Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

J Yi, G Zhang, H Yu, H Yan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased substantially over the past 10
years, owing to the development of various high-performance organic electron–acceptor …

From solution to thin film: molecular assembly of π-conjugated systems and impact on (opto) electronic properties

A Khasbaatar, Z Xu, JH Lee… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …

Achieving 19.4% organic solar cell via an in situ formation of pin structure with built-in interpenetrating network

Y Zhang, W Deng, CE Petoukhoff, X **a, Y Lang, H **a… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
Vibrant research has demonstrated that the layer-by-layer (LBL) approach can achieve a
preferable vertical microstructure; however, the lack of precise control over vertical …

Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells with indium oxide interconnect

KO Brinkmann, T Becker, F Zimmermann, C Kreusel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Multijunction solar cells can overcome the fundamental efficiency limits of single-junction
devices. The bandgap tunability of metal halide perovskite solar cells renders them attractive …

Dimerized small-molecule acceptors enable efficient and stable organic solar cells

C Sun, JW Lee, C Lee, D Lee, S Cho, SK Kwon, BJ Kim… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of small-molecule acceptor (SMA)-based organic
solar cells (OSCs) have increased remarkably, but their long-term stability is insufficient for …

Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells

KO Brinkmann, P Wang, F Lang, W Li, X Guo… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The bandgap tunability of halide perovskites makes perovskite solar cells excellent building
blocks for multijunction architectures that can overcome the fundamental efficiency limits of …

Isomerized Green Solid Additive Engineering for Thermally Stable and Eco‐Friendly All‐Polymer Solar Cells with Approaching 19% Efficiency

B Liu, W Xu, R Ma, JW Lee, TA Dela Peña… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Laboratory‐scale all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs) have exhibited remarkable power
conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 19%. However, the utilization of hazardous …

A history and perspective of non‐fullerene electron acceptors for organic solar cells

A Armin, W Li, OJ Sandberg, Z **ao… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells are composed of electron donating and accepting organic
semiconductors. Whilst a significant palette of donors has been developed over three …

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 …

Alkyl chain tuning of small molecule acceptors for efficient organic solar cells

K Jiang, Q Wei, JYL Lai, Z Peng, HK Kim, J Yuan, L Ye… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
The field of organic solar cells has seen rapid developments after the report of a high-
efficiency (15.7%) small molecule acceptor (SMA) named Y6. In this paper, we design and …