2021

1  Xiugang Wu^#, Bo-Kang Su^#, Deng-Gao Che, Denghui Liu, Chi-Chi Wu, Zhi-Xuan Huang, Ta-Chun Lin, Cheng-Ham Wu, Mengbing Zhu, Elise Y. Li, Wen-Yi Hung*, Weiguo Zhu*and Pi-Tai Chou*. The role of host–guest interactions in organic emitters employing MR-TADF. Nature Photonics, 2021, 15, 780-786. 

2  Xiugang Wu#*, Jing-Wei Huang#, Bo-Kang Su#, Sai Wang, Li Yuan, Wei-Qiong Zheng, Hu Zhang1, You-Xuan Zheng*, Weiguo Zhu*, and Pi-Tai Chou,* Fabrication of Circularly Polarized MR-TADF Emitters with Asymmetrical Peripheral-lock Enhancing Helical B/N Doped Nanographenes, Advanced Materials, 2021, 022, 34, 2105080.

3   Zheng Yin^#, Mingxing Gu^#, Huili Ma, Xueyan Jiang, Jiahuan Zhi, Yafei Wang*, Huifang Yang, Weiguo Zhu*, and Zhongfu An*. Molecular engineering through control of structural deformation for highly efficient ultralong organic phos- phorescence. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 2058–2063. 

4   Wenhong Peng, Yuanbao Lin*, Sang Young Jeong, Yuliar Firdaus, Zewdneh Genene, Aggelos Nikitaras, Leonidas Tsetseris, Han Young Woo, Weiguo Zhu*, Thomas D. Anthopoulos*, and Ergang Wang*. Using two compatible donor polymers boosts the efficiency of ternary organic solar cells to 17.7%. Chemistry of Materials, 2021, 33, 7254−7262. 

5   Wei Tang^#,Wenhong Peng^#, Mengbing Zhu, Huanxiang Jiang, Wenchao Wang, Hao Xia, Renqiang Yang, Olle Inganas, Hua Tan*, Qingzhen Bian*, Ergang Wang* and Weiguo Zhu*. 17.25% high efficiency ternary solar cells with increased open-circuit voltage using a high HOMO level small molecule guest donor in a PM6:Y6 blend. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 20493 – 20501. 

6   Wenliu Zhuang^#, Suhao Wang^#, Qiang Tao^#, Wei Ma, Magnus Berggren, Simone Fabiano,* Weiguo Zhu,* and Ergang Wang*. Synthesis and electronic properties of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers with and without ring-fusion. Macromolecules 2021, 54, 970−980. 

7   Jinhui Zhao, Xiankang Yu, Mengbing Zhu, Hao Xia, Wei Tang, Wenhong Peng, Jiali Guo, Can Qian, Bin Zhang, Yu Liu, Hua Tan*, and Weiguo Zhu*. Wide-band gap small-molecule donors with diester-terthiophene bridged units for high-efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar eells. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 6, 5868-5876. 

8   Mengbing Zhu, QiongWang, Linrui Duan, Hao Xia, Yingshuang Zhang, Fei Tong, Wenhong Peng, HuaTan*, Weiguo Zhu*. Improving solubility and photovoltaic properties of the star-shaped molecules by synergistic effect of central tris(2-methoxy phenyl) amine and branched fluorine substituent. Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 186, 109009. 

9   Hao Xia, Xiaopeng Xu, Jiali Guo, Can Qian, Kai Zhang, Mengbing Zhu, Bin Zhang, Wenhong Peng, Qiang Peng*, WeiguoZhu*. Structure evolution from D-A-D type small molecule toward D-A-D-A-D type oligomer for high-efficiency photovoltaic donor materials. Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 186, 108950. 

10 Lin Shao, Xiankang Yu, Fei Tong, Can Qian, Jiali Guo, Hao Xia, Mengbing Zhu, Hua Tan*, Bin Zhang*, Yu Liu, Weiguo Zhu*. Double-hydrogen-bond solid additives to improve morphology, efficiency and stability of fullerene OSCs. Dyes and Pigments, 2021, 194,109670. 

