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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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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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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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