@article { ISI:000361226900022,
	title = {Polarizing polymer solar cells based on the self-organization of a liquid crystalline polymer},
	journal = {ORGANIC ELECTRONICS},
	volume = {26},
	year = {2015},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {137-143},
	abstract = {We manufactured polarizing polymer solar cells (PSCs) utilizing a liquid crystalline polymer (i.e., pol y(2,5-bis(3-dodecylthiophen-2-yl) thieno[3,2-b] thiophene) (PBTTT)) as an electron donor material and a material that selectively absorbs polarized light. The oriented PBTTT films prepared using a self-organization process exhibited a high dichroic ratio of ca. 6.35 at the absorption peak. The polarizing PSCs based on oriented PBTTT-PC71BM photoactive layers exhibit an anisotropic photovoltaic effect under polarized illumination along the two orthogonal axes. The polarizing PSCs have a larger power conversion efficiency under parallel-polarized illumination than that of isotropic PV devices under unpolarized illumination. Based on picosecond fluorescent spectra, the parallel excitation produces a slower ground state recovery and a longer exciton lifetime than perpendicular excitation for PBTTT molecules in a uniaxially oriented arrangement. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {1566-1199},
	doi = {10.1016/j.orgel.2015.07.034},
	author = {Ting, Hungkit and Ma, Shengbo and Men, Jing and Wang, Shufeng and Xiao, Lixin and Chen, Zhijian}
}
