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 …

Manipulating the D: A interfacial energetics and intermolecular packing for 19.2% efficiency organic photovoltaics

C He, Y Pan, Y Ouyang, Q Shen, Y Gao… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Manipulating the donor: acceptor (D: A) energetics, eg, the highest occupied molecular
orbital (HOMO) offset, is the key to balancing the charge separation and charge …

The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors

J Wang, P Xue, Y Jiang, Y Huo, X Zhan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have a donor–acceptor–donor structure comprising
an electron-donating fused-ring core, electron-accepting end groups, π-bridges and side …

Completely non-fused electron acceptor with 3D-interpenetrated crystalline structure enables efficient and stable organic solar cell

L Ma, S Zhang, J Zhu, J Wang, J Ren, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) based on non-fused conjugated structures have more
potential to realize low-cost organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. However, their power …

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 …

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 …

New phase for organic solar cell research: emergence of Y-series electron acceptors and their perspectives

S Li, CZ Li, M Shi, H Chen - ACS Energy Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
With the recent emergence of a new class of high-performance nonfullerene acceptors
(NFAs), organic solar cells (OSCs) have entered a new phase of research featuring high …

Design of a Fully Non‐Fused Bulk Heterojunction toward Efficient and Low‐Cost Organic Photovoltaics

L Ma, S Zhang, J Ren, G Wang, J Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To modulate the miscibility between donor and acceptor materials both possessing fully non‐
fused ring structures, a series of electron acceptors (A4T‐16, A4T‐31 and A4T‐32) with …