Small is powerful: recent progress in solution‐processed small molecule solar cells

SD Collins, NA Ran, MC Heiber… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 5 years, research on the synthesis, device engineering, and device physics of
solution‐processed small molecule solar cells (SMSCs) has rapidly expanded …

Over 30% efficient indoor organic photovoltaics enabled by morphological modification using two compatible non‐fullerene acceptors

C Lee, JH Lee, HH Lee, M Nam… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To meet the requirements for indoor organic photovoltaic (OPV) applications, it is imperative
to minimize charge recombination loss and enhance photovoltaic performance toward …

Non-Kasha behavior in quadrupolar dye aggregates: the red-shifted H-aggregate

C Zheng, C Zhong, CJ Collison… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Aggregates of quadrupolar DAD-type chromophores are investigated theoretically using the
essential states model (ESM) enhanced to include vibronic coupling. On the basis of …

Enhancing the performance of small-molecule organic solar cells via fused-ring design

S Zhou, D **a, S Liang, B Liu, J Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic solar cells (OSCs) as the promising green energy technology have drawn much
attention in the last two decades. In comparison to polymer solar cells, small-molecule …

Spotlight on excitonic coupling in polymorphic and textured anilino squaraine thin films

F Balzer, H Kollmann, M Schulz… - Crystal Growth & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Structural diffraction analysis of an anilino squaraine with branched isobutyl side chains
shows crystallization into two polymorphic structures in the bulk and in spin-casted thin films …

Organic photodiodes from homochiral L-proline derived squaraine compounds with strong circular dichroism

M Schulz, M Mack, O Kolloge, A Lützen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We suggest and explore a novel route towards organic photodetectors sensitive to the
circular polarization state of light. For this, we insert fullerene-blended thin films of …

Impact of alkyl chain length on small molecule crystallization and nanomorphology in squaraine-based solution processed solar cells

C Zheng, I Jalan, P Cost, K Oliver, A Gupta… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this work, we have investigated a series of aniline-based squaraines, with varying
solubilizing alkyl chains, as donor materials in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells …

Quantifying squaraine phase separation, aggregate populations, and solar cell performance with a correlated multimethod approach

T Wiegand, H Smith, C Ryczek, A Cruz… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Both the nature of the excited state and the morphology of the active layer combine to greatly
influence the efficiency in all-small-molecule organic photovoltaic devices. Hence …

Structure and Dielectric Properties of Anisotropic n-Alkyl Anilino Squaraine Thin Films

J Zablocki, M Schulz, G Schnakenburg… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Solution-processed and thermally annealed thin films from a series of n-alkyl terminated
anilino squaraines are systematically investigated regarding their structural and optical …

Optimal morphology, H-aggregation, and ternary blend excited state disruption in equilibrated squaraine-based all small molecule solar-cells

T Wiegand, J Godoy, S Gupta, J Cody, T Coffey… - Thin Solid Films, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, while demonstrating high efficiency in the lab, will often
degrade substantially with use in the field due to changes in active layer morphology …