Isomerization strategy on a non-fullerene guest acceptor for stable organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency

Z Chen, J Zhu, D Yang, W Song, J Shi, J Ge… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The strategy of isomerization plays a simple and effective role in optimizing the molecular
configurations and improving the performance of binary organic solar cells (OSCs) …

Molecular level understanding of the chalcogen atom effect on chalcogen-based polymers through electrostatic potential, non-covalent interactions, excited state …

A Mahmood, A Irfan, JL Wang - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer donor materials have been considered as a game changer, especially in the early
history of polymer solar cells. However, much progress is the result of hard work resulting …

Highly Planar Oligomeric Acceptor Enables Efficiency over 18% with Synergistically Enhanced VOC and Light Absorption

X Shen, X Lai, H Lai, YP Wang, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The highly planar molecular structure is conducive to electron delocalization, thus facilitating
efficient charge transport. A new thiophene terminal‐linked dimerized small‐molecular …

High‐Performance Terpolymers with Well‐Defined Structures Facilitate PCE Over 19% for Polymer Solar Cells

X Deng, B Huang, Y Fang, D Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary copolymerization is a cost‐effective and time‐saving approach to improve device
performance and batch stability of polymer donors. However, the structure of the ternary …

Backbone Tuning Enhances the Solution Aggregation to Refine Fibrillization Network Morphology for Efficient All-Chlorinated Polymer Donor

M Pu, X Lai, Y Li, Y Zhu, Z Wei, Y Zhu… - ACS Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An ideal nanoscale interpenetrating network morphology that is formed spontaneously upon
a prepared active layer film is the key to efficient exciton dissociation and charge transport …

Chlorination and Position Isomerization to Enhance the Photovoltaic Performance of Polymer Donors

M Pu, Y Zhu, P Tan, Y Zhu, X Lai, H Chen, J Qu… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Substitution of chlorine in a conjugated side chain is a simple and effective method with
which to improve the photoelectronic properties of polymer donors. The chlorination and …

Predicting power conversion efficiency of binary organic solar cells based on Y6 acceptor by machine learning

Q Zhao, Y Shan, C **ang, J Wang, Y Zou… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are a promising photovoltaic technology for practical
applications. However, the design and synthesis of donor materials molecules based on …

Manipulating the Alkyl Chains of Naphthodithiophene Imide-Based Polymers to Concurrently Boost the Efficiency and Stability of Organic Solar Cells

M Su, M Lin, S Mo, J Chen, X Shen, Y **ao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Morphology instability holds the major responsibility for efficiency degradation of organic
solar cells (OSCs). However, how to develop polymer donors simultaneously with high …

Achieving high performance organic solar cells with a closer π–π distance in branched alkyl-chain acceptors

P Tan, C Cao, Y Cheng, H Chen, H Lai, Y Zhu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Side-chain functional groups have been shown to not only ensure solubility but also
influence molecular packing behavior, and side-chain modification is an important strategy …

Recent Advances of Imide‐Functionalized Polymer Donors for Non‐fullerene Solar Cells

H Wang, S Mo, D Li, Q Wu - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary In recent years, there has been a shift towards using non‐
fullerene electron acceptors in organic solar cells (OSCs) as a replacement for fullerene …