Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

Y Liu, B Li, CQ Ma, F Huang, G Feng, H Chen… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
During past several years, the photovoltaic performances of organic solar cells (OSCs) have
achieved rapid progress with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 18 …

The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors

J Wang, P Xue, Y Jiang, Y Huo, X Zhan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have a donor–acceptor–donor structure comprising
an electron-donating fused-ring core, electron-accepting end groups, π-bridges and side …

Semiconducting π-conjugated systems in field-effect transistors: a material odyssey of organic electronics

C Wang, H Dong, W Hu, Y Liu, D Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of highly conducting polyacetylene by Shirakawa, MacDiarmid, and
Heeger1 in 1977, π-conjugated systems have attracted much attention as futuristic materials …

Small molecule organic semiconductors on the move: promises for future solar energy technology

A Mishra, P Bäuerle - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article is written from an organic chemist's point of view and provides an up‐to‐date
review about organic solar cells based on small molecules or oligomers as absorbers and in …

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

Y Lin, Y Li, X Zhan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) are a promising cost-effective alternative to silicon-based
solar cells, and possess light-weight, low-cost, and flexibility advantages. Significant …

Acceptor–donor–acceptor type molecules for high performance organic photovoltaics–chemistry and mechanism

X Wan, C Li, M Zhang, Y Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The study of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) has made great progress in the past decade,
mainly attributed to the invention of new active layer materials. Among various types of …

Highly efficient organic devices based on electrically doped transport layers

K Walzer, B Maennig, M Pfeiffer, K Leo - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Most present-day semiconductor devices use inorganic crystalline materials, with single-
crystalline silicon dominating other materials like GaAs by about a factor of 1000. Despite …

Functional oligothiophenes: molecular design for multidimensional nanoarchitectures and their applications

A Mishra, CQ Ma, P Bauerle - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
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Molecular semiconductors in organic photovoltaic cells

AW Hains, Z Liang, MA Woodhouse… - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
We begin with a general description of the chemical, physical, and electrical properties of
organic semiconductors, OSCs, a class of materials that includes molecular semiconductors …

Small is powerful: recent progress in solution‐processed small molecule solar cells

SD Collins, NA Ran, MC Heiber… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 5 years, research on the synthesis, device engineering, and device physics of
solution‐processed small molecule solar cells (SMSCs) has rapidly expanded …