Interfacial materials for organic solar cells: recent advances and perspectives

Z Yin, J Wei, Q Zheng - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown great promise as low‐cost photovoltaic devices for
solar energy conversion over the past decade. Interfacial engineering provides a powerful …

Self-assembled monolayer enables hole transport layer-free organic solar cells with 18% efficiency and improved operational stability

Y Lin, Y Firdaus, FH Isikgor, MI Nugraha… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report on bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) based on the self-
assembled monolayer (SAM) 2PACz as a hole-selective interlayer functionalized directly …

Conjugated‐Polymer Blends for Organic Photovoltaics: Rational Control of Vertical Stratification for High Performance

Y Yan, X Liu, T Wang - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The photoactive layer of bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells, in a thickness range of tens
to hundreds of nanometers, comprises phase‐separated electron donors and acceptors …

A Quinoxaline‐Based D–A Copolymer Donor Achieving 17.62% Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

C Zhu, L Meng, J Zhang, S Qin, W Lai, B Qiu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Side‐chain engineering has been an effective strategy in tuning electronic energy levels,
intermolecular interaction, and aggregation morphology of organic photovoltaic materials …

The effect of alkyl substitution position of thienyl outer side chains on photovoltaic performance of A–DA′ D–A type acceptors

X Kong, C Zhu, J Zhang, L Meng, S Qin… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The side chain configuration has shown significant influence on the intermolecular
interaction and aggregation morphology of organic small molecule acceptors (SMAs). In this …

15.8% efficiency binary all-small-molecule organic solar cells enabled by a selenophene substituted sematic liquid crystalline donor

T Xu, J Lv, K Yang, Y He, Q Yang, H Chen… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Selenophene substitution of photovoltaics materials can improve their intermolecular
interactions and thus offer a good opportunity to finely optimize their phase separation …

18.9% Efficiency Ternary Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Isomerization Engineering of Chlorine‐Substitution on Small Molecule Donors

C Zhang, J Li, W Deng, J Dai, J Yu, G Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) represent an efficient and facile strategy to further boost
the device performance. However, the selection criteria and rational design of the third guest …

Ternary‐assisted sequential solution deposition enables efficient all‐polymer solar cells with tailored vertical‐phase distribution

FZ Cui, ZH Chen, JW Qiao, T Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
All‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs) have received attention in recent years for their desirable
properties in power conversion efficiency and long‐term operational stability. However, it is …

Synergistic effects of plasmonics and electron trap** in graphene short-wave infrared photodetectors with ultrahigh responsivity

Z Chen, X Li, J Wang, L Tao, M Long, SJ Liang… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Graphene's unique electronic and optical properties have made it an attractive material for
develo** ultrafast short-wave infrared (SWIR) photodetectors. However, the performance …

Reducing Depletion Region Width at Electrode Interface via a Hole‐transport Layer for Over 18% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells

Y Yang, B Xu, J Hou - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The large depletion region width at the electrode interface may cause serious energy loss in
charge collection of organic solar cells (OSCs), depressing the open‐circuit voltage and …