Renewed prospects for organic photovoltaics

G Zhang, FR Lin, F Qi, T Heumüller, A Distler… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive
materials development:(i) use of poly (3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors …

A history and perspective of non‐fullerene electron acceptors for organic solar cells

A Armin, W Li, OJ Sandberg, Z **ao… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells are composed of electron donating and accepting organic
semiconductors. Whilst a significant palette of donors has been developed over three …

Tandem organic solar cell with 20.2% efficiency

Z Zheng, J Wang, P Bi, J Ren, Y Wang, Y Yang, X Liu… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
As a promising strategy for enhancing light utilization, constructing cell with tandem structure
exhibits great potential in achieving high efficiency, which encourages the field of organic …

Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells

C Li, J Zhou, J Song, J Xu, H Zhang, X Zhang, J Guo… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Molecular design of non-fullerene acceptors is of vital importance for high-efficiency organic
solar cells. The branched alkyl chain modification is often regarded as a counter-intuitive …

Recent progress in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors: materials to devices

D Luo, W Jang, DD Babu, MS Kim, DH Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) were dominated by donor–acceptor blends based on polymer
donors and fullerene acceptors for nearly two decades. In the past, apprehensions about the …

Near‐infrared materials: the turning point of organic photovoltaics

D Meng, R Zheng, Y Zhao, E Zhang, L Dou… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Near‐infrared (NIR)‐absorbing organic semiconductors have opened up many
exciting opportunities for organic photovoltaic (OPV) research. For example, new …

Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells

J Yao, B Qiu, ZG Zhang, L Xue, R Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In organic solar cells (OSCs), cathode interfacial materials are generally designed with
highly polar groups to increase the capability of lowering the work function of cathode …

Side-chain engineering of nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors for organic solar cells

Z Luo, T Xu, C Yang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thanks to their broad absorption spectra, easily modifiable molecular energy levels and
chemical structures, nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors (SMAs) have attracted …

Giant Molecule Acceptor Enables Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells Processed Using Non‐halogenated Solvent

H Zhuo, X Li, J Zhang, S Qin, J Guo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High efficiency organic solar cells (OSCs) based on A‐DA′ D‐A type small molecule
acceptors (SMAs) were mostly fabricated by toxic halogenated solvent processing, and …

Approaching 20% Efficiency in Ortho‐Xylene Processed Organic Solar Cells by a Benzo[a]phenazine‐Core‐Based 3D Network Acceptor with Large Electronic …

Z Luo, W Wei, R Ma, G Ran, MH Jee, Z Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance organic solar cells often rely on halogen‐containing solvents, which
restrict the photovoltaic industry. Therefore, it is imperative to develop efficient organic …