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Tang A, Cong P, Dai T, Wang Z, Zhou E. A 2-A 1-D-A 1-A 2-Type Nonfullerene Acceptors. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2300175. [PMID: 37907430 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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The A2-A1-D-A1-A2-type molecules consist of one electron-donating (D) core flanked by two electron-accepting units (A1 and A2) and have emerged as an essential branch of nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs). These molecules generally possess higher molecular energy levels and wider optical bandgaps compared with those of the classic A-D-A- and A-DA'D-A-type NFAs, owing to the attenuated intramolecular charge transfer effect. These characteristics make them compelling choices for the fabrication of high-voltage organic photovoltaics (OPVs), ternary OPVs, and indoor OPVs. Herein, the recent progress in the A2-A1-D-A1-A2-type NFAs are reviewed, including the molecular engineering, structure-property relationships, voltage loss (Vloss), device stability, and photovoltaic performance of binary, ternary, and indoor OPVs. Finally, the challenges and provided prospects are discussed for the further development of this type of NFAs.
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- Ailing Tang
- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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Meniscus-Assisted Solution Printing Enables Cocrystallization in Poly(3-alkylthiophene)-based Blends for Field-Effect Transistors. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-023-2916-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Ali R, Siddiqui R. Dithieno[3,2- b:2',3'- d]thiophene (DTT): an emerging heterocyclic building block for future organic electronic materials & functional supramolecular chemistry. RSC Adv 2022; 12:36073-36102. [PMID: 36545080 PMCID: PMC9756821 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05768a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Heterocyclic compounds being potent biochemical materials are ubiquitous molecules in our life. Amongst, the five membered aromatic ring systems, thiophene has emerged as a remarkable entity in organic electronics owing to its (i) high resonance energy, (ii) more electrophilic reactivity than benzene, (iii) high π-electron density, (iv) planar structure and, (v) presence of vacant d-orbital in addition to the presence of loosely bind lone-pairs of electrons on sulfur atoms. In recent past, thiophene-fused molecule namely, dithienothiophene (DTT) has attracted a tremendous attention of the researchers worldwide due to their potential applicability in organic electronics such as in solar cells, electrochromic devices (ECDs), organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic limiting diodes (OLEDs), fluorescent probes, redox switching and so forth because of their (i) higher charge mobility, (ii) extended π-conjugation, and (iii) better tuning of band gaps, etc. In this particular review article, we envisioned to report the recent advancements made on the DTT-based architectures not only because of the potential applicability of this valuable scaffold in organic electronic but also to motivate the young researchers worldwide to look for the challenging opportunities related to this privileged building block in both material sciences and functional supramolecular chemistry.
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- Rashid Ali
- Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia IslamiaJamia Nagar, OkhlaNew Delhi-110025India+91-7011867613
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- Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia IslamiaJamia Nagar, OkhlaNew Delhi-110025India+91-7011867613
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Panther LA, Guest DP, McGown A, Emerit H, Tareque RK, Jose A, Dadswell CM, Coles SJ, Tizzard GJ, González‐Méndez R, Goodall CAI, Bagley MC, Spencer J, Greenland BW. Solvent‐Free Synthesis of Core‐Functionalised Naphthalene Diimides by Using a Vibratory Ball Mill: Suzuki, Sonogashira and Buchwald–Hartwig Reactions. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201444. [PMID: 35621283 PMCID: PMC9544761 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Solvent‐free synthesis by using a vibratory ball mill (VBM) offers the chance to access new chemical reactivity, whilst reducing solvent waste and minimising reaction times. Herein, we report the core functionalisation of N,N’‐bis(2‐ethylhexyl)‐2,6‐dibromo‐1,4,5,8‐naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid (Br2‐NDI) by using Suzuki, Sonogashira and Buchwald–Hartwig coupling reactions. The products of these reactions are important building blocks in many areas of organic electronics including organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic field‐effect transistors (OFETs) and organic photovoltaic cells (OPVCs). The reactions proceed in as little as 1 h, use commercially available palladium sources (frequently Pd(OAc)2) and are tolerant to air and atmospheric moisture. Furthermore, the real‐world potential of this green VBM protocol is demonstrated by the double Suzuki coupling of a monobromo(NDI) residue to a bis(thiophene) pinacol ester. The resulting dimeric NDI species has been demonstrated to behave as an electron acceptor in functioning OPVCs.
