Eco-friendly polymer solar cells: advances in green-solvent processing and material design

S Lee, D Jeong, C Kim, C Lee, H Kang, HY Woo… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the recent breakthroughs of polymer solar cells (PSCs) exhibiting a power
conversion efficiency of over 17%, toxic and hazardous organic solvents such as chloroform …

Fused ring A–DA′ D–A (Y-series) non-fullerene acceptors: recent developments and design strategies for organic photovoltaics

P Murugan, T Hu, X Hu, Y Chen - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we aim to explore the structure–property relationships of a library of Y-series
non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), their current advances, and present systematic (chemical …

A thiadiazole‐based conjugated polymer with ultradeep homo level and strong electroluminescence enables 18.6% efficiency in organic solar cell

T Zhang, C An, P Bi, Q Lv, J Qin, L Hong… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Under the premise of ensuring favorable bulk heterojunction morphology in organic solar
cells (OSCs), conjugated polymer donors with deep‐lying highest occupied molecular …

Two compatible acceptors as an alloy model with a halogen-free solvent for efficient ternary polymer solar cells

X Liu, Z Liang, S Du, X Niu, J Tong… - Acs Applied Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A ternary strategy of halogen-free solvent processing can open up a promising pathway for
the preparation of polymer solar cells (PSCs) on a large scale and can effectively improve …

High‐performance all‐polymer solar cells enabled by n‐type polymers with an ultranarrow bandgap down to 1.28 eV

K Feng, J Huang, X Zhang, Z Wu, S Shi… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Compared to organic solar cells based on narrow‐bandgap nonfullerene small‐molecule
acceptors, the performance of all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs) lags much behind due to …

Processability Considerations for Next‐Generation Organic Photovoltaic Materials

X Yang, Y Shao, S Wang, M Chen, B **ao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of organic semiconductors for organic photovoltaics (OPVs) has resulted in
unforeseen outcomes. This has provided substitute choices of photoactive layer materials …

Air‐processed efficient organic solar cells from aromatic hydrocarbon solvent without solvent additive or post‐treatment: insights into solvent effect on morphology

R Ma, T Yang, Y **ao, T Liu, G Zhang… - Energy & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the recent organic solar cells (OSCs) with top‐of‐the‐line efficiencies are processed
from organic solvents with a high vapor pressure such as CF in nitrogen‐filled glovebox …

Polythiophene-based terpolymers with modulated aggregation behaviors for high-performance organic solar cells with 16.6% efficiency

D Jeong, JW Lee, S Lee, GU Kim, H Jeon, S Kim… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Polythiophenes (PTs) are an attractive class of polymer donors (PD s) for organic solar cells
(OSCs) owing to their relatively simple structures and scalable synthesis. Herein, a series of …

Organic solar cells based on small molecule donors and polymer acceptors operating at 150° C

J Miao, B Meng, Z Ding, J Liu, L Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic and organic solar cells always operate at a temperature lower than 100° C and
are not suitable for operating at high temperature. In this work, using blends of a small …

Recent advances in non-fullerene organic photovoltaics enabled by green solvent processing

S Li, H Zhang, S Yue, X Yu, H Zhou - Nanotechnology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Solution-processed organic photovoltaic (OPV) as a new energy device has attracted much
attention due to its huge potential in future commercial manufacturing. However, so far, most …