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 …

Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells

M Günther, N Kazerouni, D Blätte, JD Perea… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In ternary organic solar cells (TOSCs), three different components are mixed to form the
photoactive layer, opening up opportunities to boost the power conversion efficiency—for …

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 …

Organic solar cells with 18% efficiency enabled by an alloy acceptor: a two‐in‐one strategy

F Liu, L Zhou, W Liu, Z Zhou, Q Yue… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The trade‐off between the open‐circuit voltage (Voc) and short‐circuit current density (Jsc)
has become the core of current organic photovoltaic research, and realizing the minimum …

Ternary blend organic solar cells: understanding the morphology from recent progress

X Xu, Y Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary blend organic solar cells (TB‐OSCs) incorporating multiple donor and/or acceptor
materials into the active layer have emerged as a promising strategy to simultaneously …

Over 17% efficiency ternary organic solar cells enabled by two non-fullerene acceptors working in an alloy-like model

L Zhan, S Li, TK Lau, Y Cui, X Lu, M Shi… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, organic solar cells (OSCs) with Y6 and its derivatives as electron acceptors
provide the highest efficiencies among the studied binary OSCs. To further improve the …

Small-molecular donor guest achieves rigid 18.5% and flexible 15.9% efficiency organic photovoltaic via fine-tuning microstructure morphology

Z Chen, W Song, K Yu, J Ge, J Zhang, L **e, R Peng… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Incorporation of crystalline small molecule into host binary systems to finely tune film
morphology is demonstrated to be an effective method to improve photovoltaic performance …

Approaching 18% efficiency of ternary organic photovoltaics with wide bandgap polymer donor and well compatible Y6: Y6-1O as acceptor

X Ma, A Zeng, J Gao, Z Hu, C Xu, JH Son… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A series of ternary organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are fabricated with one wide bandgap
polymer D18-Cl as donor, and well compatible Y6 and Y6-1O as acceptor. The open-circuit …

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 …

Fine-tuning energy levels via asymmetric end groups enables polymer solar cells with efficiencies over 17%

Z Luo, R Ma, T Liu, J Yu, Y **ao, R Sun, G **e, J Yuan… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Generally, it is important to fine-tune the energy levels of donor and acceptor materials in the
field of polymer solar cell (PSCs) to achieve a minimal highest occupied molecular orbital …