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- Lydia A. Panther
- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- UK National Crystallography Service Chemistry University of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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- UK National Crystallography Service Chemistry University of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Faculty of Engineering & Science FES Engineering & Science School Operations University of Greenwich Old Royal Naval College Park Row London SE10 9LS UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
- Sussex Drug Discovery Centre School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG UK
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- Department of Chemistry School of Life Sciences University of Sussex Arundel Building 305 Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ UK
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Zhou S, Xia D, Liang S, Liu B, Wang J, Xiao C, Tang Z, Li W. Enhancing the Performance of Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells via Fused-Ring Design. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:7093-7101. [PMID: 35099921 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c22135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Organic solar cells (OSCs) as the promising green energy technology have drawn much attention in the last two decades. In comparison to polymer solar cells, small-molecule organic solar cells (SMOSCs) have the advantages of precise chemical structure and molecular weight, purification feasibility, batch reproducibility, etc. Despite of the recent advances in molecular design, the efficiencies of SMOSCs are still lagging behind those of polymer-based OSCs. In this work, a new small-molecule donor (SMD) with a fused-ring-connected bridge denoted F-MD has been designed and synthesized. When F-MD was applied into SMOSCs, the F-MD:N3 blends exhibited a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 13%, which is much higher than that of the linear π-bridged molecule L-MD based devices (8.12%). Further studies revealed that the fused-ring design promoted the planarity of the molecular conformation and facilitated charge transport in OSCs. More importantly, this strategy also lowered the crystallinity and self-aggregation of the films, and hence optimized the microstructure and phase separation in the corresponding blends. Thereby, the F-MD-based blends have been evidenced to have better exciton dissociation and reduced charge recombination in comparison with the L-MD counterparts, explaining the enhanced PCEs. Our work demonstrates that the fused-ring π-bridge strategy in small-molecule-donor design is an effective pathway to promote the efficiency of SMOSCs as well as enhance the diversity of SMD materials.
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- Shengxi Zhou
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Applied Chemistry, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang 330096, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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Influence of thiophene and furan π–bridge on the properties of poly(benzodithiophene-alt-bis(π–bridge)pyrrolopyrrole-1,3-dione) for organic solar cell applications. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bhosale SV, Al Kobaisi M, Jadhav RW, Morajkar PP, Jones LA, George S. Naphthalene diimides: perspectives and promise. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:9845-9998. [PMID: 34308940 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00239a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this review, we describe the developments in the field of naphthalene diimides (NDIs) from 2016 to the presentday. NDIs are shown to be an increasingly interesting class of molecules due to their electronic properties, large electron deficient aromatic cores and tendency to self-assemble into functional structures. Almost all NDIs possess high electron affinity, good charge carrier mobility, and excellent thermal and oxidative stability, making them promising candidates for applications in organic electronics, photovoltaic devices, and flexible displays. NDIs have also been extensively studied due to their potential real-world uses across a wide variety of applications including supramolecular chemistry, sensing, host-guest complexes for molecular switching devices, such as catenanes and rotaxanes, ion-channels, catalysis, and medicine and as non-fullerene accepters in solar cells. In recent years, NDI research with respect to supramolecular assemblies and mechanoluminescent properties has also gained considerable traction. Thus, this review will assist a wide range of readers and researchers including chemists, physicists, biologists, medicinal chemists and materials scientists in understanding the scope for development and applicability of NDI dyes in their respective fields through a discussion of the main properties of NDI derivatives and of the status of emerging applications.
