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Most cited papers in Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

What are the most cited papers in Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics?

The most cited paper in Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics is "Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers" (J. H. Burroughes, Donal D. C. Bradley, Adam R. C. Brown et al., 1990), with 11,399 citations. Next come "Polymer Photovoltaic Cells: Enhanced Efficiencies via a Network of Internal Donor-Acceptor Heterojunctions" (10,356) and "Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole" (8,370).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 2,056 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
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1 Light-emitting diodes based on conjugated polymers J. H. Burroughes, Donal D. C. Bradley, Adam R. C. Brown et al. · Nature Oct 1990 11,399
2 Polymer Photovoltaic Cells: Enhanced Efficiencies via a Network of Internal Donor-Acceptor Heterojunctions Gang Yu, Jun Gao, Jan Cornelis Hummelen et al. · Science Open access 15 Dec 1995 10,356
3 Aggregation-induced emission of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4,5-pentaphenylsilole Jingdong Luo, Zhiliang Xie, Jacky W. Y. Lam et al. · Chemical Communications 2001 8,370
4 Highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes from delayed fluorescence H. Uoyama, Kenichi Goushi, Katsuyuki Shizu et al. · Nature Open access Dec 2012 8,278
5 Solitons in Polyacetylene W. P. Su, J. R. Schrieffer, Alan J. Heeger · Physical Review Letters 18 Jun 1979 6,857
6 Solvent engineering for high-performance inorganic–organic hybrid perovskite solar cells Nam Joong Jeon, Jun Hong Noh, Young Chan Kim et al. · Nature Materials 4 Jul 2014 6,715
7 Conjugated Polymer-Based Organic Solar Cells Serap Güneş, Helmut Neugebauer, Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi · Chemical Reviews Review Apr 2007 6,277
8 Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shifts: A Simple and Efficient Aromaticity Probe Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Christoph Maerker, Alk Dransfeld et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 1996 6,239
9 Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers Richard Henry Friend, Richard W. Gymer, Andrew B. Holmes et al. · Nature 14 Jan 1999 5,987
10 Single-Junction Organic Solar Cell with over 15% Efficiency Using Fused-Ring Acceptor with Electron-Deficient Core Jun Yuan, Yunqiang Zhang, Liuyang Zhou et al. · Joule Open access 17 Jan 2019 5,900
11 High-efficiency solution processable polymer photovoltaic cells by self-organization of polymer blends Gang Li, Vishal Shrotriya, Jingsong Huang et al. · Nature Materials 9 Oct 2005 5,546
12 Design Rules for Donors in Bulk‐Heterojunction Solar Cells—Towards 10 % Energy‐Conversion Efficiency Marcus Scharber, D. Mühlbacher, Markus Koppe et al. · Advanced Materials 22 Feb 2006 5,207
13 The path to ubiquitous and low-cost organic electronic appliances on plastic Stephen R. Forrest · Nature Apr 2004 5,185
14 Hybrid Nanorod-Polymer Solar Cells Wendy U. Huynh, Janke J. Dittmer, A. Paul Alivisatos · Science 29 Mar 2002 5,017
15 Two-layer organic photovoltaic cell C. W. Tang · Applied Physics Letters 13 Jan 1986 4,989
16 Organic Thin Film Transistors for Large Area Electronics Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos, Patrick R. L. Malenfant · Advanced Materials 16 Jan 2002 4,882
17 Chemical Management for Colorful, Efficient, and Stable Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Nanostructured Solar Cells Jun Hong Noh, Sang Hyuk Im, Jin Hyuck Heo et al. · Nano Letters 21 Mar 2013 4,835
18 Two-dimensional charge transport in self-organized, high-mobility conjugated polymers Henning Sirringhaus, Peter J. Brown, Richard Henry Friend et al. · Nature Oct 1999 4,632
19 Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors Veaceslav Coropceanu, Jérôme Cornil, Demétrio A. da Silva Filho et al. · Chemical Reviews Review 23 Mar 2007 4,618
20 Thermally Stable, Efficient Polymer Solar Cells with Nanoscale Control of the Interpenetrating Network Morphology W. F. Mader, Chunhe Yang, Xiong Gong et al. · Advanced Functional Materials Sep 2005 4,576
21 Polymer solar cells Gang Li, Rui Zhu, Yang Yang · Nature Photonics 29 Feb 2012 4,408
22 Photoinduced Electron Transfer from a Conducting Polymer to Buckminsterfullerene Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi, Laura B. Smilowitz, Allan J. Heeger et al. · Science 27 Nov 1992 4,275
