A materials physics perspective on structure–processing–function relations in blends of organic semiconductors

Z Peng, N Stingelin, H Ade, JJ Michels - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
During the past 30 years of research in organic electronics, the development of mechanistic
understanding of important structure–processing–performance interrelationships has been …

PBDB-T and its derivatives: A family of polymer donors enables over 17% efficiency in organic photovoltaics

Z Zheng, H Yao, L Ye, Y Xu, S Zhang, J Hou - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the advantages such as being low cost, light weight, and flexible as well as having
low toxicity, organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted extensive interest. The field of OSCs …

Binary organic solar cells with 19.2% efficiency enabled by solid additive

J Wang, Y Wang, P Bi, Z Chen, J Qiao, J Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology optimization is critical for achieving high efficiency and stable bulk‐
heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, the use of 3, 5 …

Single‐junction organic solar cells with 19.17% efficiency enabled by introducing one asymmetric guest acceptor

R Sun, Y Wu, X Yang, Y Gao, Z Chen, K Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ternary strategy has been widely identified as an effective approach to obtain high‐
efficiency organic solar cells (OSCs). However, for most ternary OSCs, the nonradiative …

A guest-assisted molecular-organization approach for> 17% efficiency organic solar cells using environmentally friendly solvents

H Chen, R Zhang, X Chen, G Zeng, L Kobera… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of laboratory-sized organic solar cells (OSCs),
usually processed from low-boiling-point and toxic solvents, have reached high values of …

Mastering morphology of non-fullerene acceptors towards long-term stable organic solar cells

K An, W Zhong, F Peng, W Deng, Y Shang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the rapid progress of organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors,
simultaneously achieving high power conversion efficiency and long-term stability for …

Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells

J Yao, B Qiu, ZG Zhang, L Xue, R Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In organic solar cells (OSCs), cathode interfacial materials are generally designed with
highly polar groups to increase the capability of lowering the work function of cathode …

Over 16% efficiency organic photovoltaic cells enabled by a chlorinated acceptor with increased open-circuit voltages

Y Cui, H Yao, J Zhang, T Zhang, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Broadening the optical absorption of organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials by enhancing the
intramolecular push-pull effect is a general and effective method to improve the power …

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 …

Alkyl‐chain branching of non‐fullerene acceptors flanking conjugated side groups toward highly efficient organic solar cells

J Zhang, F Bai, I Angunawela, X Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Side‐chain modifications of non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are essential for harvesting
their full potential in organic solar cells (OSC). Here, an effective alkyl‐chain‐branching …