Progress of organic photovoltaics towards 20% efficiency

L Zhu, M Zhang, Z Zhou, W Zhong, T Hao… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology is flexible, lightweight, semitransparent and
ecofriendly, but it has historically suffered from low power conversion efficiency (PCE) …

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 …

Polythiophene and its derivatives for all-polymer solar cells

Q Bai, Y Cheng, W Wang, J Chen, H Sun - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs), employing conjugated polymers for both polymer donors
and acceptors within the active layer, offer numerous benefits, such as outstanding …

Achieving 20.8% organic solar cells via additive-assisted layer-by-layer fabrication with bulk pin structure and improved optical management

L Zhu, M Zhang, G Zhou, Z Wang, W Zhong, J Zhuang… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Additive-assisted layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition affords interpenetrating fibril network active
layer morphology with a bulk pin feature and proper vertical segregation in organic solar …

Hot‐Casting Strategy Empowers High‐Boiling Solvent‐Processed Organic Solar Cells with Over 18.5% Efficiency

C Yang, M Jiang, S Wang, B Zhang, P Mao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most top‐rank organic solar cells (OSCs) are manufactured by the halogenated solvent
chloroform, which possesses a narrow processing window due to its low‐boiling point …

A polymer acceptor with double-decker configuration enhances molecular packing for high-performance all-polymer solar cells

H Yu, Y Wang, CH Kwok, R Zhou, Z Yao, S Mukherjee… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have seen rapid progress enabled by the development of
high-performance polymer acceptors. Most polymer acceptors are based on the monomers …

Isomerized Green Solid Additive Engineering for Thermally Stable and Eco‐Friendly All‐Polymer Solar Cells with Approaching 19% Efficiency

B Liu, W Xu, R Ma, JW Lee, TA Dela Peña… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Laboratory‐scale all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs) have exhibited remarkable power
conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 19%. However, the utilization of hazardous …

Optimizing double‐fibril network morphology via solid additive strategy enables binary all‐polymer solar cells with 19.50% efficiency

J Song, C Li, H Ma, B Han, Q Wang, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Double‐fibril network morphology (DFNM), in which the donor and the acceptor can self‐
assemble into a double‐fibril structure, is beneficial for exciton dissociation and charge …

Thermodynamic Phase Transition of Three‐Dimensional Solid Additives Guiding Molecular Assembly for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

R Yu, R Shi, Z He, T Zhang, S Li, Q Lv… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fine‐tuning the thermodynamic self‐assembly of molecules via volatile solid additives has
emerged to be an effective way to construct high‐performance organic solar cells. Here …

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 …