Interfacial materials for organic solar cells: recent advances and perspectives

Z Yin, J Wei, Q Zheng - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown great promise as low‐cost photovoltaic devices for
solar energy conversion over the past decade. Interfacial engineering provides a powerful …

The effects of side chains on the charge mobilities and functionalities of semiconducting conjugated polymers beyond solubilities

Y Yang, Z Liu, G Zhang, X Zhang… - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of semiconducting polymers in
terms of high charge mobilities and applications in transistors. Significant efforts have been …

Surface optimization to eliminate hysteresis for record efficiency planar perovskite solar cells

D Yang, X Zhou, R Yang, Z Yang, W Yu… - Energy & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The electron-transport layer (ETL) between the active perovskite material and the cathode
plays a critical role in planar perovskite solar cells. Herein, we report a drastically improved …

Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure

Z He, C Zhong, S Su, M Xu, H Wu, Y Cao - Nature photonics, 2012 - nature.com
Polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells (PSCs) are currently attracting a great deal
of attention and gaining increasing importance, having already shown great promise as …

Recent advances in solution-processed interfacial materials for efficient and stable polymer solar cells

HL Yip, AKY Jen - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This article provides an overview on the recent development of solution processed organic,
inorganic, and hybrid interfacial materials for bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells. The …

Versatile surface plasmon resonance of carbon-dot-supported silver nanoparticles in polymer optoelectronic devices

H Choi, SJ Ko, Y Choi, P Joo, T Kim, BR Lee… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The coupling of surface plasmons and excitons in organic materials can improve the
performance of organic optoelectronic devices. Here, we prepare carbon-dot-supported …

Inverted polymer solar cells with 8.4% efficiency by conjugated polyelectrolyte

T Yang, M Wang, C Duan, X Hu, L Huang… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells (PSCs) that can be fabricated by solution
processing techniques are under intense investigation in both academic institutions and …

Recent advances in water/alcohol-soluble π-conjugated materials: new materials and growing applications in solar cells

C Duan, K Zhang, C Zhong, F Huang… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Water/alcohol-soluble conjugated polymers (WSCPs) and small molecules (WSCSs) are
materials that can be processed from water or other polar solvents. They provide good …

Efficient solution‐processed small‐molecule solar cells with inverted structure

AKK Kyaw, DH Wang, V Gupta, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells based on phase-separated blends of organic donor
and fullerene derivative acceptor have developed rapidly during the past decade.[1–5] The …

High‐efficiency polymer solar cells enhanced by solvent treatment

H Zhou, Y Zhang, J Seifter, SD Collins… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer solar cells (PSC) using polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunctions (BHJ) have been
extensively studied due to their promising advantages including low-cost manufacturability …