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Yang T, Qin Y, Wu M, Guo L, Gu X, Meng K, Hu S, Zhang C, Zheng R, Zhang R, Sun X. Structural Isomeric Effect on Spin Transport in Molecular Semiconductors. Adv Mater 2024:e2402001. [PMID: 38597787 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202402001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Molecular semiconductor (MSC) is a promising candidate for spintronic applications benefiting from its long spin lifetime caused by light elemental-composition essence and thus weak spin-orbit coupling (SOC). According to current knowledge, the SOC effect, normally dominated by the elemental composition, is the main spin-relaxation causation in MSCs, and thus the molecular structure-induced SOC change is one of the most concerned issues. In theoretical study, molecular isomerism, a most prototype phenomenon, has long been considered to possess little difference on spin transport previously, since elemental compositions of isomers are totally the same. However, here in this study, quite different spin-transport performances are demonstrated in ITIC and its structural isomers BDTIC experimentally, for the first time, though the charge transport and molecular stacking of the two films are very similar. By further experiments of electron-paramagnetic resonance and density-functional-theory calculations, it is revealed that noncovalent-conformational locks (NCLs) formed in BDTIC can lead to enhancement of SOC and thus decrease the spin lifetime. Hence, this study suggests the influences from the structural-isomeric effect must be considered for developing highly efficient spin-transport MSCs, which also provides a reliable theoretical basis for solving the great challenge of quantificational measurement of NCLs in films in the future.
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- Tingting Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Property of Solids, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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Schlemmer B, Sauermoser A, Holler S, Zuccalà E, Ehmann B, Reinfelds M, Fischer RC, Amenitsch H, Marin‐Beloqui JM, Ludvíková L, Slanina T, Haas M, Rath T, Trimmel G. Silicon- and Germanium-Functionalized Perylene Diimides: Synthesis, Optoelectronic Properties, and Their Application as Non-fullerene Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202301337. [PMID: 37419861 PMCID: PMC10946824 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023]
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Organic solar cells have been continuously studied and developed through the last decades. A major step in their development was the introduction of fused-ring non-fullerene electron acceptors. Yet, beside their high efficiency, they suffer from complex synthesis and stability issues. Perylene-based non-fullerene acceptors, in contrast, can be prepared in only a few steps and display good photochemical and thermal stability. Herein, we introduce four monomeric perylene diimide acceptors obtained in a three-step synthesis. In these molecules, the semimetals silicon and germanium were added in the bay position, on one or both sides of the molecules, resulting in asymmetric and symmetric compounds with a red-shifted absorption compared to unsubstituted perylene diimide. Introducing two germanium atoms improved the crystallinity and charge carrier mobility in the blend with the conjugated polymer PM6. In addition, charge carrier separation is significantly influenced by the high crystallinity of this blend, as shown by transient absorption spectroscopy. As a result, the solar cells reached a power conversion efficiency of 5.38 %, which is one of the highest efficiencies of monomeric perylene diimide-based solar cells recorded to date.
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- Bettina Schlemmer
- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Department of Physical ChemistryUniversity of MálagaBlvrd Louis Pasteur 3129010MálagaSpain
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry andBiochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 216610Prague 6Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry andBiochemistry of the Czech Academy of SciencesFlemingovo nám. 216610Prague 6Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI GrazGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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Kausar A. Polymeric nanocomposite with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and nanocarbon (fullerene, graphene, carbon nanotube, nanodiamond)—futuristic headways. POLYM-PLAST TECH MAT 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/25740881.2022.2164724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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- Ayesha Kausar
- National Centre for Physics, NPU-NCP Joint International Research Center on Advanced Nanomaterials and Defects Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan
- NPU-NCP Joint International Research Center on Advanced Nanomaterials and Defects Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi’an China, Xi’an, China
- UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology, Somerset West, South Africa
