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 …

From molecular packing structures to electronic processes: theoretical simulations for organic solar cells

G Han, Y Yi, Z Shuai - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular packing structures in the active layers have a crucial impact on the electronic
processes for organic solar cells. To date, however, it is still difficult to probe molecular self …

Design and virtual screening of donor and non-fullerene acceptor for organic solar cells using long short-term memory model

LF Lv, CR Zhang, R Cao, XM Liu, ML Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In organic solar cells (OSCs), electron donor–acceptor materials are key factors influencing
device performance. However, traditional experimental methods for developing new, high …

Multiple charge separation pathways in new-generation non-fullerene acceptors: a computational study

A Landi, D Padula - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-fullerene acceptors led to outstanding improvements in the efficiency of organic
photovoltaic devices, with high promises of further advancements. Several studies have …

Charge separation boosts exciton diffusion in fused ring electron acceptors

J Liu, Z Li, J Wang, X Zhang, X Zhan… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are highly promising materials for organic photovoltaics
(OPVs). Exciton diffusion in NFAs is crucial to their photovoltaic performance, but is not yet …

Rationalizing Small‐Molecule Donor Design toward High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells: Perspective from Molecular Architectures

G Han, Y Yi - Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tuning donor/acceptor interfacial arrangements and electron‐transfer processes in the
active layers is crucial to improve the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Here, the …

Elucidating the key role of fluorine in improving the charge mobility of electron acceptors for non-fullerene organic solar cells by multiscale simulations

C Yao, C Peng, Y Yang, L Li, M Bo… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last decade, fluorination has been successfully applied to organic semiconductor
materials, especially to donor or acceptor materials for non-fullerene organic solar cells …

Quad-rotor-shaped non-fullerene electron acceptor materials with potential to enhance the photoelectric performance of organic solar cells

C Yao, Y Yang, L Li, M Bo, C Peng… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, non-fullerene acceptors, especially fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs),
have been successfully applied to develop high-performance bulk-heterojunction organic …

Photoisomerization of dicyanorhodanine-functionalized thiophenes

CT Kornman, L Li, AO Weldeab, I Ghiviriga… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
π-Conjugated oligomers functionalized with the popular dicyanorhodanine (RCN) electron
acceptor are shown to be susceptible to photo-induced Z/E isomerization. The …

Fast Nonradiative Decay Paths in Organic Solar Cells: Implications for Designing More Efficient Photovoltaic Systems

A Landi, D Padula, A Peluso - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the aim of understanding the sources of energy losses in bulk heterojunction solar
cells, the rates of elementary charge-transfer processes occurring at the donor–acceptor …