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 …

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 …

Ductile Oligomeric Acceptor‐Modified Flexible Organic Solar Cells Show Excellent Mechanical Robustness and Near 18% Efficiency

Q Ye, Z Chen, D Yang, W Song, J Zhu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
High power conversion efficiency (PCE) and mechanical robustness are key requirements
for wearable applications of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, almost all highly efficient …

Non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

C Yan, S Barlow, Z Wang, H Yan, AKY Jen… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are currently a major focus of research in the development
of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs). In contrast to the widely used fullerene …

A materials physics perspective on structure–processing–function relations in blends of organic semiconductors

Z Peng, N Stingelin, H Ade, JJ Michels - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
During the past 30 years of research in organic electronics, the development of mechanistic
understanding of important structure–processing–performance interrelationships has been …

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 …

Quantitative relations between interaction parameter, miscibility and function in organic solar cells

L Ye, H Hu, M Ghasemi, T Wang, BA Collins, JH Kim… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Although it is known that molecular interactions govern morphology formation and purity of
mixed domains of conjugated polymer donors and small-molecule acceptors, and thus …

Understanding energy loss in organic solar cells: toward a new efficiency regime

SM Menke, NA Ran, GC Bazan, RH Friend - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Reducing energy and voltage loss is an imperative area of improvement for the design of
organic solar cells (OSCs). Both in the context of charge generation and charge …

Understanding the high performance of over 15% efficiency in single‐junction bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

A Karki, J Vollbrecht, AL Dixon, N Schopp… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The highly efficient single‐junction bulk‐heterojunction (BHJ) PM6: Y6 system can achieve
high open‐circuit voltages (VOC) while maintaining exceptional fill‐factor (FF) and short …

Flexible-spacer incorporated polymer donors enable superior blend miscibility for high-performance and mechanically-robust polymer solar cells

JW Lee, D Jeong, DJ Kim, TNL Phan, JS Park… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Develo** polymer solar cells (PSCs) with high photovoltaic performance and mechanical
robustness is one of the most urgent tasks to ensure their operational reliability and …