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 …

Polymerized small‐molecule acceptors for high‐performance all‐polymer solar cells

ZG Zhang, Y Li - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
All‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs) have drawn tremendous research interest in recent years,
due to their inherent advantages of good film formation, stable morphology, and mechanical …

High‐pressure fabrication of binary organic solar cells with high molecular weight D18 yields record 19.65% efficiency

H Lu, W Liu, G Ran, Z Liang, H Li, N Wei… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, inspired by the principles of a pressure cooker, we utilized a high‐pressure
method to address the processing challenges associated with high molecular weight …

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 …

Recent advances, design guidelines, and prospects of all-polymer solar cells

C Lee, S Lee, GU Kim, W Lee, BJ Kim - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) consisting of polymer donors (P Ds) and polymer
acceptors (P As) have drawn tremendous research interest in recent years. It is due to not …

The bulk heterojunction in organic photovoltaic, photodetector, and photocatalytic applications

A Wadsworth, Z Hamid, J Kosco, N Gasparini… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductors require an energetic offset in order to photogenerate free charge
carriers efficiently, owing to their inability to effectively screen charges. This is vitally …

All‐polymer solar cells: recent progress, challenges, and prospects

G Wang, FS Melkonyan, A Facchetti… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For over two decades bulk‐heterojunction polymer solar cell (BHJ‐PSC) research was
dominated by donor: acceptor BHJ blends based on polymer donors and fullerene …

A wide band gap polymer with a deep highest occupied molecular orbital level enables 14.2% efficiency in polymer solar cells

S Li, L Ye, W Zhao, H Yan, B Yang, D Liu… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
To simultaneously achieve low photon energy loss (E loss) and broad spectral response, the
molecular design of the wide band gap (WBG) donor polymer with a deep HOMO level is of …

Polymer acceptors containing B← N units for organic photovoltaics

R Zhao, J Liu, L Wang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), in which blend films of organic or polymer
electron donor and electron acceptor are used as the active layer, are a promising …

Manipulating Polymer Backbone Configuration via Halogenated Asymmetric End‐Groups Enables Over 18% Efficiency All‐Polymer Solar Cells

J Guo, X **a, B Qiu, J Zhang, S Qin, X Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High‐performance all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs) deeply rely on the joint contributions of
desirable optical absorption, adaptive energy levels, and appropriate morphology. Herein …