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 …

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 …

Non-fused ring electron acceptors for high-performance and low-cost organic solar cells: Structure-function, stability and synthesis complexity analysis

D Luo, CJ Brabec, AKK Kyaw - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the development of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) has led to rapid
advances in organic solar cells (OSCs), resulting in power conversion efficiency (PCE) …

Critical review of the molecular design progress in non-fullerene electron acceptors towards commercially viable organic solar cells

A Wadsworth, M Moser, A Marks, MS Little… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerenes have formed an integral part of high performance organic solar cells over the last
20 years, however their inherent limitations in terms of synthetic flexibility, cost and stability …

An unfused‐core‐based nonfullerene acceptor enables high‐efficiency organic solar cells with excellent morphological stability at high temperatures

S Li, L Zhan, F Liu, J Ren, M Shi, CZ Li… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Most nonfullerene acceptors developed so far for high‐performance organic solar cells
(OSCs) are designed in planar molecular geometry containing a fused‐ring core. In this …

Giant rylene imide-based electron acceptors for organic photovoltaics

N Liang, D Meng, Z Wang - Accounts of chemical research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Rylene imides are oligo (peri-naphthalene) s bearing one or two six-membered
carboxylic imide rings. Their flexible reaction sites and unique photoelectronic properties …

Recent progress in non-fullerene small molecule acceptors in organic solar cells (OSCs)

W Chen, Q Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Power conversion efficiency (PCE) has surpassed 10% for single junction organic solar cells
(OSCs) mainly through the design and synthesis of novel donor materials, the optimization …

Non-fullerene small molecule acceptors based on perylene diimides

Z Liu, Y Wu, Q Zhang, X Gao - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Great advances in the subfield of non-fullerene acceptors have been achieved in the last
few years. Perylene diimides are among the most investigated due to their excellent electron …

Efficient organic solar cells with non‐fullerene acceptors

S Li, W Liu, CZ Li, M Shi, H Chen - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fullerene‐free OSCs employing n‐type small molecules or polymers as the acceptors have
recently experienced a rapid rise with efficiencies exceeding 12%. Owing to the good …

Perylene-diimide for organic solar cells: Current scenario and prospects in molecular geometric, functionalization, and optoelectronic properties

P Murugan, E Ravindran, V Sangeetha… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advancements in material design have facilitated the utilization of n-type conjugated
molecules as solution-processed non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), offering promising …