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 …

Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

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 …

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 …

The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors

J Wang, P Xue, Y Jiang, Y Huo, X Zhan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have a donor–acceptor–donor structure comprising
an electron-donating fused-ring core, electron-accepting end groups, π-bridges and side …

Benzo [d] thiazole based wide bandgap donor polymers enable 19.54% efficiency organic solar cells along with desirable batch‐to‐batch reproducibility and general …

B Pang, C Liao, X Xu, L Yu, R Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The limited selection pool of high‐performance wide bandgap (WBG) polymer donors is a
bottleneck problem of the nonfullerene acceptor (NFA) based organic solar cells (OSCs) that …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, properties, applications, 3D printing and machine learning of graphene quantum dots in polymer nanocomposites

V Dananjaya, S Marimuthu, R Yang, AN Grace… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review discusses the recent progress in synthesis, properties,
applications, 3D printing and machine learning of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) in …

Interface engineering for highly efficient organic solar cells

H Tang, Y Bai, H Zhao, X Qin, Z Hu, C Zhou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have made dramatic advancements during the past decades
owing to the innovative material design and device structure optimization, with power …

Achieving 19.4% organic solar cell via an in situ formation of pin structure with built-in interpenetrating network

Y Zhang, W Deng, CE Petoukhoff, X **a, Y Lang, H **a… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Vibrant research has demonstrated that the layer-by-layer (LBL) approach can achieve a
preferable vertical microstructure; however, the lack of precise control over vertical …

Advances in organic photovoltaic cells: a comprehensive review of materials, technologies, and performance

EK Solak, E Irmak - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells,
including their materials, technologies, and performance. In this context, the historical …