Non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics: an emerging horizon

Y Lin, X Zhan - Materials Horizons, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Although fullerenes and their derivatives, such as PCBM, have been the dominant electron-
acceptor materials in organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs), they suffer from some …

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

Y Lin, Y Li, X Zhan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) are a promising cost-effective alternative to silicon-based
solar cells, and possess light-weight, low-cost, and flexibility advantages. Significant …

A high dielectric constant non-fullerene acceptor for efficient bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

X Liu, B Xie, C Duan, Z Wang, B Fan… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The majority of organic semiconductors have a low relative dielectric constant (εr< 6), which
is an important limitation for organic solar cells (OSCs). A high dielectric constant would …

Molecular design and ordering effects in π-functional materials for transistor and solar cell applications

PM Beaujuge, JMJ Fréchet - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Organic electronics are broadly anticipated to impact the development of flexible thin-film
device technologies. Among these, solution-processable π-conjugated polymers and small …

Efficient organic solar cells with helical perylene diimide electron acceptors

Y Zhong, MT Trinh, R Chen, W Wang… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report an efficiency of 6.1% for a solution-processed non-fullerene solar cell using a
helical perylene diimide (PDI) dimer as the electron acceptor. Femtosecond transient …

Perylene diimides based materials for organic solar cells

E Kozma, M Catellani - Dyes and Pigments, 2013 - Elsevier
Perylene-3, 4, 9, 10-tetracarboxylic acid diimides (PDIs) and their derivatives represent one
of the most promising class of electron accepting materials, due to their outstanding …

Achievement of High Voc of 1.02 V for P3HT‐Based Organic Solar Cell Using a Benzotriazole‐Containing Non‐Fullerene Acceptor

B Xiao, A Tang, J Zhang, A Mahmood… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/aenm. 201602269 are mainly due to the higher LUMO of–3.74 eV (ICBA) and–
3.72 eV (IC70BM) compared with that of PC61BM (–3.91 eV). However, further improvement …

Recent advances of non-fullerene, small molecular acceptors for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells

FE Ala'a, JP Sun, IG Hill, GC Welch - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic, planar, and electron deficient small molecules were utilized as acceptors in the first
reported bilayer heterojunction solar cells, however, current state-of-the-art organic …

Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells with 8.5% Efficiency Enabled by a New Highly Twisted Electron Acceptor Dimer.

YJ Hwang, H Li, BA Courtright… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2015 - europepmc.org
Fullerene-free and processing additive-free 8.5% efficient polymer solar cells are achieved
by using a new 3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene-linked arylene diimide dimer with a 76 twist …

Incorporation of furan into low band-gap polymers for efficient solar cells

CH Woo, PM Beaujuge, TW Holcombe… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The design, synthesis, and characterization of the first examples of furan-containing low
band-gap polymers, PDPP2FT and PDPP3F, with substantial power conversion efficiencies …