Fused ring A–DA′ D–A (Y-series) non-fullerene acceptors: recent developments and design strategies for organic photovoltaics

P Murugan, T Hu, X Hu, Y Chen - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we aim to explore the structure–property relationships of a library of Y-series
non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), their current advances, and present systematic (chemical …

A rare case of brominated small molecule acceptors for high-efficiency organic solar cells

H Liang, X Bi, H Chen, T He, Y Lin, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Given that bromine possesses similar properties but extra merits of easily synthesizing and
polarizing comparing to homomorphic fluorine and chlorine, it is quite surprising very rare …

Peripheral halogenation engineering controls molecular stacking to enable highly efficient organic solar cells

Y Zou, H Chen, X Bi, X Xu, H Wang, M Lin… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The diverse molecular stacking tuned by peripheral halogens in non-fullerene acceptors
(NFAs) significantly affects the molecular physicochemical properties, the film morphologies …

Molecular packing and dielectric property optimization through peripheral halogen swapping enables binary organic solar cells with an efficiency of 18.77%

H Liang, H Chen, P Wang, Y Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peripheral halogen regulations can endow non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs) with enhanced
features as organic semi‐conductors and further boost efficient organic solar cells (OSCs) …

Recent advances in nonfullerene acceptor‐based layer‐by‐layer organic solar cells using a solution process

MH Jee, HS Ryu, D Lee, W Lee, HY Woo - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, sequential layer‐by‐layer (LbL) organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted
significant attention owing to their favorable p–i–n vertical phase separation, efficient charge …

Identifying the signatures of intermolecular interactions in blends of PM6 with Y6 and N4 using absorption spectroscopy

D Kroh, F Eller, K Schötz, S Wedler… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In organic solar cells, the resulting device efficiency depends strongly on the local
morphology and intermolecular interactions of the blend film. Optical spectroscopy was used …

Understanding the role of order in Y‐series non‐fullerene solar cells to realize high open‐circuit voltages

L Perdigón‐Toro, LQ Phuong, F Eller… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs) as used in state‐of‐the‐art organic solar cells feature highly
crystalline layers that go along with low energetic disorder. Here, the crucial role of energetic …

Assessing intra-and inter-molecular charge transfer excitations in non-fullerene acceptors using electroabsorption spectroscopy

S Mahadevan, T Liu, SM Pratik, Y Li, HY Ho… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Organic photovoltaic cells using Y6 non-fullerene acceptors have recently achieved high
efficiency, and it was suggested to be attributed to the charge-transfer (CT) nature of the …

Optimizing the crystallization behavior and film morphology of donor–acceptor conjugated semiconducting polymers by side-chain–solvent interaction in nonpolar …

H Li, H Yang, L Zhang, S Wang, Y Chen… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The solution state of a conjugated polymer plays a critical role in the film morphology and
charge carrier mobility of the solution process organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) …

Carrier generation engineering toward 18% efficiency organic solar cells by controlling film microstructure

Y Su, L Zhang, Z Ding, Y Zhang, Y Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The single bulk‐heterojunction active layer based on non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs) has
dominated the power conversional efficiencies above 18% in state‐of‐the‐art organic solar …