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 …

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 …

Rational control of sequential morphology evolution and vertical distribution toward 17.18% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells

Y Sun, L Nian, Y Kan, Y Ren, Z Chen, L Zhu, M Zhang… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
All-small-molecule organic solar cell (ASM OSC) with an efficiency of up to 17.18% is
demonstrated via combining layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition and solid additive methoxy …

Over 17% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells based on an organic molecular donor employing a 2D side chain symmetry breaking strategy

Z Li, X Wang, N Zheng, A Saparbaev… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The symmetry breaking strategy has been broadly applied in the design of organic
photovoltaic materials; however, a comprehensive understanding of the effects of two …

Ternary organic solar cells: A review of the role of the third element

NY Doumon, L Yang, F Rosei - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Incorporating a third element in the active layer of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices is a
promising strategy towards improving the efficiency and stability of this technology while …

17% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells enabled by nanoscale phase separation with a hierarchical branched structure

J Qin, Z Chen, P Bi, Y Yang, J Zhang… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
For all small-molecule-based organic solar cells (SM-OSCs), it is very challenging to obtain
a nanoscale bicontinuous network structure in the active layers, so their power conversion …

All-small-molecule organic solar cells with 18.1% efficiency and enhanced stability enabled by improving light harvesting and nanoscale microstructure

Y Gao, X Yang, R Sun, LY Xu, Z Chen, M Zhang, H Zhu… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Achieving a bi-continuous morphology with appropriate and solidified nanoscale domains in
the active layers is a challenging task for all-small-molecule organic solar cells (all …

Insights Into Preaggregation Control of Y‐Series Nonfullerene Acceptors in Liquid State for Highly Efficient Binary Organic Solar Cells

D Hu, H Tang, C Chen, P Huang, Z Shen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Leveraging breakthroughs in Y‐series nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs), organic solar cells
(OSCs) have achieved impressive power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 19 …