From fullerene acceptors to non-fullerene acceptors: prospects and challenges in the stability of organic solar cells

EM Speller, AJ Clarke, J Luke, HKH Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent emergence of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors has reinvigorated the field
of organic solar cells, already resulting in significant breakthroughs in their power …

Role of interface properties in organic solar cells: from substrate engineering to bulk-heterojunction interfacial morphology

H Zhang, Y Li, X Zhang, Y Zhang… - Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) depends on a fine, carefully optimized bulk-
heterojunction (BHJ) microstructure. The understanding and manipulation of BHJ …

Quantitative relations between interaction parameter, miscibility and function in organic solar cells

L Ye, H Hu, M Ghasemi, T Wang, BA Collins, JH Kim… - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Although it is known that molecular interactions govern morphology formation and purity of
mixed domains of conjugated polymer donors and small-molecule acceptors, and thus …

Delineation of thermodynamic and kinetic factors that control stability in non-fullerene organic solar cells

M Ghasemi, H Hu, Z Peng, JJ Rech, I Angunawela… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Although non-fullerene small molecular acceptors (NF-SMAs) are dominating current
research in organic solar cells (OSCs), measurements of thermodynamics drivers and …

Comparative study of thermal stability, morphology, and performance of all-polymer, fullerene–polymer, and ternary blend solar cells based on the same polymer …

T Kim, J Choi, HJ Kim, W Lee, BJ Kim - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
We compared the thermal and morphological stability of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs)
and fullerene-based PSCs (fullerene-PSCs) having the same polymer donor (PBDTTTPD) …

γ-ester-functionalized 1, 1-dicyanomethylene-3-indanone end-capped nonfullerene acceptors for high-performance, annealing-free organic solar cells

S Lee, G Park, M Jeong, B Lee, S Jeong… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Modifying the end-capping groups in nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) is an effective strategy
for modulating their properties and that of the entire NFAs. This study reports the synthesis of …

Revealing the photo-degradation mechanism of PM6: Y6 based high-efficiency organic solar cells

Y Zhao, Z Wu, X Liu, Z Zhong, R Zhu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As organic solar cells (OSCs) work under illumination, the light-induced degradation issue is
an inevitable barrier to the commercialization of OSCs. Herein, the photo-degradation …

High-Purity Fe3S4 Greigite Microcrystals for Magnetic and Electrochemical Performance

G Li, B Zhang, F Yu, AA Novakova… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
High-purity Fe3S4 (greigite) microcrystals with octahedral shape were synthesized via a
simple hydrothermal method using a surfactant. The as-prepared samples have the inverse …

Enhanced ultraviolet stability of air-processed polymer solar cells by Al doping of the ZnO interlayer

M Prosa, M Tessarolo, M Bolognesi… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Photostability of organic photovoltaic devices represents a key requirement for the
commercialization of this technology. In this field, ZnO is one of the most attractive materials …

Long-term efficient organic photovoltaics based on quaternary bulk heterojunctions

M Nam, M Cha, HH Lee, K Hur, KT Lee, J Yoo… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
A major impediment to the commercialization of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) is attaining
long-term morphological stability of the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) layer. To secure the …