Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

J Yi, G Zhang, H Yu, H Yan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased substantially over the past 10
years, owing to the development of various high-performance organic electron–acceptor …

Biaxially conjugated materials for organic solar cells

B Fan, H Gao, AKY Jen - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic solar cells (OSCs) represent one of the most important emerging photovoltaic
technologies that can implement solar energy conversion efficiently. The chemical structure …

20.2% efficiency organic photovoltaics employing a π‐extension quinoxaline‐based acceptor with ordered arrangement

Z Chen, J Ge, W Song, X Tong, H Liu, X Yu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells, as a cutting‐edge sustainable renewable energy technology, possess a
myriad of potential applications, while the bottleneck problem of less than 20% efficiency …

Molecular interaction induced dual fibrils towards organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 20%

C Chen, L Wang, W **a, K Qiu, C Guo, Z Gan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The nanoscale fibrillar morphology, featuring long-range structural order, provides abundant
interfaces for efficient exciton dissociation and high-quality pathways for effective charge …

A rare case of brominated small molecule acceptors for high-efficiency organic solar cells

H Liang, X Bi, H Chen, T He, Y Lin, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Given that bromine possesses similar properties but extra merits of easily synthesizing and
polarizing comparing to homomorphic fluorine and chlorine, it is quite surprising very rare …

Electrostatic force promoted intermolecular stacking of polymer donors toward 19.4% efficiency binary organic solar cells

Z Gan, L Wang, J Cai, C Guo, C Chen, D Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Conjugated polymers are generally featured with low structural order due to their aromatic
and irregular structural units, which limits their light absorption and charge mobility in …

19.7% efficiency binary organic solar cells achieved by selective core fluorination of nonfullerene electron acceptors

K Liu, Y Jiang, G Ran, F Liu, W Zhang, X Zhu - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
The development of high-performance binary organic solar cells (OSCs) with a simplified
working mechanism and fabrication process is highly desirable to promote the commercial …

Unidirectional sidechain engineering to construct dual‐asymmetric acceptors for 19.23% efficiency organic solar cells with low energy loss and efficient charge …

Q Fan, R Ma, J Yang, J Gao, H Bai, W Su… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving both high open‐circuit voltage (Voc) and short‐circuit current density (Jsc) to
boost power‐conversion efficiency (PCE) is a major challenge for organic solar cells …

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 …

Understanding the role of removable solid additives: Selective interaction contributes to vertical component distributions

B Fan, W Zhong, W Gao, H Fu, FR Lin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sequentially deposited organic solar cells (SD‐OSCs) have attracted great attention owing
to their ability in achieving a more favorable, vertically phase‐separated morphology to …