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Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c′]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole-based conjugated polymers consisting of oligothiophenes for efficient polymer solar cells

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In this paper, two donor-π-acceptor (Dπ-A) type low bandgap (LBG) conjugated polymers, namely, PT-DTNT-DT and PTT-DT NT-DT, consisting of thiophene (T) and/or thieno[3,2- b ]thiophene(TT) as donor moiety, two flanking 2decyltetradecylthienyl as π-bridges and strong electron-withdrawing naphtho[1,2]-bis[
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This article is published in Polymer.The article was published on 2017-07-14. It has received 38 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: HOMO/LUMO & Polymer solar cell.

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The comprehensive utilization of the synergistic effect of fullerene and non-fullerene acceptors to achieve highly efficient polymer solar cells

TL;DR: In this paper, a ternary PSC based on PTBTz-2:IT-M:PC71BM with different weight ratios was systematically investigated, and the energy transfer mechanism between PC71BM and IT-M was investigated in depth by femtosecond pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy and time correlated single-photon counting.
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Self-doping n-type polymer as a cathode interface layer enables efficient organic solar cells by increasing built-in electric field and boosting interface contact

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-doping polymer cathode interface material for organic solar cells was synthesized by incorporating benzotriazole (BTA) as an electron-deficient group and a fluorene containing an amino group.
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Dual Imide-Functionalized Unit-Based Regioregular D–A1–D–A2 Polymers for Efficient Unipolar n-Channel Organic Transistors and All-Polymer Solar Cells

TL;DR: This study provides insights into the naphthalenediimide-based regioregular D-A1-D-A2 copolymers used in all-PSCs and offers important design guidelines for future development of n-type semiconducting polymers.
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Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance in D-π-A Copolymers Containing Triisopropylsilylethynyl-Substituted Dithienobenzodithiophene by Modulating the Electron-Deficient Units

TL;DR: The preliminary results demonstrated that the replacement of BT with NT in a D-π-A type polymer backbone was an effective strategy of tuning the molecular structure to achieve highly efficient polymer solar cells (PSCs).
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Medium band gap conjugated polymers from thienoacene derivatives and pentacyclic aromatic lactam as promising alternatives of poly(3-hexylthiophene) in photovoltaic application

TL;DR: In this paper, two alternating medium band gap conjugated polymers (PBDT-TPTI and PDTBDT -TPTI) derived from 4,8-bis(4,5-dioctylthien-2-yl)benzo[1,2-b:4, 5-b′]dithiophene (BDT) or 5,10-bis (4,6-didecylthien 2yl)dithieno[2,3-d:2′,3′-d′-
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Polymer photovoltaic cells : enhanced efficiencies via a network of internal donor-acceptor heterojunctions

TL;DR: In this paper, the carrier collection efficiency and energy conversion efficiency of polymer photovoltaic cells were improved by blending of the semiconducting polymer with C60 or its functionalized derivatives.
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Design Rules for Donors in Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells—Towards 10 % Energy‐Conversion Efficiency

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a review of several organic photovoltaics (OPV) technologies, including conjugated polymers with high-electron-affinity molecules like C60 (as in the bulk-heterojunction solar cell).
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Polymer solar cells

TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes recent progress in the development of polymer solar cells and provides a synopsis of major achievements in the field over the past few years, while potential future developments and the applications of this technology are also briefly discussed.
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Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure

TL;DR: In this article, the authors showed that PFN can be incorporated into polymer light-emitting devices (PLEDs) to enhance electron injection from high-work-function metals such as aluminium (work function w of 4.3 eV) and gold (w ¼ 5.2 eV).
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For the Bright Future—Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

TL;DR: The past success in organic light-emitting diodes provides scientists with confidence that organic photovoltaic devices will be a vital alternate to the inorganic counterpart, and the easiness of the fabrication holds the promise of very low-cost manufacturing process.
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