the Hong Kong Research Grants Council(GRF project,16303024,16310824);the support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFA0705900)funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China;Basic and Applied Research Major Program of Guangdong Province(2019B030302007);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,22075057);Shen Zhen Technology and Innovation Commission through Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program(JCYJ20200109140801751);Hong Kong Research Grants Council(research fellow scheme RFS2021-6S05,RIF project R6021-18,CRF project C6023-19G,GRF project 16310019,16310020,16309221,16309822);Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission(ITCCNERC14SC01);Foshan-HKUST(FSUST19-CAT0202);Zhongshan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology(ZSST20SC02);Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory(2023B1212120003);Tencent Xplorer Prize;the financial support from the RGC Senior Research Fellowship Scheme(SRFS2021-5S01).
Side chain engineering of small-molecule acceptors(SMAs)is a promising strategy for improving device efficiency in organic solar cells(OSCs).This study investigates the parent SMAs of BT-BO and BT-TBO,along with the n...
We acknowledge funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22303071 and 51962036).
The performance of organic electrochemical transistors(OECTs)relies on the interaction between organic semiconductors and ions.Consequently,hydrophilic ethylene glycol(EG)side chains are incorporated into organic semi...
financially supported by National Key Research and Development Program(No.2018YFA0703100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51733006);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2023M732578)。
Hydrogen bonds(H-bonds)are the most essential non-covalent interactions in nature,playing a crucial role in stabilizing the secondary structures of proteins.Taking inspiration from nature,researchers have developed se...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21801201,51773160,21975194,22175134);the Research Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hubei Province(2019CFA042)。
Quinoidal small molecule semiconductors hold huge potential in ambipolar organic field-effect transistors(OFETs)and organic spintronic devices.Here,two quinoidal molecules with methylthio side chains were synthesized ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52373168,22175014,12375302);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(buctrc201822);Beijing Natural Science Foundation(QNTD20,2232057);Natural Science Foundation of Henan province(No.232300420103).
Side-chain engineering has emerged as a highly effective strategy for tailoring the aggregation behavior and charge transport properties of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors(SMAs).In this study,we designed and sy...
supported by the Chinese National Science Foundation(21806181);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2023ZKPYHH05,2024ZKPYHH01).
Systematic and in-depth explorations of the effects of side-chain modulation on the molecular assembly,optoelectronic properties,and photocatalytic properties of supramolecular systems,as well as the kinetics of charg...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U21A20331);the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (21925506);the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (LQ22E030013)。
The effect of side-chain engineering of conjugated molecules on the morphology and device performance in binary organic solar cells has been widely investigated. However, this relationship has hardly been studied in t...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 22205040,U2001222,and 52273168);the Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province(grant number 2021A1515110417);J.Zhang acknowledges the support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions grant(101105790)。
The unfavorable photochemical processes at the molecular level have become a bar-rier limiting the use of aromatic amides as high-performance luminescent materials.Herein,we propose a reliable strategy for manipulatin...
National Key Research and Development Program of China,Grant/Award Number:2022YFB4200400;National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:52172048,52103221,22205130,12175298;Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,Grant/Award Numbers:ZR2021QB024,ZR2021QB179,ZR2021ZD06,2023HWYQ-026;Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory Open Project,Grant/Award Number:QNESL OP 202309;Guangdong Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:2023A1515012323,2023A1515010943,2022A1515110643,2024A1515010023;Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University。
Side-chain symmetry-breaking strategy plays an important role in developing photovoltaic materials for high-efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells(ASM OSCs).However,the power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)of...
National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:52173174,51933001,22109080;Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,Grant/Award Number:ZR2022YQ45;Taishan Scholars Program,Grant/Award Numbers:tstp20221121,tsqnz20221134。
The side-chain has a significant influence on the optical properties and aggregation behaviors of the organic small molecule acceptors,which becomes an important strategy to optimize the photovoltaic performance of or...