Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

J Yi, G Zhang, H Yu, H Yan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased substantially over the past 10
years, owing to the development of various high-performance organic electron–acceptor …

Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

Non-fullerene acceptor with asymmetric structure and phenyl-substituted alkyl side chain for 20.2% efficiency organic solar cells

Y Jiang, S Sun, R Xu, F Liu, X Miao, G Ran, K Liu, Y Yi… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
For organic solar cells (OSCs), bridging the gap with Shockley–Queisser limit necessitates
simultaneously reducing the energy loss for a high open-circuit voltage, improving light …

Self‐assembled interlayer enables high‐performance organic photovoltaics with power conversion efficiency exceeding 20%

S Guan, Y Li, C Xu, N Yin, C Xu, C Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial layers (ILs) are prerequisites to form the selective charge transport for high‐
performance organic photovoltaics (OPVs) but mostly result in considerable parasitic …

Rational molecular and device design enables organic solar cells approaching 20% efficiency

J Fu, Q Yang, P Huang, S Chung, K Cho, Z Kan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
For organic solar cells to be competitive, the light-absorbing molecules should
simultaneously satisfy multiple key requirements, including weak-absorption charge transfer …

Binary organic solar cells with 19.2% efficiency enabled by solid additive

J Wang, Y Wang, P Bi, Z Chen, J Qiao, J Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology optimization is critical for achieving high efficiency and stable bulk‐
heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, the use of 3, 5 …

Compromising charge generation and recombination of organic photovoltaics with mixed diluent strategy for certified 19.4% efficiency

T Chen, S Li, Y Li, Z Chen, H Wu, Y Lin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ternary blend is demonstrated as an effective strategy to promote the device
performance of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due to the dilution effect. While the …

Molecular interaction induced dual fibrils towards organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 20%

C Chen, L Wang, W **a, K Qiu, C Guo, Z Gan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The nanoscale fibrillar morphology, featuring long-range structural order, provides abundant
interfaces for efficient exciton dissociation and high-quality pathways for effective charge …

19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors

K Liu, Y Jiang, G Ran, F Liu, W Zhang, X Zhu - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
The development of high-performance binary organic solar cells (OSCs) with a simplified
working mechanism and fabrication process is highly desirable to promote the commercial …

All-polymer organic solar cells with nano-to-micron hierarchical morphology and large light receiving angle

R Zeng, L Zhu, M Zhang, W Zhong, G Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Distributed photovoltaics in living environment harvest the sunlight in different incident
angles throughout the day. The development of planer solar cells with large light-receiving …