The path to 20% power conversion efficiencies in nonfullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, AJ Gillett, RH Friend… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of single‐junction organic solar cells (OSC) have
now reached over 18%. This rapid recent progress can be attributed to the development of …

Oligothiophene-based photovoltaic materials for organic solar cells: Rise, plateau, and revival

T Duan, Q Chen, D Hu, J Lv, D Yu, G Li, S Lu - Trends in Chemistry, 2022 - cell.com
Oligothiophene derivatives have been positioned as one of the most promising donor
materials in cost-effectiveness and large-scale production of organic solar cells (OSCs) …

Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

S Karuthedath, J Gorenflot, Y Firdaus, N Chaturvedi… - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
In bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs) both the electron affinity (EA) and
ionization energy (IE) offsets at the donor–acceptor interface should equally control exciton …

The role of bulk and interfacial morphology in charge generation, recombination, and extraction in non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, J Vollbrecht, AJ Gillett, SS Xiao… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Some fundamental questions in the organic solar cell (OSC) community are related to the
role of bulk and interfacial morphology on key processes such as charge generation …

Unifying charge generation, recombination, and extraction in low‐offset non‐fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, J Vollbrecht, AJ Gillett, P Selter… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Even though significant breakthroughs with over 18% power conversion efficiencies (PCEs)
in polymer: non‐fullerene acceptor (NFA) bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs) …

Elucidating the optimal material combinations of organic photovoltaics for maximum industrial viability

H Tang, Z Liao, Q Chen, H Xu, J Huang, J Han, D Hu… - Joule, 2024 - cell.com
The choice of donor (D) and acceptor (A) materials in organic solar cells (OSCs) determines
the so-called golden triangle of organic photovoltaics (OPV), namely, cost, power conversion …

Recent advances of solid additives used in organic solar cells: toward efficient and stable solar cells

Q Liang, W Li, H Lu, Z Yu, X Zhang… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are considered to be the most
promising generation of green energy technology due to their outstanding device …

First example of vinylbenzene based small photovoltaic molecules: Towards the development of efficient D-π-A configured optoelectronic materials for bulk …

MY Mehboob, MU Khan, R Hussain, M Khalid… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2022 - Elsevier
Making contribution to the development of novel photovoltaic materials for solar cell
applications, we rationally developed six novel vinylbenzene based planar donor-π …

High open-circuit voltage roll-to-roll compatible processed organic photovoltaics

F Tintori, A Laventure, JDB Koenig… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Raising the open circuit voltage (Voc) of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices is one of the
key parameters to enhance performance and increase utility. We report an active layer …

Non-fullerene based photovoltaic materials for solar cell applications: DFT-based analysis and interpretation

T Hassan, I Sajid, MRSA Janjua, Z Shafiq… - Computational and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In solar cells, the development of small organic donor molecules (SODMs) remains a big
challenge. The four new small organic molecules (TTHL1 to TTHL4) have been tailored for …