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 …

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 …

Rational molecular and device design enables organic solar cells approaching 20% efficiency

J Fu, Q Yang, P Huang, S Chung, K Cho, Z Kan… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
For organic solar cells to be competitive, the light-absorbing molecules should
simultaneously satisfy multiple key requirements, including weak-absorption charge transfer …

Reducing nonradiative recombination in perovskite solar cells with a porous insulator contact

W Peng, K Mao, F Cai, H Meng, Z Zhu, T Li, S Yuan… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Inserting an ultrathin low-conductivity interlayer between the absorber and transport layer
has emerged as an important strategy for reducing surface recombination in the best …

Compromising charge generation and recombination of organic photovoltaics with mixed diluent strategy for certified 19.4% efficiency

T Chen, S Li, Y Li, Z Chen, H Wu, Y Lin… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The ternary blend is demonstrated as an effective strategy to promote the device
performance of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due to the dilution effect. While the …

Homogeneous crystallization and buried interface passivation for perovskite tandem solar modules

H Gao, K **ao, R Lin, S Zhao, W Wang, S Dayneko… - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
Scalable fabrication of all-perovskite tandem solar cells is challenging because the narrow-
bandgap subcells made of mixed lead-tin (Pb-Sn) perovskite films suffer from nonuniform …

20.2% efficiency organic photovoltaics employing a π‐extension quinoxaline‐based acceptor with ordered arrangement

Z Chen, J Ge, W Song, X Tong, H Liu, X Yu… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells, as a cutting‐edge sustainable renewable energy technology, possess a
myriad of potential applications, while the bottleneck problem of less than 20% efficiency …

Physical insights into non-fullerene organic photovoltaics

J Wang, Y **e, K Chen, H Wu, JM Hodgkiss… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Boosted by the fast development of non-fullerene acceptors, organic photovoltaics (OPVs)
have achieved breakthrough power conversion efficiencies—in excess of 20% and …

Semitransparent organic photovoltaics for building-integrated photovoltaic applications

Y Li, X Huang, HKM Sheriff Jr, SR Forrest - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023‏ - nature.com
The narrow and intense absorption spectra of organic materials open up the opportunity to
develop efficient organic photovoltaic devices that are qualitatively different from other …

Sequential deposition of multicomponent bulk heterojunctions increases efficiency of organic solar cells

X Xu, W **g, H Meng, Y Guo, L Yu, R Li… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Constructing tandem and multi‐blend organic solar cells (OSCs) is an effective way to
overcome the absorption limitations of conventional single‐junction devices. However, these …