11 Huifang Yang, Zhiyuan Fu, Sai Wang, Haichao Liu, Jianwei Zhou, Kai Wang*, Xiugang Wu*, Bing Yang, Bo Zou and Weiguo Zhu*. Asymmetric D-A-D' Scaffold inducing distinct mechanochromic luminescence, Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 4859-4866. 

12 Denghui Liu, Caifa You, Mengke Li, Sai Wang, Kai Zhang, Bin Zhang, Junting Yu*, Yu Liu, Shi-Jian Su*, Weiguo Zhu*. Iridium complexes embedding rigid D-A-type coordinated cores: facile synthesis and high-efficiency near-infrared emission in solution-processed polymer light-emitting diodes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2021, 931,121615. 

13 Wei Tang, Hao Xia, Mengbing Zhu, Lin Shao, Wenhong Peng, Bin Zhang, Yu Liu , Hua Tan* , Xin Song* , Weiguo Zhu*. A small-molecule donor with thieno[3,2-c] isochromene unit to synchronously elevate efficiency and stability of ternary fullerene organic solar cells, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1SE01558C.

14 Wenhong Peng, Yuanbao Lin*, Sang Young Jeong, Zewdneh Genene, Artiom Magomedov, Han Young Woo, Cailing Chen , Wandi Wahyudi, Qiang Tao , Jiyong Deng, Yu Han, Vytautas Getautis, Weiguo Zhu*, Thomas D. Anthopoulos*, and Ergang Wang*. Over 18% ternary polymer solar cells enabled by a terpolymer as the third component. Nano Energy, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106681 

15 Wei Tang^#, Liuping Xie^#, Zhixin Liu^#, Jie Zeng^#, Xuan Zhou*, Pengqing Bi, Wencheng Tang, Lei Yan*, Wai-Kwok Wong, Xunjin Zhu*, Xiaotao Hao*, Weiguo Zhu*, Xingzhu Wang*. Panchromatic Terthiophenyl-benzodithiophene Conjugated Porphyrin Donor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 (

16 Wenyan Su, Qunping Fan*, Ishita Jalan, Yufei Wang, Wenhong Peng, Tao Guo, Weiguo Zhu, Donghong Yu, Lintao Hou*, Ellen Moons*, and Ergang Wang*. Non- conjugated terpolymer acceptors with two different fused-ring electron-deficient building blocks for efficient all-polymer solar cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 6442−6449.

17 Hua Tan*, Xiankang Yu, Zhicheng Zhu, Junting Yu*, Weiguo Zhu*. Highly efficient polymer solar cells with improved molecular stacking and appropriate active layer morphology by side chain engineering of small molecular acceptors, Synthetic metals, 2021, 271, 116625.

18 Xiaoqin Yang, Youming Zhang, Liqin Cao, Minghui Shao, Jiamin Cao, Junting Yu*, Hua Tan*, Weiguo Zhu. Achieving near-infrared emission platinum (II) complex by introducing dimerized benzothiadiazole unit. Optical Materials, 2022, 123, 111896.

19 Zhengyong Shao, Zhicheng Zhu, Hua Tan*, Xiankang Yu, Junting Yu*, Weiguo Zhu. An A-D-D-A-type small-molecule electron acceptor with chlorine substitution for high-efficiency polymer solar cells. Organic Electronics, 2021, 99, 106329.

20 Maoqiu Li, Junting Yu*, Denghui Liu, Shuai Tan, Xiaoqin Yang, Liqin Cao, Yuna Tan, Jiamin Cao, Hua Tan*, Yafei Wang, Weiguo Zhu. Enhancing the efficiency of near-infrared iridium (III) complexes-based OLEDs by auxiliary ligand functionalization. Synthetic Metals,2021, 281, 116917.

21 Fangdi Zhang, Xiankang Yu, Minghai Xiong, Zhihong Yin, Yang Wang, Junting Yu, Jiamin Cao, Hua Tan*, Maojie Zhang*. Designing efficient A-D-A1-D-A-type non-fullerene acceptors with enhanced fill factor via noncovalently conformational locking. Synthetic Metals, 2021, 278, 116838.

