Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

J Yi, G Zhang, H Yu, H Yan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased substantially over the past 10
years, owing to the development of various high-performance organic electron–acceptor …

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 …

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 …

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 polymer solar cells with 16.35% efficiency enabled by a platinum (II) complexation strategy

X Xu, K Feng, Z Bi, W Ma, G Zhang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A new strategy of platinum (II) complexation is developed to regulate the crystallinity and
molecular packing of polynitrogen heterocyclic polymers, optimize the morphology of the …

Efficient organic solar cells from molecular orientation control of m-series acceptors

Y Ma, M Zhang, S Wan, P Yin, P Wang, D Cai, F Liu… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
A" face-on" molecular orientation is essential for photovoltaic materials with efficient vertical
carrier transport, but understanding how the molecular structures control their orientations …

The bulk heterojunction in organic photovoltaic, photodetector, and photocatalytic applications

A Wadsworth, Z Hamid, J Kosco, N Gasparini… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductors require an energetic offset in order to photogenerate free charge
carriers efficiently, owing to their inability to effectively screen charges. This is vitally …

Recent Progress in All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

H Gao, Y Sun, L Meng, C Han, X Wan, Y Chen - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Active layer material plays a critical role in promoting the performance of an organic solar
cell (OSC). Small‐molecule (SM) materials have the merits of well‐defined chemical …