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 …

Binary organic solar cells with 19.2% efficiency enabled by solid additive

J Wang, Y Wang, P Bi, Z Chen, J Qiao, J Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology optimization is critical for achieving high efficiency and stable bulk‐
heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, the use of 3, 5 …

[HTML][HTML] Suppressing electron-phonon coupling in organic photovoltaics for high-efficiency power conversion

Y Jiang, Y Li, F Liu, W Wang, W Su, W Liu, S Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The nonradiative energy loss (∆ E nr) is a critical factor to limit the efficiency of organic solar
cells. Generally, strong electron-phonon coupling induced by molecular motion generates …

Tandem organic solar cells with 20.6% efficiency enabled by reduced voltage losses

J Wang, Z Zheng, P Bi, Z Chen, Y Wang… - National Science …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Large voltage losses are the main obstacle for achieving high efficiency in organic solar
cells (OSCs). Here we construct ternary OSCs by introducing an asymmetric small molecule …

High-efficiency ternary organic solar cells with a good figure-of-merit enabled by two low-cost donor polymers

R Ma, C Yan, J Yu, T Liu, H Liu, Y Li, J Chen… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we combine two donor polymers with a relatively short synthesis method and fabricate
ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) with a high efficiency and a decent figure-of-merit. A …

19.28% Efficiency and Stable Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by Introducing an NIR‐Absorbing Guest Acceptor

Q Fan, R Ma, Z Bi, X Liao, B Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Here, a near‐infrared (NIR)‐absorbing small‐molecule acceptor (SMA) Y‐SeNF with strong
intermolecular interaction and crystallinity is developed by combining selenophene‐fused …

In situ removable additive assisted organic solar cells achieving efficiency over 19% and fill factor exceeding 81%

L Kong, Z Zhang, N Zhao, Z Cai, J Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Additive engineering can precisely regulate the bulk‐heterojunction active layer morphology
with ideal domain size and purity, playing a critical role in development of organic solar cells …

[HTML][HTML] Near-infrared absorbing acceptor with suppressed triplet exciton generation enabling high performance tandem organic solar cells

Z Jia, Q Ma, Z Chen, L Meng, N Jain… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reducing the energy loss of sub-cells is critical for high performance tandem organic solar
cells, while it is limited by the severe non-radiative voltage loss via the formation of non …

Hot‐Casting Strategy Empowers High‐Boiling Solvent‐Processed Organic Solar Cells with Over 18.5% Efficiency

C Yang, M Jiang, S Wang, B Zhang, P Mao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most top‐rank organic solar cells (OSCs) are manufactured by the halogenated solvent
chloroform, which possesses a narrow processing window due to its low‐boiling point …

In situ and ex situ investigations on ternary strategy and co-solvent effects towards high-efficiency organic solar cells

R Ma, C Yan, PWK Fong, J Yu, H Liu, J Yin… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The morphology of organic solar cells (OSCs) is a core topic for achieving the ultimate
photovoltaic performance. Herein, we focused on the combination of two important …