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On the critical competition between singlet exciton decay and free charge generation in non-fullerene based organic solar cells with low energetic offsets

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Molecular Orientation Strategy via Ternary Component Transfer Lamination for Efficient Light Energy Harvesting and Trap Reduced Signal Detection

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Pathways to Upscaling Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells Using Green Solvents: A Study on Device Photophysics in the Transition from Lab‐to‐Fab

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Advanced Science, 2024, 11
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An Impedance Study of the Density of States Distribution in Blends of PM6:Y6 in Relation to Barrierless Dissociation of CT States

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Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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Analyzing Electronic Excitations and Exciton Binding Energies in Y6 Films

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Adv Funct Materials, 2025
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Guidelines for Material Design in Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells

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Probing molecular orientation of donors and acceptors in all-polymer blend films by near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy

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Flexible n-Channel Organic Transistors with Low Contact Resistance

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025
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Measuring the Exciton Binding Energy: Learning from a Decade of Measurements on Halide Perovskites and Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

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Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 12
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Charge-Transfer State Dissociation Efficiency Can Limit Free Charge Generation in Low-Offset Organic Solar Cells

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Maximizing Performance and Stability of Organic Solar Cells at Low Driving Force for Charge Separation

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What We have Learnt from PM6:Y6

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New Avenues for Organic Solar Cells Using Intrinsically Charge-Generating Materials

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Elucidating How Low Energy Offset Matters to Performance of Nonfullerene Acceptor-Based Solar Cells

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Efficient N‐Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors and Field‐Effect Transistors Based on PNDI‐Copolymers Bearing Fluorinated Selenophene‐Vinylene‐Selenophenes

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On the Impact of Bimolecular Recombination on Time‐Delayed Collection Field Measurements and How to Minimize Its Effect

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Interconnected Morphological and Electronic Structure Properties of the PBDB-T-2F (PM6) Electron Donor in Bulk Organic Semiconductors

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Semiconductor Bandgap Measurements: Overview of Optical, Electrical, and Device‐Level Techniques

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Advanced Optical Materials, 2025, 13
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Novel integrated reference-counter electrode for electrochemical measurements of HOMO and LUMO levels in small-molecule thin-film semiconductors for OLEDs

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Exploring the impact of fabrication parameters in organic solar cells with PM6:Y6 using machine learning

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When Poor Exciton Dissociation Limits Photocurrents in Organic Solar Cells: Why Low Offset Non‐Fullerene Acceptor Blends Can't Be Efficient

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Advanced Materials, 2026
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Impact of the Molecular Structure of Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Incorporated Y-Series Acceptors on the Formation of Alloy-like Acceptors and Performance of Non-Halogenated Solvent-Processable Organic Solar Cells

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Optimization of TiO₂ nanoparticle-doped PEDOT:PSS buffer layer for enhanced performance in polymer solar cells

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Endothermic Charge Separation Occurs Spontaneously in Non‐Fullerene Acceptor/Polymer Bulk Heterojunction

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Thermal Expansion Behavior of PM6 Studied Using In Situ Wide‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering

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Enhancing Detection Frequency and Reducing Noise Through Continuous Structures via Release‐Controlled Transfer Toward Light‐Based Wireless Communication

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Phenothiazine‐Based Donor–Acceptor Polymers as Multifunctional Materials for Charge Storage and Solar Energy Conversion

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Modulating Polaron Behavior in PM6 Blends with Nonfullerene and Fullerene Acceptors: The Importance of Singlet Energy Transfer

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Electrochemical and Solvent-Driven Swelling in a Conducting Polymer Film

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