Renewed prospects for organic photovoltaics

G Zhang, FR Lin, F Qi, T Heumüller, A Distler… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive
materials development:(i) use of poly (3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors …

From solution to thin film: molecular assembly of π-conjugated systems and impact on (opto) electronic properties

A Khasbaatar, Z Xu, JH Lee… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The assembly of conjugated organic molecules from solution to solid-state plays a critical
role in determining the thin film morphology and optoelectronic properties of solution …

Single-junction organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a refined double-fibril network morphology

L Zhu, M Zhang, J Xu, C Li, J Yan, G Zhou, W Zhong… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
In organic photovoltaics, morphological control of donor and acceptor domains on the
nanoscale is the key for enabling efficient exciton diffusion and dissociation, carrier transport …

Organic solar cells using oligomer acceptors for improved stability and efficiency

Y Liang, D Zhang, Z Wu, T Jia, L Lüer, H Tang, L Hong… - Nature energy, 2022 - nature.com
The power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells (OSCs) have reached over 19%.
However, the combination of high efficiency and long-term stability is still a major …

Organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency enabled by a 2D‐conjugated non‐fullerene acceptor featuring favorable electronic and aggregation structures

K Liu, Y Jiang, F Liu, G Ran, F Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The π‐expansion of non‐fullerene acceptors is a promising method for boosting the organic
photovoltaic performance by allowing the fine‐tuning of electronic structures and molecular …

Enhancing photon utilization efficiency for high‐performance organic photovoltaic cells via regulating phase‐transition kinetics

P Bi, J Wang, Y Cui, J Zhang, T Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient photon utilization is key to achieving high‐performance organic photovoltaic (OPV)
cells. In this study, a multiscale fibril network morphology in a PBQx‐TCl: PBDB‐TF: eC9 …

Suppressing electron-phonon coupling in organic photovoltaics for high-efficiency power conversion

Y Jiang, Y Li, F Liu, W Wang, W Su, W Liu, S Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The nonradiative energy loss (∆ E nr) is a critical factor to limit the efficiency of organic solar
cells. Generally, strong electron-phonon coupling induced by molecular motion generates …

Solid additive-assisted layer-by-layer processing for 19% efficiency binary organic solar cells

G Ding, T Chen, M Wang, X Xia, C He, X Zheng, Y Li… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Morphology is of great significance to the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs), since
appropriate morphology could not only promote the exciton dissociation, but also reduce the …

Unveiling the Morphological and Physical Mechanism of Burn‐in Loss Alleviation by Ternary Matrix Toward Stable and Efficient All‐Polymer Solar Cells

R Ma, Q Fan, TA Dela Peña, B Wu, H Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
All‐polymer solar cells (All‐PSCs) are considered the most promising candidate in
achieving both efficient and stable organic photovoltaic devices, yet the field has rarely …

Revealing the underlying solvent effect on film morphology in high-efficiency organic solar cells through combined ex situ and in situ observations

R Ma, X Jiang, J Fu, T Zhu, C Yan, K Wu… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The morphological features and the film formation processes in high-performance donor–
acceptor binary photovoltaic blends cast from three representative solvents are carefully …