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 …

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 …

Asymmetric side-chain substitution enables a 3D network acceptor with hydrogen bond assisted crystal packing and enhanced electronic coupling for efficient organic …

Z Luo, Y Gao, H Lai, Y Li, Z Wu, Z Chen… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Side chain modification on small-molecule acceptors (SMAs) is an effective method to
realize high device efficiencies for organic solar cells (OSCs), among which the asymmetric …

Recent progress in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors: materials to devices

D Luo, W Jang, DD Babu, MS Kim, DH Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) were dominated by donor–acceptor blends based on polymer
donors and fullerene acceptors for nearly two decades. In the past, apprehensions about the …

Single‐junction organic photovoltaic cells with approaching 18% efficiency

Y Cui, H Yao, J Zhang, K **an, T Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Optimizing the molecular structures of organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials is one of the
most effective methods to boost power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). For an excellent …

Selenium heterocyclic electron acceptor with small urbach energy for as-cast high-performance organic solar cells

Z Zhang, Y Li, G Cai, Y Zhang, X Lu… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Typical organic photovoltaic materials show high Urbach energies (ca. 25–50 meV), which
is considerably higher than those of their inorganic counterparts and limits further …

Side-chain engineering of nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors for organic solar cells

Z Luo, T Xu, C Yang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thanks to their broad absorption spectra, easily modifiable molecular energy levels and
chemical structures, nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors (SMAs) have attracted …

Polymer/molecular semiconductor all-organic composites for high-temperature dielectric energy storage

C Yuan, Y Zhou, Y Zhu, J Liang, S Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Dielectric polymers for electrostatic energy storage suffer from low energy density and poor
efficiency at elevated temperatures, which constrains their use in the harsh-environment …

Progress and prospects of the morphology of non-fullerene acceptor based high-efficiency organic solar cells

L Zhu, M Zhang, W Zhong, S Leng, G Zhou… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the development of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), the power conversion efficiency
(PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) has been continuously improved and has exceeded …

Single-junction organic solar cell with over 15% efficiency using fused-ring acceptor with electron-deficient core

J Yuan, Y Zhang, L Zhou, G Zhang, HL Yip, TK Lau… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Recently, non-fullerene n-type organic semiconductors have attracted significant attention
as acceptors in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due to their great potential to realize high …