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 …

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 …

Auxiliary sequential deposition enables 19%-efficiency organic solar cells processed from halogen-free solvents

S Luo, C Li, J Zhang, X Zou, H Zhao, K Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-efficiency organic solar cells are often achieved using toxic halogenated solvents and
additives that are constrained in organic solar cells industry. Therefore, it is important to …

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 …

Donor–acceptor mutually diluted heterojunctions for layer-by-layer fabrication of high-performance organic solar cells

L Wang, C Chen, Y Fu, C Guo, D Li, J Cheng, W Sun… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
The photoactive layer of organic solar cells consists of p-type electron donors and n-type
electron acceptors, which phase separate to form fine and continuous networks for charge …

High-efficiency ternary organic solar cells with a good figure-of-merit enabled by two low-cost donor polymers

R Ma, C Yan, J Yu, T Liu, H Liu, Y Li, J Chen… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we combine two donor polymers with a relatively short synthesis method and fabricate
ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) with a high efficiency and a decent figure-of-merit. A …

Volatilizable solid additive‐assisted treatment enables organic solar cells with efficiency over 18.8% and fill factor exceeding 80%

S Bao, H Yang, H Fan, J Zhang, Z Wei… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the self‐assembling of organic semiconductors to form well‐developed
nanoscale phase separation in the bulk‐heterojunction active layer is critical yet challenging …

Halogenated nonfused ring electron acceptor for organic solar cells with a record efficiency of over 17%

D Li, H Zhang, X Cui, YN Chen, N Wei… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Three nonfused ring electron acceptors (NFREAs), namely, 3TT‐C2‐F, 3TT‐C2‐Cl, and 3TT‐
C2, are purposefully designed and synthesized with the concept of halogenation. The …

Co-adsorbed self-assembled monolayer enables high-performance perovskite and organic solar cells

D Li, Q Lian, T Du, R Ma, H Liu, Q Liang, Y Han… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) have become pivotal in achieving high-performance
perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and organic solar cells (OSCs) by significantly minimizing …

Asymmetric side-chain substitution enables a 3D network acceptor with hydrogen bond assisted crystal packing and enhanced electronic coupling for efficient organic …

Z Luo, Y Gao, H Lai, Y Li, Z Wu, Z Chen… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Side chain modification on small-molecule acceptors (SMAs) is an effective method to
realize high device efficiencies for organic solar cells (OSCs), among which the asymmetric …