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 …

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 …

Non‐halogenated Solvent‐Processed Organic Solar Cells with Approaching 20% Efficiency and Improved Photostability

J Song, C Zhang, C Li, J Qiao, J Yu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The development of high‐efficiency organic solar cells (OSCs) processed from non‐
halogenated solvents is crucially important for their scale‐up industry production. However …

Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

Y Liu, B Li, CQ Ma, F Huang, G Feng, H Chen… - Science China …, 2022‏ - Springer
During past several years, the photovoltaic performances of organic solar cells (OSCs) have
achieved rapid progress with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 18 …

Recent progress of Y6‐derived asymmetric fused ring electron acceptors

Y Zhang, Y Ji, Y Zhang, W Zhang, H Bai… - Advanced Functional …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Symmetric conjugated molecules can be broken through suitable synthetic strategies to
construct novel asymmetric molecules, which can largely broaden the material library. In the …

High-speed sequential deposition of photoactive layers for organic solar cell manufacturing

R Sun, T Wang, X Yang, Y Wu, Y Wang, Q Wu… - Nature Energy, 2022‏ - nature.com
Despite the great success of organic photovoltaics in terms of device efficiency and stability
at the laboratory scale, pressing demand for high-throughput and cost-effective solutions …

Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells

C Li, J Zhou, J Song, J Xu, H Zhang, X Zhang, J Guo… - Nature Energy, 2021‏ - nature.com
Molecular design of non-fullerene acceptors is of vital importance for high-efficiency organic
solar cells. The branched alkyl chain modification is often regarded as a counter-intuitive …

Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18%

C He, Z Chen, T Wang, Z Shen, Y Li, J Zhou… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Enhancing the luminescence property without sacrificing the charge collection is one key to
high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs), while limited by the severe non-radiative …

A guest-assisted molecular-organization approach for> 17% efficiency organic solar cells using environmentally friendly solvents

H Chen, R Zhang, X Chen, G Zeng, L Kobera… - Nature Energy, 2021‏ - nature.com
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of laboratory-sized organic solar cells (OSCs),
usually processed from low-boiling-point and toxic solvents, have reached high values of …