Indacenodithiophene: a promising building block for high performance polymer solar cells

• DOI: 10.1039/c7ta02562a
• Publication Date: 2017-05-08T11:53:48Z
• Authors: Yongxi Li; Minchao Gu; Zhe Pan; Bin Zhang; Xutong Yang; Junwei Gu; Yu Chen
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

This review surveys recent research advances in the area of IDT-based conjugated materials for photovoltaic applications. The factors affecting the bandgaps, molecular energy levels, film morphologies, as well as the photovoltaic performance of these materials have also been discussed.