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A simple small molecule as the acceptor for fullerene-free organic solar cells

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A simple small molecule named DICTiF was designed, synthesized and used as the acceptor for solution processed bulk-heterojunction solar cells with polymer PBDB-T as the donor. A power conversion efficiency of 7.11% was obtained.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (2014CB643502), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21404060, 51373078, 51422304, 91433101), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team (IRT1257) and Tianjin city (13RCGFGX01121, 14JCQNJC03800).

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  1. The Centre of Nanoscale Science and Technology and Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    Hongtao Zhang, Yongtao Liu, Yanna Sun, Miaomiao Li, Wang Ni, Qian Zhang, Xiangjian Wan & Yongsheng Chen

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China

    Hongtao Zhang, Yanna Sun, Xiangjian Wan & Yongsheng Chen

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Zhang, H., Liu, Y., Sun, Y. et al. A simple small molecule as the acceptor for fullerene-free organic solar cells. Sci. China Chem. 60, 366–369 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-016-0417-9

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