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      4H-1,2,6-Thiadiazin-4-one-containing small molecule donors and additive effects on their performance in solution-processed organic solar cells 

      Hermerschmidt, F.; Kalogirou, Andreas S.; Min, J.; Zissimou, Georgia A.; Tuladhar, S. M.; Ameri, T.; Faber, H.; Itskos, Grigorios; Choulis, Stelios A.; Anthopoulos, T. D.; Bradley, D. D. C.; Nelson, J.; Brabec, C. J.; Koutentis, Panayiotis Andreas (2015)
      The optical, electrochemical, morphological and transport properties of a series of thiadiazinone (acceptor) and (thienyl)carbazoles (donor) containing π-extended donor-acceptor-donors (D-A-D) are presented. Systematic ...
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      Effect of molecular weight on the vibronic structure of a diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer 

      Hayes, Sophia C.; Pieridou, Galatia K.; Vezie, M.; Few, S.; Bronstein, H.; Meager, I.; McCulloch, I.; Nelson, J. (SPIE, 2016)
      Resonance Raman Spectroscopy (RRS) is employed in this study to examine the influence of molecular weight on the optical response of a diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer (DPP-TT-T) in solution. The vibronic structure observed ...
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      Exploring the origin of high optical absorption in conjugated polymers 

      Vezie, M. S.; Few, S.; Meager, I.; Pieridou, Galatia K.; Dörling, B.; Ashraf, R. S.; Goñi, A. R.; Bronstein, H.; McCulloch, I.; Hayes, Sophia C.; Campoy-Quiles, M.; Nelson, J. (2016)
      The specific optical absorption of an organic semiconductor is critical to the performance of organic optoelectronic devices. For example, higher light-harvesting efficiency can lead to higher photocurrent in solar cells ...
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      Novel BODIPY-based conjugated polymers donors for organic photovoltaic applications 

      Economopoulos, Solon P.; Chochos, Christos L.; Ioannidou, Heraklidia A.; Neophytou, Marios; Charilaou, C.; Zissimou, Georgia A.; Frost, J. M.; Sachetan, T.; Shahid, M.; Nelson, J.; Heeney, M.; Bradley, D. D. C.; Itskos, Grigorios; Koutentis, Panayiotis Andreas; Choulis, Stelios A. (2013)
      Five new polymers based on the 4,4'-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene core (BODIPY) chromophore moiety have been synthesized as low bandgap polymers for optoelectronic applications. The polymers exhibited high solubility ...
    • Article  

      Novel BODIPY-based conjugated polymers donors for organic photovoltaic applications 

      Economopoulos, Solon P.; Chochos, Christos L.; Ioannidou, Heraklidia A.; Neophytou, Marios; Charilaou, C.; Zissimou, Georgia A.; Frost, J. M.; Sachetan, T.; Shahid, M.; Nelson, J.; Heeney, M.; Bradley, D. D. C.; Itskos, Grigorios; Koutentis, Panayiotis Andreas; Choulis, Stelios A. (2013)
      Five new polymers based on the 4,4'-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene core (BODIPY) chromophore moiety have been synthesized as low bandgap polymers for optoelectronic applications. The polymers exhibited high solubility ...
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      Photovoltaic limitations of BODIPY:fullerene based bulk heterojunction solar cells 

      Baran, D.; Tuladhar, S.; Economopoulos, Solon P.; Neophytou, Marios; Savva, Achilleas; Itskos, Grigorios; Othonos, Andreas S.; Bradley, D. D. C.; Brabec, C. J.; Nelson, J.; Choulis, Stelios A. (2017)
      The photovoltaic performance of blends of a series of 4,4′-Difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacenes)-based (BODIPY) conjugated polymers donors with fullerene electron acceptors is investigated. Despite the high Voc values ...