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 …

Molecular design of benzodithiophene-based organic photovoltaic materials

H Yao, L Ye, H Zhang, S Li, S Zhang, J Hou - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Advances in the design and application of highly efficient conjugated polymers and small
molecules over the past years have enabled the rapid progress in the development of …

Polythiophenes for organic solar cells with efficiency surpassing 17%

X Yuan, Y Zhao, D **e, L Pan, X Liu, C Duan, F Huang… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Polythiophenes (PTs) are promising electron donors for organic solar cells (OSCs) due to
their low production cost. However, the device performance of PTs in OSCs is rather poor …

Over 14% efficiency in polymer solar cells enabled by a chlorinated polymer donor

S Zhang, Y Qin, J Zhu, J Hou - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorine‐contained polymers, which have been widely used in highly efficient polymer solar
cells (PSCs), are rather costly due to their complicated synthesis and low yields in the …

Over 14% efficiency in organic solar cells enabled by chlorinated nonfullerene small‐molecule acceptors

H Zhang, H Yao, J Hou, J Zhu, J Zhang, W Li… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To make organic solar cells (OSCs) more competitive in the diverse photovoltaic cell
technologies, it is very important to demonstrate that OSCs can achieve very good …

Molecular optimization enables over 13% efficiency in organic solar cells

W Zhao, S Li, H Yao, S Zhang, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A new polymer donor (PBDB-T-SF) and a new small molecule acceptor (IT-4F) for fullerene-
free organic solar cells (OSCs) were designed and synthesized. The influences of …

[PDF][PDF] Energy-level modulation of small-molecule electron acceptors to achieve over 12% efficiency in polymer solar cells

S Li, L Ye, W Zhao, S Zhang, S Mukherjee, H Ade… - Adv. Mater, 2016 - researchgate.net
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201602776 poly [(2, 6-(4, 8-bis (5-(2-ethylhexyl) thiophen-2-yl) benzo
[1, 2-b: 4, 5-b′] dithiophene)-co-(1, 3-di (5-thiophene-2-yl)-5, 7-bis (2-ethylhexyl)-benzo [1 …

A universal fluorinated polymer acceptor enables all-polymer solar cells with> 15% efficiency

F Peng, K An, W Zhong, Z Li, L Ying, N Li… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
While great progress has been achieved in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs), the efficiency
of all-PSCs is primarily limited by polymer acceptors that lack a high extinction coefficient …

Fluorination-enabled optimal morphology leads to over 11% efficiency for inverted small-molecule organic solar cells

D Deng, Y Zhang, J Zhang, Z Wang, L Zhu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Solution-processable small molecules for organic solar cells have attracted intense attention
for their advantages of definite molecular structures compared with their polymer …

A Large-Bandgap Conjugated Polymer for Versatile Photovoltaic Applications with High Performance.

M Zhang, X Guo, W Ma, H Ade, J Hou - … Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2015 - europepmc.org
A new copolymer PM6 based on fluorothienyl-substituted benzodithiophene is synthesized
and characterized. The inverted polymer solar cells based on PM6 exhibit excellent …