Recent progress in π-conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaics: solar cells and photodetectors

C Liu, L Shao, S Chen, Z Hu, H Cai, F Huang - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract π-Conjugated polymers show promising potential in the application of organic
photovoltaics, including organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic photodetectors (OPDs) …

Molecular design of benzodithiophene-based organic photovoltaic materials

H Yao, L Ye, H Zhang, S Li, S Zhang, J Hou - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Advances in the design and application of highly efficient conjugated polymers and small
molecules over the past years have enabled the rapid progress in the development of …

Recent advances in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

L Lu, T Zheng, Q Wu, AM Schneider, D Zhao… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is clear that the current energy regimen, which relies on nonrenewable and polluting
energy sources, has unsustainable consequences for societal, economical, geopolitical, and …

Efficient inverted polymer solar cells employing favourable molecular orientation

V Vohra, K Kawashima, T Kakara, T Koganezawa… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Improving the power conversion efficiency of polymer-based bulk-heterojunction solar cells
is a critical issue. Here, we show that high efficiencies of∼ 10% can be obtained using the …

High-performance ternary organic solar cell enabled by a thick active layer containing a liquid crystalline small molecule donor

G Zhang, K Zhang, Q Yin, XF Jiang… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted much research attention in the past few
years, as ternary organic blends can broaden the absorption range of OSCs without the use …

Conjugated polymer–small molecule alloy leads to high efficient ternary organic solar cells

J Zhang, Y Zhang, J Fang, K Lu, Z Wang… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ternary organic solar cells are promising candidates for bulk heterojunction solar cells;
however, improving the power conversion efficiency (PCE) is quite challenging because the …

Side chain engineering in solution-processable conjugated polymers

J Mei, Z Bao - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
Side chains in conjugated polymers have been primarily utilized as solubilizing groups.
However, these side chains have roles that are far beyond. We advocate using side chain …

Polymer solar cells with enhanced fill factors

X Guo, N Zhou, SJ Lou, J Smith, DB Tice… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Recent advances in polymer solar cell (PSC) performance have resulted from compressing
the bandgap to enhance the short-circuit current while lowering the highest occupied …

Molecular engineering of conjugated polymers for efficient hole transport and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells

F Cai, J Cai, L Yang, W Li, RS Gurney, H Yi, A Iraqi… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells represent an exceptional candidate for next-
generation photovoltaic technology. However, the presence of surface defects in perovskite …

Rational design of high performance conjugated polymers for organic solar cells

H Zhou, L Yang, W You - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
The research on the polymer-based solar cells (PSCs) has attracted an increasing amount
of attention in recent years because PSCs pose potential advantages over mainstream …