22 Zhou Fang, Shengyue Wang, Junxu Liao, Xinrui Chen, Yuanyuan Zhu, Weiguo Zhu*, Yafei Wang*. Asymmetric Sky-Blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters Bearing Tris(triazolo)triazine Moiety for Solution Processable Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, Accept.

23 Xinrui Chen, Shuai Tan, Chaochao Qin, Yafei Wang*, Ha Lim Lee, Kyung Hyung Lee, Ke Qin, Huili Ma*, Weiguo Zhu, Jun Yeob Lee*. Molecular Design Strategy for Orange-Red Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters via Intramolecular Energy Transfer and Their Application in Solution Processable Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 428, 131691.

24 Xinrui Chen, Shengyue Wang, Ha Lim Lee, Jun Yeob Lee*, Lu Li, Weiguo Zhu, Yafei Wang*, Highly Efficient and Solution-Processed Single-Emissive-Layer Hybrid White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes With Tris(triazolo)triazine-based Blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitter. Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 2101518.

25 Bing Li, Zhan Yang, Wenqi Gong, Xinhui Chen, Duncan W. Bruce, Shengyue Wang, Huili Ma Ma*, Yu Liu, Weiguo Zhu, Zhenguo Chi*, Yafei Wang*. Intramolecular Through-Space Charge Transfer Based TADF-Active Multifunctional Emitters for High Efficiency Solution-Processed OLED. Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 9, 2100180.

26 Rachel R. Parker, Denghui Liu, Xiankang Yu, Adrian C. Whitwood, Weiguo Zhu, J. A. Gareth Williams*, Yafei Wang*, Jason M. Lynam* and Duncan W. Bruce*, Synthesis, mesomorphism, photophysics and device performance of liquid-crystalline pincer complexes of gold(III). J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 1287-1302.

27 Zhenhua Wei+, Kai Zhang+, Chan Kyung Kim+, Shuai Tan, Shaojie Wang, Lin Wang*, Jun Li, Yafei Wang*, Stimuli-responsive cyclometalated platinum complex bearing bent molecular geometry for highly efficient solution-processable OLEDs. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021, 32, 493-496.

28 Liang Zeng, Ruijie Ma, Zhongxin Zhou, Tao Liu,* Yiqun Xiao, Xinhui Lu, Dongfeng Xue, Weiguo Zhu, He Yan,* Yu Liu*, Ester side chains engineered quinoxaline based D-A copolymers for high-efficiency all-polymer solar cells, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 429, 132551.

29 KaiZhang, Yajun Liu, Qiang Zhang, Tianyu Wang*, Suqian Cui, Weiguo Zhu*, and Yu Liu*, An effective strategy to obtain near-infrared emission from shoulder to shoulder-type binuclear platinum(II) complex based on fused pyrene core bridged isoquinoline ligands, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021, 9, 2282-2290.

30 Liang Zeng, Ruijie Ma, Qiang Zhang, Tao Liu,* Yiqun Xiao, Kai Zhang, Suqing Cui, Weiguo Zhu, Xinhui Lu, He Yan,* Yu Liu*, Synergy Strategy to the Flexible Alkyl and Chloride Side-chain Engineered Quinoxaline-Based D-A Conjugated Polymers for Efficient Non-fullerene Polymer Solar Cells, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 5, 1906-1916.

31 Suqian Cui, Liang Zeng, Zhongxin Zhou, Gangtie Lei*, Yongchuan Xu, Weiguo Zhu*, Yu Liu*, Fluorine substituted asymmetric planar aromatic backbone indo[2,3-b]quinoxaline unit based on narrow bandgap copolymer for fullerene polymer solar cells, Organic Electronics, 2021, 95, 106194.

32  Sai Wang, Denghui Liu, Xiugang Wu*, Li Wang, Jingwei Huang, Jun Chen, Yafei Wang and Weiguo Zhu*. Highly Efficient Solution-Processed White OLEDs via TADF Host-Sensitized Dinuclear Platinum (III) Complex. Applied Physics Letters, 2021,119,153301.