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 …

Incorporation of alkylthio side chains on benzothiadiazole-based non-fullerene acceptors enables high-performance organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

AMH Cheung, H Yu, S Luo, Z Wang, Z Qi… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Y6-type non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) with an acceptor–donor–acceptor′–donor–
acceptor (A–D–A′–D–A) structure have been very popular in the field of organic solar cells …

Unraveling the influence of non-fullerene acceptor molecular packing on photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells

L Ye, K Weng, J Xu, X Du, S Chandrabose… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In non-fullerene organic solar cells, the long-range structure ordering induced by end-group
π–π stacking of fused-ring non-fullerene acceptors is considered as the critical factor in …

Unveiling structure-performance relationships from multi-scales in non-fullerene organic photovoltaics

S Li, L Zhan, N Yao, X Xia, Z Chen, W Yang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Unveiling the correlations among molecular structures, morphological characteristics,
macroscopic properties and device performances is crucial for developing better …

Side-chain modification of non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells with efficiency over 18%

Z Li, C Jiang, X Chen, G Song, X Wan, B Kan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Three non-fullerene acceptors BTP-OC4, BTP-OC6 and BTP-OC8 with different 4-
alkyloxyphenyl side-chains were designed and synthesized through a new synthetic route …

Macrocyclic Encapsulation in a Non‐fused Tetrathiophene Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells with High Short‐Circuit Current Density

S Shen, Y Mi, Y Ouyang, Y Lin, J Deng… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐fullerene acceptors have shown great promise for organic solar cells (OSCs). However,
challenges in achieving high efficiency molecular system with conformational unicity and …

Tuning the electron-deficient core of a non-fullerene acceptor to achieve over 17% efficiency in a single-junction organic solar cell

C Zhu, J Yuan, F Cai, L Meng, H Zhang… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Finding effective molecular design strategies to enable efficient charge generation and small
energy loss is among the long-standing challenges in developing high performance non …

Recent Progress in the Design of Fused-Ring Non-Fullerene Acceptors─ Relations between Molecular Structure and Optical, Electronic, and Photovoltaic Properties

B Schweda, M Reinfelds, P Hofstadler… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organic solar cells are on the dawn of the next era. The change of focus toward non-
fullerene acceptors has introduced an enormous amount of organic n-type materials and …

Electronic Configuration Tuning of Centrally Extended Non‐Fullerene Acceptors Enabling Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 19%

T Duan, W Feng, Y Li, Z Li, Z Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the molecular optimizations of non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs), extending the central core
can tune the energy levels, reduce nonradiative energy loss, enhance the intramolecular …

More than conformational “twisting” or “coplanarity”: molecular strategies for designing high-efficiency nonfullerene organic solar cells

C Zhan, J Yao - Chemistry of Materials, 2016 - ACS Publications
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells are lower than that of
recently emerging perovskite solar cells. Can a PCE of> 12% be achieved with single …