Dynamics of excitons in conjugated molecules and organic semiconductor systems

OP Dimitriev - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The exciton, an excited electron–hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in
photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as …

The path to 20% power conversion efficiencies in nonfullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, AJ Gillett, RH Friend… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of single‐junction organic solar cells (OSC) have
now reached over 18%. This rapid recent progress can be attributed to the development of …

Layer‐by‐layer processed ternary organic photovoltaics with efficiency over 18%

L Zhan, S Li, X Xia, Y Li, X Lu, L Zuo, M Shi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Obtaining a finely tuned morphology of the active layer to facilitate both charge generation
and charge extraction has long been the goal in the field of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) …

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 …

Nonfullerene acceptor molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

G Zhang, J Zhao, PCY Chow, K Jiang, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
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 …

Over 14% efficiency in organic solar cells enabled by chlorinated nonfullerene small‐molecule acceptors

H Zhang, H Yao, J Hou, J Zhu, J Zhang, W Li… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To make organic solar cells (OSCs) more competitive in the diverse photovoltaic cell
technologies, it is very important to demonstrate that OSCs can achieve very good …

A wide band gap polymer with a deep highest occupied molecular orbital level enables 14.2% efficiency in polymer solar cells

S Li, L Ye, W Zhao, H Yan, B Yang, D Liu… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
To simultaneously achieve low photon energy loss (E loss) and broad spectral response, the
molecular design of the wide band gap (WBG) donor polymer with a deep HOMO level is of …

Asymmetric electron acceptors for high‐efficiency and low‐energy‐loss organic photovoltaics

S Li, L Zhan, Y Jin, G Zhou, TK Lau, R Qin… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Low energy loss and efficient charge separation under small driving forces are the
prerequisites for realizing high power conversion efficiency (PCE) in organic photovoltaics …

Simple non-fused electron acceptors for efficient and stable organic solar cells

ZP Yu, ZX Liu, FX Chen, R Qin, TK Lau, JL Yin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The flexibility in structural design of organic semiconductors endows organic solar cells
(OSCs) not only great function-tunabilities, but also high potential toward practical …