Self-assembled monolayers for interfacial engineering in solution-processed thin-film electronic devices: design, fabrication, and applications

M Li, M Liu, F Qi, FR Lin, AKY Jen - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interfacial engineering has long been a vital means of improving thin-film device
performance, especially for organic electronics, perovskites, and hybrid devices. It greatly …

Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

Compromising charge generation and recombination of organic photovoltaics with mixed diluent strategy for certified 19.4% efficiency

T Chen, S Li, Y Li, Z Chen, H Wu, Y Lin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ternary blend is demonstrated as an effective strategy to promote the device
performance of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due to the dilution effect. While the …

19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors

K Liu, Y Jiang, G Ran, F Liu, W Zhang, X Zhu - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
The development of high-performance binary organic solar cells (OSCs) with a simplified
working mechanism and fabrication process is highly desirable to promote the commercial …

Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application

X Feng, X Wang, C Redshaw, BZ Tang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular aggregates are self-assembled from multiple molecules via weak intermolecular
interactions, and new chemical and physical properties can emerge compared to their …

Auxiliary sequential deposition enables 19%-efficiency organic solar cells processed from halogen-free solvents

S Luo, C Li, J Zhang, X Zou, H Zhao, K Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-efficiency organic solar cells are often achieved using toxic halogenated solvents and
additives that are constrained in organic solar cells industry. Therefore, it is important to …

Organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a 2D‐conjugated non‐fullerene acceptor featuring favorable electronic and aggregation structures

K Liu, Y Jiang, F Liu, G Ran, F Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The π‐expansion of non‐fullerene acceptors is a promising method for boosting the organic
photovoltaic performance by allowing the fine‐tuning of electronic structures and molecular …

Non‐halogenated Solvent‐Processed Organic Solar Cells with Approaching 20% Efficiency and Improved Photostability

J Song, C Zhang, C Li, J Qiao, J Yu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of high‐efficiency organic solar cells (OSCs) processed from non‐
halogenated solvents is crucially important for their scale‐up industry production. However …

Benzo [d] thiazole based wide bandgap donor polymers enable 19.54% efficiency organic solar cells along with desirable batch‐to‐batch reproducibility and general …

B Pang, C Liao, X Xu, L Yu, R Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The limited selection pool of high‐performance wide bandgap (WBG) polymer donors is a
bottleneck problem of the nonfullerene acceptor (NFA) based organic solar cells (OSCs) that …

Engineering 2D photocatalysts for solar hydrogen peroxide production

J Yang, X Zeng, M Tebyetekerwa… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solar energy can be utilized in photocatalysis technology to realize light‐driven hydrogen
peroxide (H2O2) production, a green chemical synthesis route. Designing high …