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 …

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 …

Over 19% efficiency organic solar cells by regulating multidimensional intermolecular interactions

C Han, J Wang, S Zhang, L Chen, F Bi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Research on organic solar cells (OSCs) has progressed through material innovation and
device engineering. However, well‐known and ubiquitous intermolecular interactions, and …

Dimerized small-molecule acceptors enable efficient and stable organic solar cells

C Sun, JW Lee, C Lee, D Lee, S Cho, SK Kwon, BJ Kim… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of small-molecule acceptor (SMA)-based organic
solar cells (OSCs) have increased remarkably, but their long-term stability is insufficient for …

Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

Y Liu, B Li, CQ Ma, F Huang, G Feng, H Chen… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
During past several years, the photovoltaic performances of organic solar cells (OSCs) have
achieved rapid progress with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 18 …

Recent progress in π-conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaics: solar cells and photodetectors

C Liu, L Shao, S Chen, Z Hu, H Cai, F Huang - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract π-Conjugated polymers show promising potential in the application of organic
photovoltaics, including organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic photodetectors (OPDs) …

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 …

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 …

Linker engineering of dimerized small molecule acceptors for highly efficient and stable organic solar cells

JW Lee, C Sun, C Lee, Z Tan, TNL Phan… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High power conversion efficiency (PCE) and long-term stability are important requirements
for commercialization of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this study, we demonstrate efficient …

Harnessing the structure‐performance relationships in designing non‐fused ring acceptors for organic solar cells

A Mishra, GD Sharma - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The prerequisite for commercially viable organic solar cells (OSC) is to reduce the efficiency‐
stability‐cost gap. Therefore, the cost of organic materials should be reduced by minimizing …