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 …

Highly efficient and stable organic solar cells achieved by improving exciton diffusion and splitting through a volatile additive-assisted ternary strategy

C Zhao, Y Wang, K Sun, C Gao, C Li, Z Liang… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ternary and additive strategy, introducing a third component into a binary blend and add
suitable additives, opens a simple and promising avenue to improve the power conversion …

An efficient alkoxy-substituted polymer acceptor for efficient all-polymer solar cells with low voltage loss and versatile photovoltaic applications

H Yu, C Zhao, H Hu, S Zhu, B Zou, TAD Peña… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have emerged as promising candidates for practical
applications owing to their excellent stability and mechanical durability. Despite these …

A polymer acceptor with double-decker configuration enhances molecular packing for high-performance all-polymer solar cells

H Yu, Y Wang, CH Kwok, R Zhou, Z Yao, S Mukherjee… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have seen rapid progress enabled by the development of
high-performance polymer acceptors. Most polymer acceptors are based on the monomers …

18.6% efficiency all‐polymer solar cells enabled by a wide bandgap polymer donor based on benzo [1, 2‐d: 4, 5‐d′] bisthiazole

P Wu, Y Duan, Y Li, X Xu, R Li, L Yu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The limited selection of wide bandgap polymer donors for all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs)
is a bottleneck problem restricting their further development and remains poorly studied …

Over 18.2% efficiency of layer–by–layer all–polymer solar cells enabled by homoleptic iridium (III) carbene complex as solid additive

H Zhou, Y Sun, M Zhang, Y Ni, F Zhang, SY Jeong… - Science Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
The vertical phase distribution of active layers plays a vital role in balancing exciton
dissociation and charge transport for achieving efficient polymer solar cells (PSCs). The …

Binary Organic Solar Cells with> 19.6% Efficiency: The Significance of Self-Assembled Monolayer Modification

X Sun, X Ding, F Wang, J Lv, C Gao, G Zhang… - ACS Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Improving the uniformity and density of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) is crucial to
elevate the photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, we introduced …

High-performance nonfused electron acceptor with precisely controlled side chain fluorination

K Yu, T Zhou, W Liang, X Zhou, X Xu, L Yu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Modification of the molecular packing of nonfullerene acceptors through fluorination
represents one of the most promising strategies to achieve highly efficient organic solar cells …

Achieving 19.72% Efficiency in Ternary Organic Solar Cells through Electrostatic Potential‐Driven Morphology Control

W Liang, S Zhu, K Sun, J Hai, Y Cui… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The ternary strategy has proven effective in enhancing the performance of organic solar
cells (OSCs), yet identifying the optimal third component remains a challenge due to the lack …

Binary All‐polymer Solar Cells with a Perhalogenated‐Thiophene‐Based Solid Additive Surpass 18% Efficiency

W Feng, T Chen, Y Li, T Duan, X Jiang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological control of all‐polymer blends is quintessential yet challenging in fabricating
high‐performance organic solar cells. Recently, solid additives (SAs) have been approved …