Polymer solar cell

Engineering

Polymer chemistry

Materials science

Substitution (logic)

Computer science

Chemical engineering

Polymer

Combinatorial chemistry

Nanotechnology

Organic chemistry

Composite material

Chemistry

Programming language

Organic solar cell

Fullerene

Energy & Environmental Science

Both fluorine and ester substituted monothiophene yielded a novel thiophene derivative FE-T. The resulting polymer donor S1 enabled single-junction non-fullerene solar cell with over 16% efficiency.

A monothiophene unit incorporating both fluoro and ester substitution enabling high-performance donor polymers for non-fullerene solar cells with 16.4% efficiency