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Song KC, Sung W, Lee DC, Chung S, Lee H, Lee J, Cho S, Cho K. Symmetry-Induced Ordered Assembly of a Naphthobisthiadiazole-Based Nonfused-Ring Electron Acceptor Enables Efficient Organic Solar Cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:52233-52243. [PMID: 36355863 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c13304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nonfused-ring electron acceptors (NFREAs) have received increasing attention for use in organic solar cells (OSCs) because of their synthetic simplicity and tunable optical spectra. However, their fundamental molecular interactions and the mechanism by which they govern the property-function relations of OSCs remain elusive. Here, to investigate the effects of the structural symmetry of NFREAs, two acceptor-donor-acceptor'-donor-acceptor (A-D-A'-D-A)-type NFREAs, 2,2'-(((naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c']bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole-5,10-diylbis(4,4-bis(2-butyloctyl)-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene-6,2-diyl))bis(methaneylylidene))bis(5,6-difluoro-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-2,1-diylidene))dimalononitrile (NTz-4F) and 2,2'-(((benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole-4,7-diylbis(4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene-6,2-diyl))bis(methaneylylidene))bis(5,6-difluoro-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-2,1-diylidene))dimalononitrile (BT-4F), are designed and synthesized. They have different A' cores: NTz-4F has a modified centrosymmetric NTz core, whereas BT-4F has a modified axisymmetric BT core. In pristine films, the NTz-4F, which has a centrosymmetric core, shows substantially enhanced intermolecular interaction and microstructural crystalline ordering compared with BT-4F, which has an axisymmetric core. Even in blends with poly[(2,6-(4,8-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']dithiophene))-alt-(5,5-(1',3'-di-2-thienyl-5',7'-bis(2-ethylhexyl)benzo[1',2'-c:4',5'-c']dithiophene-4,8,-dione))] (PBDB-T), NTz-4F retains its highly crystalline structure, whereas BT-4F loses crystalline packing. These changes in NTz-4F result in increased electron transport and suppressed nonradiative voltage loss, resulting in a power conversion efficiency of 9.14% for PBDB-T:NTz-4F vs 7.18% for PBDB-T:BT-4F. This work demonstrates that centrosymmetric-structured cores are promising building blocks for high-performance NFREA-based OSCs.
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- Kyu Chan Song
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang37673, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang37673, Korea
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- Department of Physics and EHSRC, University of Ulsan, Ulsan44610, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang37673, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam13120, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon34134, Korea
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- Department of Physics and EHSRC, University of Ulsan, Ulsan44610, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang37673, Korea
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Wang X, Tan X, Luo G, Huang J, Chen G. Weak Electron-Deficient Building Block Containing O–B ← N Bonds for Polymer Donors. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Xiaoling Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, P. R. China
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Meng X, Li M, Jin K, Zhang L, Sun J, Zhang W, Yi C, Yang J, Hao F, Wang G, Xiao Z, Ding L. A 4‐Arm Small Molecule Acceptor with High Photovoltaic Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207762. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Xianyi Meng
- Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
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- Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
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- Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
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- School of Materials and Energy Yunnan University Kunming 650091 China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy School of Physics and Electronics Central South University Changsha 410083 China
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- School of Materials and Energy University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu 611731 China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
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- Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS) National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Hsieh CM, Hsiao HC, Yamada Y, Wu WR, Jeng US, Su CJ, Lin YS, Murata M, Chang YJ, Chuang SC. Promoting the Efficiency and Stability of Nonfullerene Organic Photovoltaics by Incorporating Open-Cage [60]Fullerenes in the Nonfullerene Nanocrystallites. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:39109-39119. [PMID: 35976775 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c06354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The device efficiency of PM6:Y6-based nonfullerene organic solar cells is fast advanced recently. To maintain organic solar cells (OSCs) with high power conversion efficiency over 16% in long-term operation, however, remains a challenge. Here, a novel non-volatile additive, an open-cage [60]fullerene (8OC60Me), is incorporated into PM6:Y6-based OSCs for high-performance with high durability. With optimized addition of 1.0 wt % 8OC60Me, the PCE value of PM6:Y6/8OC60Me OSCs can be promoted to 16.5% from 15.0%. Most strikingly, such a high PCE performance can maintain nearly 100% for over 500 h at room temperature; at an elevated operation temperature of 80 °C, the PCE can be stabilized above 15.0% after 45 h of operation. Grazing incidence small- and wide- angle X-ray scattering studies reveal improved orientation and crystallinity of Y6 in a fractal-like network structure of PM6 in PM6:Y6/8OC60Me films under in situ annealing, parallel to the enhanced electron mobility. Analysis of charge distributions lines up possible van der Waals interaction between the thienyl/carbonyl moiety of 8OC60Me and difluorophenyl-based FIC-end groups of Y6. This result is of great contrast to those devices with the best-selling PC61BM as the additives─8OC60Me might be of interest to be incorporated into future Y6-based OSCs for concomitantly improved PCE and excellent stability.