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- Sheshanath V Bhosale
- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa-403 206, India.
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- Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- New Chemistry Unit (NCU), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur PO, Bangalore-560064, India
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Tian Z, Li J, Li C, Jiang X, Guo Y, Xiao C, Li W. A Naphthalenediimide-Based Polymer Acceptor with Multidirectional Orientations via Double-Cable Design. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zhongrong Tian
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Molecular Materials and Nanosystems and Institute of Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Institute of Applied Chemistry, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang 330096, P. R. China
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Zhang L, Deng W, Wu B, Ye L, Sun X, Wang Z, Gao K, Wu H, Duan C, Huang F, Cao Y. Reduced Energy Loss in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with Isomeric Donor Polymers Containing Thiazole π-Spacers. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:753-762. [PMID: 31808333 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b18048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Large energy loss is one of the key factors that limit the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this work, we report reduced energy losses of OSCs via introducing thiazole π-spacers with different orientations to replace the thiophene π-spacers of the prototype polymer PBDB-T. The newly formed thiazole-containing isomeric polymers, PBDBTz-2 and PBDBTz-5, exhibited blue-shifted absorption and deeper lying energy levels compared to PBDB-T. When blended with IT-4F, the two polymers realized PCEs of 10.4% for PBDBTz-2 and 9.6% for PBDBTz-5, respectively, which were higher than that of PBDB-T (PCE = 9.3%). More critically, considerable open-circuit voltage (Voc) enhancements were achieved by PBDBTz-2 and PBDBTz-5, which were 0.14 and 0.21 V higher than that of PBDB-T. A detailed analysis showed that the reduced energy loss resulted from the lower radiative recombination below the band gap and nonradiative recombination loss. This study demonstrated that the introduction of thiazole π-spacers with different orientations is effective to reduce the energy losses of OSCs, which provided valuable inspirations for the development of new conjugated polymers to the efficiency breakthrough of OSCs in future.
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- Long Zhang
- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , P. R. China
- Department of Physics, Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL) , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina 27695 , United States
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington 98195 , United States
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials & Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640 , P. R. China
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An N, Ran H, Geng Y, Zeng Q, Hu J, Yang J, Sun Y, Wang X, Zhou E. Exploring a Fused 2-(Thiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2- b]thiophene (T-TT) Building Block to Construct n-Type Polymer for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:42412-42419. [PMID: 31619042 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b12814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the field of all-polymer solar cells, exploring new electron-donating units (D) to match with electron-accepting units (A) is an important subject to promote the performance of D-A-type polymer acceptors. Herein, we developed a fused D unit 2-(thiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (T-TT) derivated from the famous 2-(2-(thiophen-2-yl)vinyl)thiophene (TVT) unit. With classical naphthalene diimide (NDI) as A unit, the new D-A polymer PNDI-T-TT exhibits enhanced absorption coefficient, electron mobility, and miscibility with donor polymer in comparison with the analogous PNDI-TVT polymer. These advantages can be attributed to the enlarged conjugation and reduced rotamers due to the fused T-TT unit, leading to a stronger intermolecular interaction. When blending with the donor polymer PBDB-T, both NDI-based polymers can form better interpenetrating nanostructures than the corresponding blend films with the donor polymer J71. Finally, PBDB-T/PNDI-T-TT device achieves a power conversion efficiency of 6.1%, which is much higher than that of PBDB-T/PNDI-TVT device (4.24%). These results demonstrate that n-type polymer based on fused T-TT unit can ameliorate the absorption coefficient, molecular aggregation, and charge-carrier mobility and consequently achieve an improved photovoltaic performance in comparison with the classic TVT unit.
