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 …

From solution to thin film: molecular assembly of π-conjugated systems and impact on (opto) electronic properties

A Khasbaatar, Z Xu, JH Lee… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The assembly of conjugated organic molecules from solution to solid-state plays a critical
role in determining the thin film morphology and optoelectronic properties of solution …

A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells

XK Chen, D Qian, Y Wang, T Kirchartz, W Tress, H Yao… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Recent advances in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) come with
reduced non-radiative voltage losses (Δ V nr). Here we show that, in contrast to the energy …

Molecular packing: another key point for the performance of organic and polymeric optoelectronic materials

Q Li, Z Li - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Optoelectronic material properties are governed by the whole collective of
organic moieties, and these aggregate states present the characteristic performance of …

Molecular orientation-dependent energetic shifts in solution-processed non-fullerene acceptors and their impact on organic photovoltaic performance

Y Fu, TH Lee, YC Chin, RA Pacalaj, C Labanti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) employed in state-of-art organic photovoltaics (OPVs)
often exhibit strong quadrupole moments which can strongly impact on material energetics …

Over 16% efficiency organic photovoltaic cells enabled by a chlorinated acceptor with increased open-circuit voltages

Y Cui, H Yao, J Zhang, T Zhang, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Broadening the optical absorption of organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials by enhancing the
intramolecular push-pull effect is a general and effective method to improve the power …

Eco‐compatible solvent‐processed organic photovoltaic cells with over 16% efficiency

L Hong, H Yao, Z Wu, Y Cui, T Zhang, Y Xu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) have enabled the rapid increase in
power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. However, this …

Nonfullerene acceptor molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

G Zhang, J Zhao, PCY Chow, K Jiang, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the
key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p …

Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors

J Hou, O Inganäs, RH Friend, F Gao - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been dominated by donor: acceptor blends based on
fullerene acceptors for over two decades. This situation has changed recently, with non …

The path to 20% power conversion efficiencies in nonfullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, AJ Gillett, RH Friend… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of single‐junction organic solar cells (OSC) have
now reached over 18%. This rapid recent progress can be attributed to the development of …