Models and mechanisms of ternary organic solar cells

M Günther, N Kazerouni, D Blätte, JD Perea… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In ternary organic solar cells (TOSCs), three different components are mixed to form the
photoactive layer, opening up opportunities to boost the power conversion efficiency—for …

Progress and prospects of the morphology of non-fullerene acceptor based high-efficiency organic solar cells

L Zhu, M Zhang, W Zhong, S Leng, G Zhou… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
With the development of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), the power conversion efficiency
(PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) has been continuously improved and has exceeded …

Single‐junction organic solar cells with 19.17% efficiency enabled by introducing one asymmetric guest acceptor

R Sun, Y Wu, X Yang, Y Gao, Z Chen, K Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ternary strategy has been widely identified as an effective approach to obtain high‐
efficiency organic solar cells (OSCs). However, for most ternary OSCs, the nonradiative …

Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells with indium oxide interconnect

KO Brinkmann, T Becker, F Zimmermann, C Kreusel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Multijunction solar cells can overcome the fundamental efficiency limits of single-junction
devices. The bandgap tunability of metal halide perovskite solar cells renders them attractive …

Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells

C Li, J Zhou, J Song, J Xu, H Zhang, X Zhang, J Guo… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Molecular design of non-fullerene acceptors is of vital importance for high-efficiency organic
solar cells. The branched alkyl chain modification is often regarded as a counter-intuitive …

Benzotriazole‐based 3D four‐arm small molecules enable 19.1% efficiency for PM6: Y6‐based ternary organic solar cells

X Li, A Tang, H Wang, Z Wang, M Du… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A third component featuring a planar backbone structure similar to the binary host molecule
has been the preferred ingredient for improving the photovoltaic performance of ternary …

[HTML][HTML] Single-layered organic photovoltaics with double cascading charge transport pathways: 18% efficiencies

M Zhang, L Zhu, G Zhou, T Hao, C Qiu, Z Zhao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The chemical structure of donors and acceptors limit the power conversion efficiencies
achievable with active layers of binary donor-acceptor mixtures. Here, using quaternary …

[HTML][HTML] Origins of the open-circuit voltage in ternary organic solar cells and design rules for minimized voltage losses

Y Wang, J Yu, R Zhang, J Yuan, S Hultmark… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
The power conversion efficiency of ternary organic solar cells (TOSCs), consisting of one
host binary blend and one guest component, remains limited by large voltage losses. The …

Over 17% efficiency ternary organic solar cells enabled by two non-fullerene acceptors working in an alloy-like model

L Zhan, S Li, TK Lau, Y Cui, X Lu, M Shi… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, organic solar cells (OSCs) with Y6 and its derivatives as electron acceptors
provide the highest efficiencies among the studied binary OSCs. To further improve the …

New phase for organic solar cell research: emergence of Y-series electron acceptors and their perspectives

S Li, CZ Li, M Shi, H Chen - ACS Energy Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
With the recent emergence of a new class of high-performance nonfullerene acceptors
(NFAs), organic solar cells (OSCs) have entered a new phase of research featuring high …