Renewed prospects for organic photovoltaics

G Zhang, FR Lin, F Qi, T Heumüller, A Distler… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive
materials development:(i) use of poly (3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors …

Recent advances in single‐junction organic solar cells

H Yao, J Hou - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Single‐junction organic solar cells (OSCs) have made significant progress in recent years.
Innovations in material design and device optimization have improved the power conversion …

Vertically optimized phase separation with improved exciton diffusion enables efficient organic solar cells with thick active layers

Y Cai, Q Li, G Lu, HS Ryu, Y Li, H **, Z Chen… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The development of organic solar cells (OSCs) with thick active layers is of crucial
importance for the roll-to-roll printing of large-area solar panels. Unfortunately, increasing …

Recent progress in π-conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaics: solar cells and photodetectors

C Liu, L Shao, S Chen, Z Hu, H Cai, F Huang - Progress in Polymer …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract π-Conjugated polymers show promising potential in the application of organic
photovoltaics, including organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic photodetectors (OPDs) …

π–π Stacking Modulation via Polymer Adsorption for Elongated Exciton Diffusion in High‐Efficiency Thick‐Film Organic Solar Cells

Z Fu, JW Qiao, FZ Cui, WQ Zhang, LH Wang… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Develo** efficient organic solar cells (OSCs) with thick active layers is crucial for roll‐to‐
roll printing. However, thicker layers often result in lower efficiency. This study tackles this …

Advanced functional liquid crystals

J Uchida, B Soberats, M Gupta, T Kato - Advanced Materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

[PDF][PDF] Over 19.2% efficiency of organic solar cells enabled by precisely tuning the charge transfer state via donor alloy strategy

J Gao, N Yu, Z Chen, Y Wei, C Li, T Liu, X Gu… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The large energy loss (Eloss) is one of the main obstacles to further improve the photovoltaic
performance of organic solar cells (OSCs), which is closely related to the charge transfer …

Over 17.4% Efficiency of Layer‐by‐Layer All‐Polymer Solar Cells by Improving Exciton Utilization in Acceptor Layer

W Xu, M Zhang, X Ma, X Zhu, SY Jeong… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Layer‐by‐layer all‐polymer solar cells (LbL all‐PSCs) are prepared with PM6 and PY‐IT by
using sequential spin coating method. The exciton dissociation efficiency in acceptor layer …

Ternary blend organic solar cells: understanding the morphology from recent progress

X Xu, Y Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ternary blend organic solar cells (TB‐OSCs) incorporating multiple donor and/or acceptor
materials into the active layer have emerged as a promising strategy to simultaneously …

Sequentially Processed Bulk‐Heterojunction‐Buried Structure for Efficient Organic Solar Cells with 500 nm Thickness

H Zhang, Y Liu, G Ran, H Li, W Zhang… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Large‐area printing fabrication is a distinctive feature of organic solar cells (OSCs).
However, the advance of upscalable fabrication is challenged by the thickness of organic …