Benzothiadiazole-based non-fullerene acceptors

Q Nie, A Tang, Q Guo, E Zhou - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells (OSCs) have been greatly
improved with the rapid development of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) in recent five years …

Bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells: five core technologies for their commercialization

H Kang, G Kim, J Kim, S Kwon, H Kim… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The past two decades of vigorous interdisciplinary approaches has seen tremendous
breakthroughs in both scientific and technological developments of bulk‐heterojunction …

Carbon nanomaterials for advanced energy conversion and storage

L Dai, DW Chang, JB Baek, W Lu - small, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
It is estimated that the world will need to double its energy supply by 2050. Nanotechnology
has opened up new frontiers in materials science and engineering to meet this challenge by …

Polymer–fullerene composite solar cells

BC Thompson, JMJ Fréchet - Angewandte chemie international …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Fossil fuel alternatives, such as solar energy, are moving to the forefront in a variety of
research fields. Polymer‐based organic photovoltaic systems hold the promise for a cost …

Recent advances in morphology optimization for organic photovoltaics

H Lee, C Park, DH Sin, JH Park, K Cho - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics are an important part of a next‐generation energy‐harvesting
technology that uses a practically infinite pollutant‐free energy source. They have the …

Processing additives for improved efficiency from bulk heterojunction solar cells

JK Lee, WL Ma, CJ Brabec, J Yuen… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Two criteria for processing additives introduced to control the morphology of bulk
heterojunction (BHJ) materials for use in solar cells have been identified:(i) selective …

Morphology evolution via self-organization and lateral and vertical diffusion in polymer: fullerene solar cell blends

M Campoy-Quiles, T Ferenczi, T Agostinelli… - Nature materials, 2008 - nature.com
Control of blend morphology at the microscopic scale is critical for optimizing the power
conversion efficiency of plastic solar cells based on blends of conjugated polymer with …

Low band gap polymers for organic photovoltaics

E Bundgaard, FC Krebs - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2007 - Elsevier
Low band gap polymer materials and their application in organic photovoltaics (OPV) are
reviewed. We detail the synthetic approaches to low band gap polymer materials starting …

“Solvent annealing” effect in polymer solar cells based on poly (3‐hexylthiophene) and methanofullerenes

G Li, Y Yao, H Yang, V Shrotriya… - Advanced Functional …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐organization of the polymer in solar cells based on regioregular poly (3‐
hexylthiophene)(RR‐P3HT):[6, 6]‐phenyl C61‐butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) is studied …

Molecular engineering of the band gap of π‐conjugated systems: Facing technological applications

J Roncali - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
For almost two decades, the search of an intrinsically‐conductive organic metal has
represented the major driving force for research on control of the band gap of extended π …