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- Ning An
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology , Beijing 100190 , China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119 , 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 , 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 , China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Advanced Energy Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Shaanxi Normal University , Xi'an 710119 , 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 , China
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- School of Chemistry , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , 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 , 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 , China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
- Henan Institutes of Advanced Technology , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450003 , China
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Yin Y, Zheng Z, Lu Y, Chen D, Liu M, Guo F, Gao S, Zhao L, Zhang Y. Manipulating Polymer Donors Toward a High-Performance Polymer Acceptor Based On a Fused Perylenediimide Building Block With a Built-In Twisting Configuration. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:29765-29772. [PMID: 31337214 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b07067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel fused perylene diimide (PDI)-based polymer electron acceptor (PFPDI-BDF) with a built-in twisting configuration was constructed for application in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). To shed light on the compatibility of the FPDI polymer acceptor and to identify a suitable polymer donor for device applications, we considered herein to investigate three polymer donors (PBDB-T, PTB7-Th, and PCPDTFBT) with different optical and electronic properties as well as polymer chain packing behavior for comparing the device performance. After being fabricated with PFPDI-BDF, polymer donor PBDB-T with a wide band gap showed a decent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.86% with an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.82 V, a short-circuit current density (Jsc) of 8.94 mA cm-2, and a recorded fill factor (FF) of 66.3%, which is one of the best FF reported for PDI-based all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). The enhanced efficiency of 6.05% was found in the medium band gap polymer PTB7-Th devices due to the more complementary absorption region that makes the photoactive blends absorb more photons, giving rise to an increased Jsc of 12.97 mA cm-2. On the other hand, due to the inferior exciton dissociation/extraction efficiency and unfavorable morphology compatibility, the narrow band gap polymer donor PCPDTFBT/PFPDI-BDF devices exhibited the worst PCE of only 0.71% with a low Jsc of 2.2 mA cm-2 and a FF of 42.4%.
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- Yuli Yin
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin 150001 , China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou 450001 , China
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Wang Y, Kim SW, Lee J, Matsumoto H, Kim BJ, Michinobu T. Dual Imide-Functionalized Unit-Based Regioregular D-A 1-D-A 2 Polymers for Efficient Unipolar n-Channel Organic Transistors and All-Polymer Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:22583-22594. [PMID: 31142111 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b05537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The demand for the development of more promising n-type semiconducting polymers with excellent electron mobilities and air stabilities is growing fast. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of new dual imide-functionalized derivative-based regioregular D-A1-D-A2 copolymers with different side chains (namely, PNT-R, R = 2-decyltetradecyl (DT), 2-octadecyldodecyl (OD), and 2-hexyldecyl (HD)). These new polymers PNT-R showed strong electron affinities with deep lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels down to -4.01 eV, indicating that they are promising electron-transporting materials. To optimize the electron mobility, side-chain engineering was adopted. Thus, the effects of the side-chain length on their optoelectronic and charge-transport properties as well as the performances of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) were systematically investigated. Shortening the side-chain length significantly expanded the absorption range, deepened the LUMO energy level, strengthened the molecular packing properties, and developed more crystalline microstructures in the solid state, as evidenced by the ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra, cyclic voltammetry, synchrotron two-dimensional grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering, and atomic force microscopy measurements. Consequently, the highest electron mobility of 1.05 cm2 V-1 s-1 was achieved in PNT-HD-based organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs). Also, PNT-R polymers were successfully applied as electron acceptors in all-PSCs. In good agreement with the OTFT results, the highest power conversion efficiency of 6.62% was obtained for the PNT-HD-blend film due to its excellent short-circuit current ( Jsc) value (12.07 mA cm-2), which was much higher than that of the PNT-DT- and PNT-OD-based all-PSCs (7.67 and 10.19 mA cm-2, respectively). By further investigating the dependence of the Jsc and open-circuit voltage ( Voc) on the illuminated light intensity ( P), the high Jsc value of the PNT-HD-based device was found to originate from its highly suppressed mono- and bimolecular recombination as well as efficient exciton dissociation and charge transfer at the donor-acceptor interfaces. Overall, 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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- Yang Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 2-12-1 Ookayama , Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 , Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 2-12-1 Ookayama , Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 , Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 34141 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 2-12-1 Ookayama , Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 , Japan
