[HTML][HTML] Flexible solar and thermal energy conversion devices: Organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic thermoelectric generators (OTEGs) and hybrid PV-TEG systems

A Sharma, S Masoumi, D Gedefaw… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar and thermal energy conversion are two major renewable energy technologies highly
sought after in the past two decades by academia, industry, and policymakers. Besides the …

Manipulating charge transfer and transport via intermediary electron acceptor channels enables 19.3% efficiency organic photovoltaics

L Zhan, S Li, Y Li, R Sun, J Min, Y Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Balancing and improving the open‐circuit voltage (Voc) and short‐circuit current density
(Jsc) synergistically has always been the critical point for organic photovoltaics (OPVs) to …

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 …

Unveiling the Morphological and Physical Mechanism of Burn‐in Loss Alleviation by Ternary Matrix Toward Stable and Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells

R Ma, Q Fan, TA Dela Peña, B Wu, H Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
All‐polymer solar cells (All‐PSCs) are considered the most promising candidate in
achieving both efficient and stable organic photovoltaic devices, yet the field has rarely …

Tunable Donor Aggregation Dominance in a Ternary Matrix of All‐Polymer Blends with Improved Efficiency and Stability

R Ma, H Li, TA Dela Peña, X **e, PWK Fong… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Using two structurally similar polymer acceptors in constructing high‐efficiency ternary all‐
polymer solar cells is a widely acknowledged strategy; however, the focus thus far has not …

Achieving Desired Pseudo‐Planar Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells via Binary‐Dilution Strategy

L Wen, H Mao, L Zhang, J Zhang, Z Qin… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The sequential deposition process has demonstrated the great possibility to achieve a
photolayer architecture with an ideal gradient phase separation morphology, which has a …

A polymer acceptor with double-decker configuration enhances molecular packing for high-performance all-polymer solar cells

H Yu, Y Wang, CH Kwok, R Zhou, Z Yao, S Mukherjee… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) have seen rapid progress enabled by the development of
high-performance polymer acceptors. Most polymer acceptors are based on the monomers …

An Isomeric Solid Additive Enables High‐Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells Developed Using a Benzo‐Difuran‐Based Donor Polymer

L Chen, J Yi, R Ma, L Ding, TA Dela Peña… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, nearly all high‐efficiency organic photovoltaic devices use donor polymers based
on the benzo‐dithiophene (BDT) unit. To diversify the choices of building blocks for high …

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 …

A random terpolymer donor with similar monomers enables 18.28% efficiency binary organic solar cells with well polymer batch reproducibility

HR Bai, Q An, HF Zhi, M Jiang, A Mahmood… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, by using two fluorinated and chlorinated monomers with similar structures in
different molar ratios and dithieno [3′, 2′: 3, 4; 2 ″, 3 ″: 5, 6] benzo [1, 2-c][1, 2, 5] …