23 An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Yuze Lin, Jiayu Wang, Zhiguo Zhang et al. · Advanced Materials 7 Jan 2015 4,266
24 Light-emitting diodes made from cadmium selenide nanocrystals and a semiconducting polymer Vicki L. Colvin, M. C. Schlamp, A. Paul Alivisatos · Nature Aug 1994 4,245
25 Polymer–Fullerene Composite Solar Cells Barry C. Thompson, Jean M. J. Fréchet · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 28 Nov 2007 4,155
26 Diarylethenes for Memories and Switches Masahiro Irie · Chemical Reviews Review 21 Apr 2000 4,141
27 Bulk heterojunction solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100% Sung Heum Park, Anshuman Roy, Serge Beaupré et al. · Nature Photonics 26 Apr 2009 4,073
28 Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications Yen‐Ju Cheng, Sheng‐Hsiung Yang, Chain‐Shu Hsu · Chemical Reviews Review 28 Sep 2009 3,981
29 Plastic Solar Cells Christoph Josef Brabec, Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi, J.C. Hummelen · Advanced Functional Materials Open access Feb 2001 3,776
30 Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure Zhicai He, Chengmei Zhong, Shi‐Jian Su et al. · Nature Photonics 17 Aug 2012 3,764
31 Incorporation of rubidium cations into perovskite solar cells improves photovoltaic performance Michael Saliba, Taisuke Matsui, Konrad Domanski et al. · Science Open access 29 Sep 2016 3,710
32 For the Bright Future—Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4% Yongye Liang, Zheng Xu, Jiangbin Xia et al. · Advanced Materials 4 Jan 2010 3,649
33 Semiconducting π-Conjugated Systems in Field-Effect Transistors: A Material Odyssey of Organic Electronics Chengliang Wang, Huanli Dong, Wenping Hu et al. · Chemical Reviews Review 23 Nov 2011 3,595
34 White organic light-emitting diodes with fluorescent tube efficiency Sebastian Reineke, Frank Lindner, Gregor Schwartz et al. · Nature May 2009 3,472
35 Nearly 100% internal phosphorescence efficiency in an organic light-emitting device Chihaya Adachi, Marc A. Baldo, Mark E. Thompson et al. · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Nov 2001 3,466
36 Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and Its Derivatives: Past, Present, and Future Lambertus Groenendaal, F. Jonas, Dieter Freitag et al. · Advanced Materials Apr 2000 3,345
37 High-Resolution Inkjet Printing of All-Polymer Transistor Circuits Henning Sirringhaus, Takeo Kawase, Richard Henry Friend et al. · Science 15 Dec 2000 3,318
38 Efficient Tandem Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated by All-Solution Processing Jin Young Kim, Kwanghee Lee, Nelson E. Coates et al. · Science 12 Jul 2007 3,280
39 Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization Masami Kamigaito, Tsuyoshi Ando, Mitsuo Sawamoto · Chemical Reviews Review Dec 2001 3,261
40 Efficient photodiodes from interpenetrating polymer networks J.J.M. Halls, Caroline Walsh, Neil C. Greenham et al. · Nature Aug 1995 3,259
41 Fabrication and processing of polymer solar cells: A review of printing and coating techniques Frederik Christian Krebs · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 3 Dec 2008 3,258
42 Efficiency enhancement in low-bandgap polymer solar cells by processing with alkane dithiols Jeff Peet, Jin Young Kim, Nelson E. Coates et al. · Nature Materials 27 May 2007 3,197
43 Electroluminescent Conjugated Polymers—Seeing Polymers in a New Light Arno Kraft, Andrew C. Grimsdale, Andrew B. Holmes · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2 Mar 1998 3,124
44 Aggregation and morphology control enables multiple cases of high-efficiency polymer solar cells Yuhang Liu, Jingbo Zhao, Zhengke Li et al. · Nature Communications Open access 10 Nov 2014 3,112
45 Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency Hsiang‐Yu Chen, Jianhui Hou, Shaoqing Zhang et al. · Nature Photonics 30 Oct 2009 3,095
46 18% Efficiency organic solar cells Qishi Liu, Yufan Jiang, Ke Jin et al. · 中国科学通报:英文版 7 Jan 2020 3,073
47 A high-mobility electron-transporting polymer for printed transistors He Yan, Zhihua Chen, Yan Qiong Zheng et al. · Nature 21 Jan 2009 3,014
48 Electroluminescence of doped organic thin films Chak Wah Tang, S. A. VanSlyke, C. H. Chen · Journal of Applied Physics May 1989 2,977
49 Functionalized Acenes and Heteroacenes for Organic Electronics John E. Anthony · Chemical Reviews Review 23 Nov 2006 2,950
50 Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors Jianhui Hou, Olle Inganäs, Richard Henry Friend et al. · Nature Materials Open access 22 Jan 2018 2,874

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