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Ma J, Zhao Z, Guo Y, Geng H, Sun Y, Tian J, He Q, Cai Z, Zhang X, Zhang G, Liu Z, Zhang D, Liu Y. Improving the Electronic Transporting Property for Flexible Field-Effect Transistors with Naphthalene Diimide-Based Conjugated Polymer through Branching/Linear Side-Chain Engineering Strategy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:15837-15844. [PMID: 30964258 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b00531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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n-Type organic/polymeric semiconductors with high electron mobilities are highly demanded for future flexible organic circuits. Except for developing a new conjugated backbone, recent studies show that side-chain engineering also plays an indispensable role in boosting the charge-transporting property. In this paper, we report a new polymer PNDI2T-DTD with a representative n-type naphthalene diimide (NDI)-bithiophene backbone for high-performance n-type flexible thin-film transistors through branching/linear side-chain engineering strategy. Serving as the flexible side chains, the linear/branching side-chain pattern is found to be effective in tuning the preaggregation behavior in solution and the packing ordering of polymeric chains, resulting in the improvement of thin-film crystallinity. The electron mobility of the thin film of PNDI2T-DTD on flexible substrates can reach 1.52 cm2 V-1 s-1, which is approximately five times higher than that of PNDI2T-DT with the same conjugated backbone and only branching alkyl chains.
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- Jing Ma
- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048 , P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry , Capital Normal University , Beijing 100048 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering , The University of Chicago , 5640 South Ellis Avenue , Chicago , Illinois 60637 , United States
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Material Science & Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratories for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratories of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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Chen P, Shi S, Wang H, Qiu F, Wang Y, Tang Y, Feng JR, Guo H, Cheng X, Guo X. Aggregation Strength Tuning in Difluorobenzoxadiazole-Based Polymeric Semiconductors for High-Performance Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:21481-21491. [PMID: 29862815 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b05231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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High-performance polymer solar cells (PSCs) with thick active layers are essential for large-scale production. Polymer semiconductors exhibiting a temperature-dependent aggregation property offer great advantages toward this purpose. In this study, three difluorobenzoxadiazole (ffBX)-based donor polymers, PffBX-T, PffBX-TT, and PffBX-DTT, were synthesized, which contain thiophene (T), thieno[3,2- b]thiophene (TT), and dithieno[3,2- b:2',3'- d]thiophene (DTT) as the π-spacers, respectively. Temperature-dependent absorption spectra reveal that the aggregation strength increases in the order of PffBX-T, PffBX-TT, and PffBX-DTT as the π-spacer becomes larger. PffBX-TT with the intermediate aggregation strength enables well-controlled disorder-order transition in the casting process of blend film, thus leading to the best film morphology and the highest performance in PSCs. Thick-film PSCs with an average power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 8.91% and the maximum value of 9.10% are achieved using PffBX-TT:PC71BM active layer with a thickness of 250 nm. The neat film of PffBX-TT also shows a high hole mobility of 1.09 cm2 V-1 s-1 in organic thin-film transistors. When PffBX-DTT and PffBX-T are incorporated into PSCs utilizing PC71BM acceptor, the average PCE decreases to 6.54 and 1.33%, respectively. The performance drop mainly comes from reduced short-circuit current, as a result of nonoptimal blend film morphology caused by a less well-controlled film formation process. A similar trend was also observed in nonfullerene type thick-film PSCs using IT-4F as the electron acceptor. These results show the significance of polymer aggregation strength tuning toward optimal bulk heterojunction film morphology using ffBX-based polymer model system. The study demonstrates that adjusting π-spacer is an effective method, in combination with other important approaches such as alkyl chain optimization, to generate high-performance thick-film PSCs which are critical for practical applications.
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- Peng Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and The Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Printed Organic Electronics , Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) , No. 1088, Xueyuan Road , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China
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