Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

A review of grazing incidence small‐and wide‐angle x‐ray scattering techniques for exploring the film morphology of organic solar cells

A Mahmood, JL Wang - Solar RRL, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, a rapid evolution of organic solar cells (OSCs) has been achieved by virtue
of structural design of active layer materials and optimization of film morphology. Along with …

Side chain engineering in solution-processable conjugated polymers

J Mei, Z Bao - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
Side chains in conjugated polymers have been primarily utilized as solubilizing groups.
However, these side chains have roles that are far beyond. We advocate using side chain …

Rational design of high performance conjugated polymers for organic solar cells

H Zhou, L Yang, W You - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
The research on the polymer-based solar cells (PSCs) has attracted an increasing amount
of attention in recent years because PSCs pose potential advantages over mainstream …

Molecular engineering of conjugated polymers for efficient hole transport and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells

F Cai, J Cai, L Yang, W Li, RS Gurney, H Yi, A Iraqi… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells represent an exceptional candidate for next-
generation photovoltaic technology. However, the presence of surface defects in perovskite …

Fluorine substituted conjugated polymer of medium band gap yields 7% efficiency in polymer− fullerene solar cells

SC Price, AC Stuart, L Yang, H Zhou… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Recent research advances on conjugated polymers for photovoltaic devices have focused
on creating low band gap materials, but a suitable band gap is only one of many …

Development of fluorinated benzothiadiazole as a structural unit for a polymer solar cell of 7% efficiency

H Zhou, L Yang, AC Stuart, SC Price… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorinated organic molecules exhibit a series of unique features such as great thermal and
oxidative stability,[1] elevated resistance to degradation,[2] enhanced hydrophobicity, high …

Fluorine substituents reduce charge recombination and drive structure and morphology development in polymer solar cells

AC Stuart, JR Tumbleston, H Zhou, W Li… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Three structurally identical polymers, except for the number of fluorine substitutions (0, 1, or
2) on the repeat unit (BnDT-DTBT), are investigated in detail, to further understand the …

Polymers for electronics and spintronics

P Bujak, I Kulszewicz-Bajer, M Zagorska… - Chemical Society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review is devoted to semiconducting and high spin polymers which are of great
scientific interest in view of further development of the organic electronics and the emerging …

Recent development of push–pull conjugated polymers for bulk-heterojunction photovoltaics: rational design and fine tailoring of molecular structures

C Duan, F Huang, Y Cao - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells have emerged as an attractive type of cost-effective
solar energy–electrical power transforming device. Recently, great progress in the …