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- Cheng-Ming Hsieh
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 30010 Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 30010 Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka 535-8585, Japan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung City 40704, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka 535-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung City 40704, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 30010 Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Funabiki K, Yamada K, Arisawa Y, Watanabe A, Agou T, Kubota Y, Inuzuka T, Miwa Y, Udagawa T, Kutsumizu S. Design, Regioselective Synthesis, and Photophysical Properties of Perfluoronaphthalene-Based Donor-Acceptor-Donor Fluorescent Dyes. J Org Chem 2022; 87:11751-11765. [PMID: 36001449 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A one-step route to a series of perfluoronaphthalene-based donor (D)-acceptor (A)-D fluorescent dyes with various electron-donating groups was developed. The perfluoronaphthalene moiety in the D-A-D dyes served as a good electron-accepting aromatic ring with excellent intramolecular charge transfer properties, as determined by density functional theory calculations and measurements of the fluorescence properties in solution, in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films, and in crystal form. Notably, replacing the naphthalene ring with perfluoronaphthalene in the D-A-D dyes carrying the phenothiazine moiety not only stabilized the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels but also reduced the energy band gap to change the emission color from blue to yellow. Among the four synthesized perfluoronaphthalene D-A-D dyes, those bearing diphenylamino groups afforded the best fluorescence quantum yields in Et2O solution (0.60) and in PMMA film (0.65) because the propeller structure of the diphenylamino group that acts as a donor substituent effectively suppresses radiation-free deactivation. In contrast, in the crystalline state, the carbazoyl-bearing D-A-D dye provided the best fluorescence quantum yield (0.35) because the radiation-free inactivation was suppressed by π-πF stacking at the donor site, which was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis.
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- Kazumasa Funabiki
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering, Ibaraki University, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa, Hitachi 316-8511, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Division of Instrumental Analysis, Life Science Research Center, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Fürk P, Hofinger J, Reinfelds M, Rath T, Amenitsch H, Scharber MC, Trimmel G. Glycol bearing perylene monoimide based non-fullerene acceptors with increased dielectric permittivity. Monatsh Chem 2022; 154:1369-1381. [PMID: 38020486 PMCID: PMC10667137 DOI: 10.1007/s00706-022-02956-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Perylene monoimide based electron acceptors have great properties for use in organic solar cells, like thermal stability, strong absorption, and simple synthesis. However, they typically exhibit low values for the dielectric permittivity. This hinders efficient exciton dissociation, limiting the achievable power conversion efficiencies. In this work, we present the synthesis and utilization of two new acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) molecules, comprising perylene monoimide as electron withdrawing A unit. Oligo ethylene glycol side chain modified carbazole (PMI-[C-OEG]) and fluorene (PMI-[F-OEG]) linkers were used as electron rich D units, respectively. The polar side chains are expected to increase the polarizability of the molecules and, thus, their permittivity according to the Clausius-Mossotti relationship. We found that the incorporation of glycol chains improved the dielectric properties of both materials in comparison to the reference compounds with alkyl chains. The permittivity increased by 18% from 3.17 to 3.75 for the carbazole-based non-fullerene acceptor PMI-[C-OEG] and by 12% from 3.10 to 3.47 for the fluorene-based acceptor PMI-[F-OEG]. The fabricated solar cells revealed power conversion efficiencies of 3.71 ± 0.20% (record 3.92%) with PMI-[C-OEG], and 1.21 ± 0.06% (record 1.51%) with PMI-[F-OEG]. Graphical abstract Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00706-022-02956-2.
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- Peter Fürk
- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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meng X, Li M, Jin K, zhang L, Yi C, yang J, hao F, wang GW, xiao Z, Ding L, Sun J, Zhang W. A 4‐Arm Small Molecule Acceptor with High Photovoltaic Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- xianyi meng
- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication CHINA
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- Tsinghua University electrical engineering CHINA
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- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China materials and energy CHINA
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- USTC: University of Science and Technology of China Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology No.11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication CHINA
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- Yunnan University School of Materials and Energy CHINA
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Schweda B, Reinfelds M, Hofinger J, Bäumel G, Rath T, Kaschnitz P, Fischer RC, Flock M, Amenitsch H, Scharber MC, Trimmel G. Phenylene-Bridged Perylene Monoimides as Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells: A Study on the Structure-Property Relationship. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200276. [PMID: 35218252 PMCID: PMC9313791 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A series of non-fullerene acceptors based on perylene monoimides coupled in the peri position through phenylene linkers were synthesized via Suzuki-coupling reactions. Various substitution patterns were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations in combination with experimental data to elucidate the geometry and their optical and electrochemical properties. Further investigations of the bulk properties with grazing incidence wide angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) gave insight into the stacking behavior of the acceptor thin films. Electrochemical and morphological properties correlate with the photovoltaic performance of devices with the polymeric donor PBDB-T and a maximum efficiency of 3.17 % was reached. The study gives detailed information about structure-property relationships of perylene-linker-perylene compounds.
