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Designing benzothiadiazole based non-fullerene acceptors with high open circuit voltage and higher LUMO level to increase the efficiency of organic solar cells
Amna Khalid,Rasheed Ahmad Khera,Aamer Saeed,Muhammad Khalid,Saleem Iqbal,Javed Iqbal,Javed Iqbal +6 more
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In this article, an effort has been made to design four new (A2π-A1-π-π -A2) type acceptor molecules (MOL1, MOL2,MOL3, and MOL4) to study their optoelectronic properties and their application in improving the efficiency of OSCs.About:
This article is published in Optik.The article was published on 2021-02-01. It has received 42 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Organic solar cell & HOMO/LUMO.read more
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Efficient tuning of small acceptor chromophores with A1-π-A2-π-A1 configuration for high efficacy of organic solar cells via end group manipulation
Muhammad Khalid,Iqra Shafiq,Meiying Zhu,Muhammad Usman Khan,Zahid Shafiq,Javed Iqbal,Javed Iqbal,Mohammed Mujahid Alam,Ataualpa A. C. Braga,Muhammad Imran +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of end-capped acceptor moieties on designed architecture for the photophysical, photovoltaic and electronic behavior was explored using quantum chemical study.
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Molecular engineering strategy of naphthalimide based small donor molecules for high-performance organic solar cells
TL;DR: In this paper, four novel (A2- ǫ-A1-D-A 1-A2) type molecules namely NIDCS1, NIDC2, NIDS3, and NIDS4 having central donor core (1,4-dimethoxybenzene) and endcapped bis(2-(5-(4-(N-(2-ethylhexyl)1,8-naphthalimide)yl) acceptors linked via thiophene spacer have been designed.
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Molecular engineering of indenoindene-3-ethylrodanine acceptors with A2-A1-D-A1-A2 architecture for promising fullerene-free organic solar cells.
Muhammad Khalid,Momina,Muhammad Imran,Muhammad Fayyaz ur Rehman,Ataualpa A. C. Braga,Muhammad Safwan Akram +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, six NFA molecules IBRD1-IBRD6 have been designed by structural modification of the terminal moieties from experimentally synthesized A2-A1-D-A 1-A2 architecture IBR for better integration in organic solar cells (OSCs).
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Tuning the optoelectronic properties of indacenodithiophene based derivatives for efficient photovoltaic applications: A DFT approach
Huan Yu,Monica M. Cole +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper , five push-pull acceptor molecules with A-B, D-B-A arrangement were formulated in the quest to boost the organic solar cells (OSCs), with respect to their electrical, optical, and chemical characteristics.
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Tuning of a A-A-D-A-A-Type Small Molecule with Benzodithiophene as a Central Core with Efficient Photovoltaic Properties for Organic Solar Cells.
Urwah Azeem,Rasheed Ahmad Khera,Ayesha Naveed,Muhammad Imran,Mohammed A. Assiri,Muhammad Khalid,Javed Iqbal +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, four novel non-fullerene, A1-A2-D, A2-A1 type small molecules were designed that are derivatives of a recently synthesized molecule SBDT-BDD reported for its efficient properties in all-small-molecule OSCs (ASM-OSCs).
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