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Structure-property correlations can be helpful in gaining higher efficiencies in polymer solar cells. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyze these correlations in terms of LUMO-reducing moieties, and effectively using electron withdrawing and side-chain substituents.
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MaterialScience division to pool expertise in research and development at existing site in Otterup, Denmark.
Representatives of leading international companies in the solar photovoltaic industry announce the founding of the Global Solar Council.
A new approach can help scientists predict the thermal stability of potential absorber materials for solar cells.
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BASF, Arsenal and Foosung have announced BASF’s acquisition of Novolyte Technologies, based in Cleveland, Ohio (USA).
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Researchers from the University of Michigan present a palladium catalyst that can mediate a living, chain-growth polymerization of pi-conjugated monomers.
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Dutch researchers present a new theoretical model to explain the better than expected power conversion efficiencies reported for organic solar cells.
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Latest editor’s choice papers from the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics are available to download for free.
Many new entries in the Top 40 most-read papers in Advanced Materials last week, including work on graphene, organic and oxide semiconductors, plasmonics, and nanostructures.
Issue 1 of Advanced Optical Materials features twelve papers from leading research groups, covering all aspects of light–matter interactions.
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