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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cascaded energy landscape as a key driver for slow yet efficient charge separation with small energy offset in organic solar cells

S Natsuda, T Saito, R Shirouchi, Y Sakamoto… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent studies have shown that efficient free carrier (FC) generation with a small voltage
loss can be achieved in organic solar cells (OSCs); however, the photophysical insights …

Chemical Design Rules for Non‐Fullerene Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells

A Markina, KH Lin, W Liu, C Poelking… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficiencies of organic solar cells have practically doubled since the development of non‐
fullerene acceptors (NFAs). However, generic chemical design rules for donor‐NFA …