Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

J Yi, G Zhang, H Yu, H Yan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased substantially over the past 10
years, owing to the development of various high-performance organic electron–acceptor …

Recent progress of Y6‐derived asymmetric fused ring electron acceptors

Y Zhang, Y Ji, Y Zhang, W Zhang, H Bai… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Symmetric conjugated molecules can be broken through suitable synthetic strategies to
construct novel asymmetric molecules, which can largely broaden the material library. In the …

Isomerization strategy on a non-fullerene guest acceptor for stable organic solar cells with over 19% efficiency

Z Chen, J Zhu, D Yang, W Song, J Shi, J Ge… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The strategy of isomerization plays a simple and effective role in optimizing the molecular
configurations and improving the performance of binary organic solar cells (OSCs) …

Auxiliary sequential deposition enables 19%-efficiency organic solar cells processed from halogen-free solvents

S Luo, C Li, J Zhang, X Zou, H Zhao, K Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-efficiency organic solar cells are often achieved using toxic halogenated solvents and
additives that are constrained in organic solar cells industry. Therefore, it is important to …

High‐Performance Organic Solar Cells Containing Pyrido[2,3‐b]quinoxaline‐Core‐Based Small‐Molecule Acceptors with Optimized Orbit Overlap Lengths and …

T Xu, Z Luo, R Ma, Z Chen, TA Dela Peña… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The central core in A‐DA1D‐A‐type small‐molecule acceptor (SMAs) plays an important
role in determining the efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs), while the principles …

Double Asymmetric Core Optimizes Crystal Packing to Enable Selenophene‐based Acceptor with Over 18% Efficiency in Binary Organic Solar Cells

X Zhao, Q An, H Zhang, C Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Side‐chain tailoring is a promising method to optimize the performance of organic solar cells
(OSCs). However, asymmetric alkyl chain‐based small molecular acceptors (SMAs) are still …

Side-chain engineering of nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors for organic solar cells

Z Luo, T Xu, C Yang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thanks to their broad absorption spectra, easily modifiable molecular energy levels and
chemical structures, nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors (SMAs) have attracted …

Recent developments of polymer solar cells with photovoltaic performance over 17%

J Jin, Q Wang, K Ma, W Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the emergence of ADA'DA‐type (Y‐series) non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs), the power
conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic photovoltaic devices have been constantly …

Recent progress in low‐cost noncovalently fused‐ring electron acceptors for organic solar cells: Special Issue: Emerging Investigators

Q Bai, Q Liang, H Li, H Sun, X Guo, L Niu - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells (OSCs) have improved
considerably in recent years with the development of fused‐ring electron acceptors (FREAs) …

Regioisomer‐free difluoro‐monochloro terminal‐based hexa‐halogenated acceptor with optimized crystal packing for efficient binary organic solar cells

L Yan, H Zhang, Q An, M Jiang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we synthesized new hetero‐halogenated end groups with well‐determined
fluorinated and chlorinated substitutions (o‐FCl‐IC and FClF‐IC), and synthesized …