Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive
materials development:(i) use of poly (3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors …

The assembly of conjugated organic molecules from solution to solid-state plays a critical
role in determining the thin film morphology and optoelectronic properties of solution …

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 …

Manipulating the donor: acceptor (D: A) energetics, eg, the highest occupied molecular
orbital (HOMO) offset, is the key to balancing the charge separation and charge …

Fullerene acceptors typically possess excellent electron-transporting properties and can
work as guest components in ternary organic solar cells to enhance the charge extraction …

The photoactive layer of organic solar cells consists of p-type electron donors and n-type
electron acceptors, which phase separate to form fine and continuous networks for charge …

Molecular design of non-fullerene acceptors is of vital importance for high-efficiency organic
solar cells. The branched alkyl chain modification is often regarded as a counter-intuitive …

The ternary strategy, introducing a third component into a binary blend, opens a simple and
promising avenue to improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells …

Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) based on non-fused conjugated structures have more
potential to realize low-cost organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells. However, their power …

State‐of‐art Y‐series polymer acceptors are typically based on a mono‐thiophene linker,
which can cause some twisted molecular conformations and thus limit the performance of all …