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- Bettina Schweda
- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Linz Institute of Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Linz Institute of Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria
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Keshtov ML, Khokhlov AR, Godovsky DY, Ostapov ILE, Alekseev VG, Xie Z, Chayal G, Sharma GD. Novel Pyrrolo [3,4-b] dithieno [3, 2-f:2",3"-h] quinoxaline-8,10 (9H)-dione Based Wide Bandgap Conjugated Copolymers for Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200060. [PMID: 35218257 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Two D-A copolymers consisted of fused ring pyrrolo-dithieno-quinoxaline acceptor are synthesized with different donor units, i.e., benzodithiophene (BDT) with alkylthienyl (P134) and 2-ethylhexyloxy (P117) side chains. These copolymers are used as donor and a narrow bandgap acceptor Y6 to fabricate bulk heterojunction polymer solar cell devices. Owing to the strong electron-deficient fused ring pyrrolo-bithieno-quinoxaline and weak alkyl thienyl side chains in BDT, the polymer solar cells based on P134:Y6 attained the power conversion efficiency of 15.42%, which is higher than P117:Y6 counterpart (12.14%). The superior value of PCE for P134:Y6 could be associated with more well-adjusted charge transport, weak charge recombination, proficient exciton generation and dissociation into free charge carriers and their subsequent charge collection owing to the dense π-π stacking distance and more considerable crystal coherence length for the P134:Y6 thin films. This investigation confirms the great potential of a strong acceptor-weak donor tactic for developing efficient D-A copolymers consists of quinoxaline acceptor for polymer solar cells. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Mukhamed L Keshtov
- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St., 28, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St., 28, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation.,Department of Physics of Polymers and Crystals, Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119991, Russain Federation
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- Department of Physics of Polymers and Crystals, Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119991, Russain Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St., 28, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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- Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Department, Tver State University, Sadovyi per. 35, Tver, 170002, Russian Federation
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- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun, China
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- Department of Physics, Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, 342011, India
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- Department of Physics, The LNM Institute for Information Technology, Jamdoli, Jaipur, 302031, India
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Hofinger J, Weber S, Mayr F, Jodlbauer A, Reinfelds M, Rath T, Trimmel G, Scharber MC. Wide-bandgap organic solar cells with a novel perylene-based non-fullerene acceptor enabling open-circuit voltages beyond 1.4 V. J Mater Chem A Mater 2022; 10:2888-2906. [PMID: 35223040 PMCID: PMC8823902 DOI: 10.1039/d1ta09752k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A perylene-based acceptor (PMI-FF-PMI), consisting of two perylene monoimide (PMI) units bridged with a dihydroindeno[1,2-b]fluorene molecule was developed as a potential non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) for organic solar cells (OSCs). The synthesized NFA was combined with the high-performance donor polymer D18 to fabricate efficient OSCs. With an effective bandgap of 2.02 eV, the D18:PMI-FF-PMI blend can be categorized as a wide-bandgap OSC and is an attractive candidate for application as a wide-bandgap sub-cell in all-organic triple-junction solar cell devices. Owing to their large effective bandgap, D18:PMI-FF-PMI solar cells are characterized by an extremely high open-circuit voltage (V OC) of 1.41 V, which to the best of our knowledge is the highest reported value for solution-processed OSCs so far. Despite the exceptionally high V OC of this blend, a comparatively large non-radiative voltage loss (ΔV non-rad OC) of 0.25 V was derived from a detailed voltage loss analysis. Measurements of the electroluminescence quantum yield (ELQY) of the solar cell reveal high ELQY values of ∼0.1%, which contradicts the ELQY values derived from the non-radiative voltage loss (ΔV non-rad OC = 0.25 V, ELQY = 0.0063%). This work should help to raise awareness that (especially for BHJ blends with small ΔHOMO or ΔLUMO offsets) the measured ELQY cannot be straightforwardly used to calculate the ΔV non-rad OC. To avoid any misinterpretation of the non-radiative voltage losses, the presented ELQY discrepancies for the D18:PMI-FF-PMI system should encourage OPV researchers to primarily rely on the ΔV non-rad OC values derived from the presented voltage loss analysis based on EQEPV and J-V measurements.
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- Jakob Hofinger
- Linz Institute of Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenbergerstrasse 69 4040 Linz Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenbergerstrasse 69 4040 Linz Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Linz Institute of Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenbergerstrasse 69 4040 Linz Austria
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Hu J, Fu W, Yang X, Chen H. Self‐assembled
monolayers for interface engineering in polymer solar cells. Journal of Polymer Science 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jie Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, International Research Center for X Polymers, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, International Research Center for X Polymers, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
- Shanxi‐Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering Taiyuan China
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- Chasing Light Technology Co., Ltd. Guangzhou China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, International Research Center for X Polymers, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
- Shanxi‐Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering Taiyuan China
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