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Phenazine‐Based Ultra‐Narrow Bandgap Acceptors for Efficient Transparent Organic Photovoltaic

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Near-Infrared Acceptors Based on Cyano-Thiazole Terminals Enable Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Photoresponse beyond 1000 nm

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Streamlined Y6‐Analogs Enabling Efficient Ambient‐Air‐Processed Organic Solar Cells

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Highly Efficient Acceptors with a Nonaromatic Thianthrene Central Core for Organic Photovoltaics

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Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Efficient Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Structurally Modified Quinoxaline-Based Small Molecule Acceptors with Brominated End Groups

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Precise Modulation of Reorganization Energy through Methyl Substitution for High Performance Organic Solar Cells

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Low‐Cost Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells by Fine‐Tuning Molecular Crystallization and Film Formation Kinetics

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Highly Crystalline Selenium‐Substituted C‐Shaped Ortho‐Benzodipyrrole‐Based A‐D‐A‐Type Nonfullerene Acceptor Enabling Solution‐Processed Single‐Crystal‐Like Thin Films for Air‐Stable, High‐Mobility N‐Type Transistors

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Highly Efficient Acceptors with a Nonaromatic Thianthrene Central Core for Organic Photovoltaics

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Fully non-fused electron acceptor solar cells with 18% efficiency via a synergistic peripheral substituent strategy

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Medium‐Bandgap Acceptors for Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells Achieved by End‐Group Engineering

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Low-cost pentacyclic acceptors for efficient organic solar cells by heteroatom modifications of side chains and terminals

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Homology‐Guided Zwitterionic Interlayers for 21% Efficiency Non‐Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

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Silicon‐Rivalling Large‐Area Flexible Broadband Organic Photodetectors

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Construction of Shamrock‐Shaped Giant Molecule Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

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Low‐Cost Fused‐Ring Electron Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells by Fine‐Tuning Molecular Crystallization and Film Formation Kinetics

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Efficient fully non-fused electron acceptor solar cells enabled by acceptor crystallization induced fibril network morphology

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Sustainable organic solar cells via renewable biomass and circular recycling

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Construction of Shamrock‐Shaped Giant Molecule Acceptors for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

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