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 …

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 …

Enhancing performance of nonfullerene acceptors via side‐chain conjugation strategy

J Wang, W Wang, X Wang, Y Wu, Q Zhang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A side‐chain conjugation strategy in the design of nonfullerene electron acceptors is
proposed, with the design and synthesis of a side‐chain‐conjugated acceptor (ITIC2) based …

Controlling the Morphology and Performance of Bulk Heterojunctions in Solar Cells. Lessons Learned from the Benchmark Poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-Phenyl-C61 …

MT Dang, L Hirsch, G Wantz, JD Wuest - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Photovoltaic cells are an established and increasingly important technology for the
production of renewable energy. 1 Despite the expanding use of inorganic semiconductors …

Design principles and top non-fullerene acceptor candidates for organic photovoltaics

SA Lopez, B Sanchez-Lengeling, J de Goes Soares… - Joule, 2017 - cell.com
Non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) continue to improve upon the
shortcomings of many fullerene-based solar cells. We explored the chemical space of over …

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 …

Small-molecule, nonfullerene acceptors for polymer bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics

JE Anthony - Chemistry of Materials, 2011 - ACS Publications
In the field of polymer bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaics, fullerenes and fullerene
derivatives clearly play the dominant role as acceptor materials. Recently, a number of …

Organic non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

P Sonar, JPF Lim, KL Chan - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterojunction organic photovoltaics have been the subject of intensive academic interest
over the past two decades, and significant commercial efforts have been directed towards …

High‐efficiency all‐polymer solar cells based on a pair of crystalline low‐bandgap polymers

C Mu, P Liu, W Ma, K Jiang, J Zhao, K Zhang… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201402473 progress has been made by understanding and controlling
the degree of aggregation and the morphology of donor: acceptor blends,[26–29] but there …