Non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

C Yan, S Barlow, Z Wang, H Yan, AKY Jen… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are currently a major focus of research in the development
of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs). In contrast to the widely used fullerene …

Next-generation organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors

P Cheng, G Li, X Zhan, Y Yang - Nature Photonics, 2018 - nature.com
Over the past three years, a particularly exciting and active area of research within the field
of organic photovoltaics has been the use of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs). Compared …

Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a refined double-fibril network morphology

L Zhu, M Zhang, J Xu, C Li, J Yan, G Zhou, W Zhong… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
In organic photovoltaics, morphological control of donor and acceptor domains on the
nanoscale is the key for enabling efficient exciton diffusion and dissociation, carrier transport …

Binary organic solar cells breaking 19% via manipulating the vertical component distribution

Y Wei, Z Chen, G Lu, N Yu, C Li, J Gao, X Gu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The variation of the vertical component distribution can significantly influence the
photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells (OSCs), mainly due to its impact on exciton …

Single-layered organic photovoltaics with double cascading charge transport pathways: 18% efficiencies

M Zhang, L Zhu, G Zhou, T Hao, C Qiu, Z Zhao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The chemical structure of donors and acceptors limit the power conversion efficiencies
achievable with active layers of binary donor-acceptor mixtures. Here, using quaternary …

Nonfullerene acceptor molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

G Zhang, J Zhao, PCY Chow, K Jiang, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the
key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p …

Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells with over 11% Efficiency and Excellent Thermal Stability.

W Zhao, D Qian, S Zhang, S Li, O Inganäs… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
A nonfullerene-based polymer solar cell (PSC) that significantly outperforms fullerene-based
PSCs with respect to the power-conversion efficiency is demonstrated for the first time. An …

Organic optoelectronic materials: mechanisms and applications

O Ostroverkhova - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organic (opto) electronic materials have received considerable attention due to their
applications in thin-film-transistors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, sensors, photorefractive …

Material insights and challenges for non-fullerene organic solar cells based on small molecular acceptors

J Zhang, HS Tan, X Guo, A Facchetti, H Yan - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
The field of non-fullerene organic solar cells has experienced rapid development during the
past few years, mainly driven by the development of novel non-fullerene acceptors and …

Fast charge separation in a non-fullerene organic solar cell with a small driving force

J Liu, S Chen, D Qian, B Gautam, G Yang, J Zhao… - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Fast and efficient charge separation is essential to achieve high power conversion efficiency
in organic solar cells (OSCs). In state-of-the-art OSCs, this is usually achieved by a …