A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells

XK Chen, D Qian, Y Wang, T Kirchartz, W Tress, H Yao… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Recent advances in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) come with
reduced non-radiative voltage losses (Δ V nr). Here we show that, in contrast to the energy …

From molecular packing structures to electronic processes: theoretical simulations for organic solar cells

G Han, Y Yi, Z Shuai - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular packing structures in the active layers have a crucial impact on the electronic
processes for organic solar cells. To date, however, it is still difficult to probe molecular self …

Organic planar heterojunctions: from models for interfaces in bulk heterojunctions to high‐performance solar cells

K Nakano, K Tajima - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress regarding planar heterojunctions (PHJs) is reviewed, with respect to the
fundamental understanding of the photophysical processes at the donor/acceptor interfaces …

Enhanced charge separation and short-circuit current by do** with chlorophyll in cascaded ternary solar cells

Z Zang, F Ma, P Song, Y Li - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ternary architecture incorporating the third component is a facile and effective method to
enhance the device's performance and create excellent application prospects. However, the …

Assessing the nature of the charge-transfer electronic states in organic solar cells

XK Chen, V Coropceanu, JL Brédas - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
The charge-transfer electronic states appearing at the donor-acceptor interfaces in organic
solar cells mediate exciton dissociation, charge generation, and charge recombination. To …

Passivation of Black Phosphorus via Self-Assembled Organic Monolayers by van der Waals Epitaxy.

Y Zhao, Q Zhou, Q Li, X Yao, J Wang - … Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2016 - europepmc.org
An effective passivation approach to protect black phosphorus (BP) from degradation based
on multi-scale simulations is proposed. The self-assembly of perylene-3, 4, 9, 10 …

Symmetry-breaking charge transfer in a zinc chlorodipyrrin acceptor for high open circuit voltage organic photovoltaics

AN Bartynski, M Gruber, S Das, S Rangan… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Low open-circuit voltages significantly limit the power conversion efficiency of organic
photovoltaic devices. Typical strategies to enhance the open-circuit voltage involve tuning …

Theoretical description of structural and electronic properties of organic photovoltaic materials

A Zhugayevych, S Tretiak - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
We review recent progress in the modeling of organic solar cells and photovoltaic materials,
as well as discuss the underlying theoretical methods with an emphasis on dynamical …

Computational methodologies for develo** structure–morphology–performance relationships in organic solar cells: A protocol review

K Do, MK Ravva, T Wang, JL Bredas - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
We outline a step-by-step protocol that incorporates a number of theoretical and
computational methodologies to evaluate the structural and electronic properties of π …

Voc from a Morphology Point of View: the Influence of Molecular Orientation on the Open Circuit Voltage of Organic Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells

U Hörmann, C Lorch, A Hinderhofer… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The film morphology and device performance of planar heterojunction solar cells based on
the molecular donor material α-sexithiophene (6T) are investigated. Planar heterojunctions …