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朱伟钢 Weigang Zhu

NU, ICCAS, UESTC
Verified email at northwestern.edu
Cited by 3431

Crystallography, morphology, electronic structure, and transport in non-fullerene/non-indacenodithienothiophene polymer: Y6 solar cells

W Zhu, AP Spencer, S Mukherjee… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Emerging nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) with crystalline domains enable high-performance
bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. Thermal annealing is known to enhance the BHJ …

Rational design of charge-transfer interactions in halogen-bonded co-crystals toward versatile solid-state optoelectronics

W Zhu, R Zheng, Y Zhen, Z Yu, H Dong… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Charge-transfer (CT) interactions between donor (D) and acceptor (A) groups, as well as CT
exciton dynamics, play important roles in optoelectronic devices, such as organic solar cells…

Fluorination effects on indacenodithienothiophene acceptor packing and electronic structure, end-group redistribution, and solar cell photovoltaic response

TJ Aldrich, M Matta, W Zhu, SM Swick… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Indacenodithienothiophene (IDTT)-based postfullerene electron acceptors, such as ITIC (2,2′-[[6,6,12,12-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-6,12-dihydrodithieno[2,3-d:2′,3′-d′]-s-indaceno[1,…

Revealing the charge‐transfer interactions in self‐assembled organic cocrystals: two‐dimensional photonic applications

W Zhu, R Zheng, X Fu, H Fu, Q Shi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A new crystal of a charge‐transfer (CT) complex was prepared through supramolecular
assembly and it has unique two‐dimensional (2D) morphology. The CT nature of the ground and …

Systematic merging of nonfullerene acceptor π-extension and tetrafluorination strategies affords polymer solar cells with> 16% efficiency

…, JM Alzola, S Mukherjee, L Feng, W Zhu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The end-capping group (EG) is the essential electron-withdrawing component of
nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). To …

Non-fullerene acceptors with direct and indirect hexa-fluorination afford> 17% efficiency in polymer solar cells

…, W Huang, RM Young, RM Pankow, W Zhu… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rational molecular design of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) in organic solar cells (OSCs)
can profoundly influence the photovoltaic (OPV) performance. To date, NFA fluorination …

Quantitative relationships between film morphology, charge carrier dynamics, and photovoltaic performance in bulk-heterojunction binary vs. ternary acceptor blends

W Zhu, G Li, S Mukherjee, NE Powers-Riggs… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Addressing pertinent and perplexing questions regarding why nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs)
promote higher power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) than traditional fullerenes and how …

Cocrystals Strategy towards Materials for Near‐Infrared Photothermal Conversion and Imaging

Y Wang, W Zhu, W Du, X Liu, X Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A cocrystal strategy with a simple preparation process is developed to prepare novel
materials for near‐infrared photothermal (PT) conversion and imaging. DBTTF and TCNB are …

Creating organic functional materials beyond chemical bond synthesis by organic cocrystal engineering

L Sun, W Zhu, X Zhang, L Li, H Dong… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organic cocrystal engineering refers to two or more organic molecules stoichiometrically
combined and held together by noncovalent intermolecular interactions, which differs from …

Intermolecular charge‐transfer interactions facilitate two‐photon absorption in styrylpyridine–tetracyanobenzene cocrystals

L Sun, W Zhu, W Wang, F Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cocrystals of 4‐styrylpyridine and 1,2,4,5‐tetracyanobenzene were successfully prepared
by supramolecular self‐assembly. Donor–acceptor interactions between the molecular …