Physical insights into non-fullerene organic photovoltaics

J Wang, Y **e, K Chen, H Wu, JM Hodgkiss… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Boosted by the fast development of non-fullerene acceptors, organic photovoltaics (OPVs)
have achieved breakthrough power conversion efficiencies—in excess of 20% and …

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 …

Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells

M Günther, N Kazerouni, D Blätte, JD Perea… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
In ternary organic solar cells (TOSCs), three different components are mixed to form the
photoactive layer, opening up opportunities to boost the power conversion efficiency—for …

Molecular orientation-dependent energetic shifts in solution-processed non-fullerene acceptors and their impact on organic photovoltaic performance

Y Fu, TH Lee, YC Chin, RA Pacalaj, C Labanti… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) employed in state-of-art organic photovoltaics (OPVs)
often exhibit strong quadrupole moments which can strongly impact on material energetics …

A history and perspective of non‐fullerene electron acceptors for organic solar cells

A Armin, W Li, OJ Sandberg, Z **ao… - Advanced Energy …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells are composed of electron donating and accepting organic
semiconductors. Whilst a significant palette of donors has been developed over three …

Free charge photogeneration in a single component high photovoltaic efficiency organic semiconductor

MB Price, PA Hume, A Ilina, I Wagner… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) promise cheap and flexible solar energy. Whereas light
generates free charges in silicon photovoltaics, excitons are normally formed in organic …

Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

S Karuthedath, J Gorenflot, Y Firdaus, N Chaturvedi… - Nature Materials, 2021‏ - nature.com
In bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs) both the electron affinity (EA) and
ionization energy (IE) offsets at the donor–acceptor interface should equally control exciton …

Barrierless free charge generation in the high‐performance PM6: Y6 bulk heterojunction non‐fullerene solar cell

L Perdigón‐Toro, H Zhang, A Markina… - Advanced …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells are currently experiencing a second golden age thanks to the
development of novel non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs). Surprisingly, some of these blends …

Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis

AH Proppe, YC Li, A Aspuru-Guzik… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Capturing and converting solar energy into fuels and feedstocks is a global challenge that
spans numerous disciplines and fields of research. Billions of years of evolution have …

Regulation of molecular orientation in organic solar cells

Q Liang, M Duan, Z Geng, M Zhang, W Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The morphological characteristics of the active layer in organic solar cells (OSCs),
encompassing phase separation structure, domain sizes, crystallinity and molecular …