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 …

Nonfullerene acceptor molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

G Zhang, J Zhao, PCY Chow, K Jiang, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the
key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p …

High-efficiency small-molecule ternary solar cells with a hierarchical morphology enabled by synergizing fullerene and non-fullerene acceptors

Z Zhou, S Xu, J Song, Y **, Q Yue, Y Qian, F Liu… - Nature Energy, 2018‏ - nature.com
Using combinatory photoactive blends is a promising approach to achieve high power
conversion efficiency in ternary organic photovoltaics. However, the fundamental challenge …

Morphology control in organic solar cells

F Zhao, C Wang, X Zhan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) can directly convert the sunlight into electrical energy and
present some advantages, such as low cost, light weight, flexibility, semitransparency, and …

Stability of organic solar cells: challenges and strategies

P Cheng, X Zhan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) present some advantages, such as simple preparation, light
weight, low cost and large-area flexible fabrication, and have attracted much attention in …

Emerging approaches in enhancing the efficiency and stability in non‐fullerene organic solar cells

F Zhao, H Zhang, R Zhang, J Yuan… - Advanced Energy …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The past three years have witnessed rapid growth in the field of organic solar cells (OSCs)
based on non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs), with intensive efforts being devoted to material …

Narrowing the band gap: the key to high-performance organic photovoltaics

P Cheng, Y Yang - Accounts of chemical research, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have attracted considerable attention in the last
two decades to overcome the terawatt energy challenge and serious environmental …

Triarylamine: versatile platform for organic, dye-sensitized, and perovskite solar cells

J Wang, K Liu, L Ma, X Zhan - Chemical reviews, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Triarylamine (TAA) and related materials have dramatically promoted the development of
organic and hybrid photovoltaics during the past decade. The power conversion efficiencies …

Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review

Q An, F Zhang, J Zhang, W Tang, Z Deng… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells has been constantly refreshed
in the past ten years from 4% up to 11% due to the contribution from the chemists on novel …

Recent progress in non-fullerene small molecule acceptors in organic solar cells (OSCs)

W Chen, Q Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Power conversion efficiency (PCE) has surpassed 10% for single junction organic solar cells
(OSCs) mainly through the design and synthesis of novel donor materials, the optimization …