What we have learnt from PM6: Y6

S Shoaee, HM Luong, J Song, Y Zou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past three years, remarkable advancements in organic solar cells (OSCs) have
emerged, propelled by the introduction of Y6—an innovative A‐DA'D‐A type small molecule …

Interface property–functionality interplay suppresses bimolecular recombination facilitating above 18% efficiency organic solar cells embracing simplistic fabrication

TAD Peña, R Ma, Z **ng, Q Wei, JI Khan… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient exciton-to-charge generation from the introduction of non-fullerene acceptors
(NFAs) has been an important breakthrough in organic solar cell (OSC) developments …

Insights Into Preaggregation Control of Y‐Series Nonfullerene Acceptors in Liquid State for Highly Efficient Binary Organic Solar Cells

D Hu, H Tang, C Chen, P Huang, Z Shen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Leveraging breakthroughs in Y‐series nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs), organic solar cells
(OSCs) have achieved impressive power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 19 …

In Situ Morphology Control for Solution‐Printable Organic Photovoltaics

Z Bi, C Liu, W Ma - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The morphology of the photoactive layer plays an important role in both the photoelectric
effect and device performance of solution‐processed organic solar cells (OSCs). Optimizing …

Concretized structural evolution supported assembly-controlled film-forming kinetics in slot-die coated organic photovoltaics

H Zhang, C Tian, Z Zhang, M **e, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bulk-heterojunction structured small-area organic solar cells are approaching 20% power
conversion efficiency, but the blurred film-forming kinetics in the fabrication of large-area …

19.32% Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Fine‐Tuning Stacking Modes of Y‐Type Molecule Acceptors: Synergistic Bromine and Fluorine Substitution of the …

M Deng, X Xu, Y Duan, W Qiu, L Yu, R Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The success of Y6‐type nonfullerene small molecule acceptors (NF‐SMAs) in polymer solar
cells (PSCs) can be attributed to their unique honeycomb stacking style, which leads to …

Assessing intra-and inter-molecular charge transfer excitations in non-fullerene acceptors using electroabsorption spectroscopy

S Mahadevan, T Liu, SM Pratik, Y Li, HY Ho… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Organic photovoltaic cells using Y6 non-fullerene acceptors have recently achieved high
efficiency, and it was suggested to be attributed to the charge-transfer (CT) nature of the …

Molecular Control of the Donor/Acceptor Interface Suppresses Charge Recombination Enabling High‐Efficiency Single‐Component Organic Solar Cells

Y Li, RA Pacalaj, Y Luo, K Ai, Y Hai, S Liang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐component organic solar cells based on double cable polymers have achieved
remarkable performance, with DCPY2 reaching a high efficiency of over 13%. In this study …

Enhanced Photocatalytic and Photovoltaic Performance Arising from Unconventionally Low Donor–Y6 Ratios

A Dolan, X Pan, MJ Griffith, A Sharma… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of both organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and organic photocatalysts has
focused on utilizing the bulk heterojunction (BHJ). The BHJ promotes charge separation and …

Structurally pure and reproducible polymer materials for high-performance organic solar cells

S Smeets, Q Liu, J Vanderspikken, TJ Quill… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The commercial uptake of (polymer-based) organic solar cells is among others hindered by
poor reproducibility of the device performance, arising from the variability in molar mass …