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Ternary Organic Photovoltaic Cells Exhibiting 17.59% Efficiency with Two Compatible Y6 Derivations as Acceptor

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An asymmetric polymerized small molecular acceptor with temperature-dependent aggregation and superior batch-to-batch reproducibility for efficient all-polymer solar cells

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Printable and Semitransparent Nonfullerene Organic Solar Modules over 30 cm2 Introducing an Energy-Level Controllable Hole Transport Layer

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An end-capped acceptor modification of anthracene-based hole transport materials to study optoelectronic properties for high-performance perovskite solar cells

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A Synergistic Strategy of Manipulating the Number of Selenophene Units and Dissymmetric Central Core of Small Molecular Acceptors Enables Polymer Solar Cells with 17.5 % Efficiency

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Asymmetric Non-Fullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors toward High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

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