Morphology control in organic solar cells

F Zhao, C Wang, X Zhan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) can directly convert the sunlight into electrical energy and
present some advantages, such as low cost, light weight, flexibility, semitransparency, and …

Understanding, quantifying, and controlling the molecular ordering of semiconducting polymers: from novices to experts and amorphous to perfect crystals

Z Peng, L Ye, H Ade - Materials Horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular packing and texture of semiconducting polymers are often critical to the
performance of devices using these materials. Although frameworks exist to quantify the …

Fused nonacyclic electron acceptors for efficient polymer solar cells

S Dai, F Zhao, Q Zhang, TK Lau, T Li… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We design and synthesize four fused-ring electron acceptors based on 6, 6, 12, 12-tetrakis
(4-hexylphenyl)-indacenobis (dithieno [3, 2-b; 2′, 3′-d] thiophene) as the electron-rich unit …

A facile planar fused-ring electron acceptor for as-cast polymer solar cells with 8.71% efficiency

Y Lin, Q He, F Zhao, L Huo, J Mai, X Lu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A planar fused-ring electron acceptor (IC-C6IDT-IC) based on indacenodithiophene is
designed and synthesized. IC-C6IDT-IC shows strong absorption in 500–800 nm with …

Ternary blend polymer solar cells with enhanced power conversion efficiency

L Lu, T Xu, W Chen, ES Landry, L Yu - Nature Photonics, 2014 - nature.com
The use ternary organic components is currently being pursued to enhance the power
conversion efficiency of bulk heterojunction solar cells by expanding the spectral range of …

[HTML][HTML] High-performance ternary blend polymer solar cells involving both energy transfer and hole relay processes

L Lu, W Chen, T Xu, L Yu - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
The integration of multiple materials with complementary absorptions into a single junction
device is regarded as an efficient way to enhance the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of …

Highly efficient organic solar cells based on S, N-heteroacene non-fullerene acceptors

C Huang, X Liao, K Gao, L Zuo, F Lin, X Shi… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two novel non-fullerene acceptors, SN6IC and SN6IC-4F, based on an S, N-heteroacene
backbone were designed and synthesized. The cyclopentadiene fragments of commonly …

Post‐treatment‐Free Solution‐Processed Non‐stoichiometric NiOx Nanoparticles for Efficient Hole‐Transport Layers of Organic Optoelectronic Devices

F Jiang, WCH Choy, X Li, D Zhang… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the early stage, Marks and co-workers [13] reported a striking performance improvement
of OSCs by replacing PEDOT: PSS with NiO x film using a pulsed-laser deposition …

On the glass transition of polymer semiconductors and its impact on polymer solar cell stability

C Müller - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
The glass transition temperature is a critical processing parameter that governs the kinetics
of molecular organization of polymer semiconductors during solidification. Yet, little attention …

Understanding morphology compatibility for high-performance ternary organic solar cells

J Mai, TK Lau, J Li, SH Peng, CS Hsu… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Ternary organic solar cells are emerging as a promising strategy to enhance device power
conversion efficiency by broadening the range of light absorption via the incorporation of …