Recent progress and perspective in solution-processed Interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer and organometal perovskite solar cells

CC Chueh, CZ Li, AKY Jen - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we summarize the latest developments in solution-processed interfacial layers
that have contributed to the significantly improved performance of polymer and perovskite …

Versatile third components for efficient and stable organic solar cells

P Cheng, X Zhan - Materials Horizons, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) with a third component, consisting of a donor material, an
acceptor material and a third component (organic or inorganic, semiconductor or insulator) …

Simplified fabrication of high-performance organic solar cells through the design of self-assembling hole-transport molecules

Z Chen, S Zhang, T Zhang, J Dai, Y Yu, H Li, X Hao… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
The commercialization of organic solar cells (OSCs) encompasses overcoming hurdles
related to efficiency, stability, cost, and complexity of device fabrication techniques. The …

Challenges to the stability of active layer materials in organic solar cells

K Wang, Y Li, Y Li - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the past 20 years, organic solar cells (OSCs) have made great progress in pursuing high
power‐conversion efficiencies, reaching the application threshold. Instead, device stability is …

Influence of surface energy on organic alloy formation in ternary blend solar cells based on two donor polymers

NS Gobalasingham, S Noh, JB Howard… - … Applied Materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The compositional dependence of the open-circuit voltage (V oc) in ternary blend bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells is correlated with the miscibility of polymers, which may be …

Effect of blend composition on bulk heterojunction organic solar cells: a review

M Wright, R Lin, MJY Tayebjee, G Conibeer - Solar Rrl, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Significant research and development in the field of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) has been
undertaken in recent years. Impressive results relating to both device performance and …

Evaluating structure–function relationships toward three-component conjugated polymers via direct arylation polymerization (DArP) for Stille-convergent solar cell …

NS Gobalasingham, RM Pankow, S Ekiz… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The utilization of direct arylation polymerization (DArP) for the tin-free synthesis of three-
component semi-random copolymers is rare, as several assumptions derived from Stille …

Morphological design strategies to tailor out-of-plane charge transport in conjugated polymer systems for device applications

JK Wenderott, BX Dong, PF Green - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The transport of charge carriers throughout an active conjugated polymer (CP) host,
characterized by a heterogeneous morphology of locally varying degrees of order and …

Introducing Molecular Asymmetry in Copolymer Structures to Favor Herringbone-Like Aggregation and Tune the Chiral Expression

A Van Oosten, C Verduyckt, G Koeckelberghs - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Type I (comb-like) and type II (herringbone-like) aggregation in conjugated polymers has
been thoroughly related to their intrinsic molecular structure, with parameters favoring strong …

An all-conjugated gradient copolymer approach for morphological control of polymer solar cells

JA Amonoo, A Li, GE Purdum, ME Sykes… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This work introduces fully π-conjugated gradient copolymers as promising materials to
control and stabilize the nanoscale morphology of polymer: fullerene solar cells. Gradient …