The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors

J Wang, P Xue, Y Jiang, Y Huo, X Zhan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs) have a donor–acceptor–donor structure comprising
an electron-donating fused-ring core, electron-accepting end groups, π-bridges and side …

Fused-ring electron acceptors for photovoltaics and beyond

J Wang, X Zhan - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Emerging solar cells that convert clean and renewable solar energy to
electricity, such as organic solar cells (OSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), have …

16.67% rigid and 14.06% flexible organic solar cells enabled by ternary heterojunction strategy

T Yan, W Song, J Huang, R Peng, L Huang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary heterojunction strategies appear to be an efficient approach to improve the
efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) through harvesting more sunlight. Ternary OSCs are …

Ternary organic solar cells: A review of the role of the third element

NY Doumon, L Yang, F Rosei - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Incorporating a third element in the active layer of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices is a
promising strategy towards improving the efficiency and stability of this technology while …

Two compatible polymer donors contribute synergistically for ternary organic solar cells with 17.53% efficiency

Q An, J Wang, X Ma, J Gao, Z Hu, B Liu… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A ternary strategy has been demonstrated as a promising method to further boost the
performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Herein, an efficient polymer donor S3 was …

Fluorination effects on indacenodithienothiophene acceptor packing and electronic structure, end-group redistribution, and solar cell photovoltaic response

TJ Aldrich, M Matta, W Zhu, SM Swick… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Indacenodithienothiophene (IDTT)-based postfullerene electron acceptors, such as ITIC (2,
2′-[[6, 6, 12, 12-tetrakis (4-hexylphenyl)-6, 12-dihydrodithieno [2, 3-d: 2′, 3′-d′]-s …

Ternary organic solar cells with efficiency> 16.5% based on two compatible nonfullerene acceptors

J Song, C Li, L Zhu, J Guo, J Xu, X Zhang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A ternary structure has been demonstrated as being an effective strategy to realize high
power conversion efficiency (PCE) in organic solar cells (OSCs); however, general materials …

Ternary blended fullerene‐free polymer solar cells with 16.5% efficiency enabled with a higher‐LUMO‐level acceptor to improve film morphology

K Li, Y Wu, Y Tang, MA Pan, W Ma, H Fu… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary approaches to solar cell design utilizing a small bandgap nonfullerene acceptor as
the near infrared absorber to increase the short‐circuit current density always decreases the …

Narrowing the band gap: the key to high-performance organic photovoltaics

P Cheng, Y Yang - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have attracted considerable attention in the last
two decades to overcome the terawatt energy challenge and serious environmental …

Mechanism study on organic ternary photovoltaics with 18.3% certified efficiency: from molecule to device

Y Li, Y Guo, Z Chen, L Zhan, C He, Z Bi… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-component organic photovoltaics (OPVs), eg, ternary blends, are effective for high
performance, while the fundamental understanding from the molecular to device level is …