesis and photovoltaic performance of donor–acceptor (D–A)
semiconducting polymers that have been reported during the last decade. 9, 9‐Dialkyl‐2, 7 …

A new donor–acceptor–donor polyfluorene copolymer with balanced electron and hole mobility

A Gadisa, W Mammo, LM Andersson… - Advanced functional …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A new alternating polyfluorene copolymer poly [2, 7‐(9, 9‐dioctylfluoren)‐alt‐5, 5‐(5′, 8′‐
di‐2‐thienyl‐(2′, 3′‐bis‐(3′′‐octyloxyphenyl)‐quinoxaline))](APFO‐15), which has …

Solar‐Energy Production and Energy‐Efficient Lighting: Photovoltaic Devices and White‐Light‐Emitting Diodes Using Poly (2, 7‐fluorene), Poly (2, 7‐carbazole), and …

S Beaupré, PLT Boudreault, M Leclerc - Advanced materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
World energy needs grow each year. To address global warming and climate changes the
search for renewable energy sources with limited greenhouse gas emissions and the …