From solution to thin film: molecular assembly of π-conjugated systems and impact on (opto) electronic properties

A Khasbaatar, Z Xu, JH Lee… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The assembly of conjugated organic molecules from solution to solid-state plays a critical
role in determining the thin film morphology and optoelectronic properties of solution …

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 …

Improved photovoltaic performance and robustness of all-polymer solar cells enabled by a polyfullerene guest acceptor

H Yu, Y Wang, X Zou, J Yin, X Shi, Y Li, H Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fullerene acceptors typically possess excellent electron-transporting properties and can
work as guest components in ternary organic solar cells to enhance the charge extraction …

Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part II device engineering)

Y Liu, B Liu, CQ Ma, F Huang, G Feng, H Chen… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have gained a rapid development in the past two decades and
the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of single-junction OSC has recently approached …

Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18%

C He, Z Chen, T Wang, Z Shen, Y Li, J Zhou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Enhancing the luminescence property without sacrificing the charge collection is one key to
high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs), while limited by the severe non-radiative …

High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells Containing Pyrido[2,3‐b]quinoxaline‐Core‐Based Small‐Molecule Acceptors with Optimized Orbit Overlap Lengths and …

T Xu, Z Luo, R Ma, Z Chen, TA Dela Peña… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The central core in A‐DA1D‐A‐type small‐molecule acceptor (SMAs) plays an important
role in determining the efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs), while the principles …

High open‐circuit voltage organic solar cells with 19.2% efficiency enabled by synergistic side‐chain engineering

R Xu, Y Jiang, F Liu, G Ran, K Liu, W Zhang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Restricted by the energy‐gap law, state‐of‐the‐art organic solar cells (OSCs) exhibit
relatively low open‐circuit voltage (VOC) because of large nonradiative energy losses …

Ternary blend organic solar cells: understanding the morphology from recent progress

X Xu, Y Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary blend organic solar cells (TB‐OSCs) incorporating multiple donor and/or acceptor
materials into the active layer have emerged as a promising strategy to simultaneously …

Efficient organic solar cell with 16.88% efficiency enabled by refined acceptor crystallization and morphology with improved charge transfer and transport properties

L Zhu, M Zhang, G Zhou, T Hao, J Xu… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐layered organic solar cells (OSCs) using nonfullerene acceptors have reached 16%
efficiency. Such a breakthrough has inspired new sparks for the development of the next …