Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive
materials development:(i) use of poly (3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors …

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are promising candidates for providing a low cost, widespread
energy source by converting sunlight into electricity. Solution-processable active layers have …

Increasing global demand for energy, along with dwindling fossil fuel resources and a better
understanding of the hidden costs associated with these energy sources, have spurred …

The study of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) has made great progress in the past decade,
mainly attributed to the invention of new active layer materials. Among various types of …

Organic solar cells (OSCs), based on organic semiconductor materials as photoactive
layers, have attracted broad interest as a promising next-generation photovoltaic …

An overview of some recent developments of the chemistry of molecular donor materials for
organic photovoltaics (OPV) is presented. Although molecular materials have been used for …

The field of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) or solar cells (OSCs) has
experienced a dramatic advance toward a competitive technology reflecting the introduction …

Organic photovoltaics have been considered as a future low-cost solar energy conversion
solution, and have attracted tremendous academic and industrial interests in recent years …

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 …

The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the
key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p …