Non-fused ring electron acceptors for high-performance and low-cost organic solar cells: Structure-function, stability and synthesis complexity analysis

D Luo, CJ Brabec, AKK Kyaw - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the development of non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) has led to rapid
advances in organic solar cells (OSCs), resulting in power conversion efficiency (PCE) …

Critical review of the molecular design progress in non-fullerene electron acceptors towards commercially viable organic solar cells

A Wadsworth, M Moser, A Marks, MS Little… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerenes have formed an integral part of high performance organic solar cells over the last
20 years, however their inherent limitations in terms of synthetic flexibility, cost and stability …

Polythiophenes for organic solar cells with efficiency surpassing 17%

X Yuan, Y Zhao, D Xie, L Pan, X Liu, C Duan, F Huang… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Polythiophenes (PTs) are promising electron donors for organic solar cells (OSCs) due to
their low production cost. However, the device performance of PTs in OSCs is rather poor …

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based conjugated materials for non-fullerene organic solar cells

C Zhao, Y Guo, Y Zhang, N Yan, S You… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-fullerene organic solar cells (NFOSCs) have attracted much attention in recent years
since non-fullerene conjugated materials show many advantages, such as structural …

Impact of end groups on the performance of non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cell applications

SP Singh - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-fullerene organic solar cells employing small molecule acceptors have recently crossed
the PCE of 17% through the design and synthesis of efficient acceptor materials. One of the …

Regulating the packing of non-fullerene acceptors via multiple noncovalent interactions for enhancing the performance of organic solar cells

S Feng, M Li, N Tang, X Wang, H Huang… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Three noncovalently fused-ring electron acceptors (FOC6-IC, FOC6-FIC, and FOC2C6-2FIC)
are synthesized. Single crystals of FOC6-IC and FOC2C6-2FIC are prepared, and structure …

Progress in Poly (3‐Hexylthiophene) Organic Solar Cells and the Influence of Its Molecular Weight on Device Performance

A Wadsworth, Z Hamid, M Bidwell… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (3‐hexylthiophene)(P3HT) was an early frontrunner in the development of
donor polymers to be used in organic photovoltaics. A relatively straightforward and …

Design of organic small molecules for photovoltaic application with high open-circuit voltage (V oc)

X He, L Yin, Y Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Open-circuit voltage (Voc), as a key parameter, plays an important role in determining power
conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs). With the rapid development in …

Side chain engineering of quinoxaline-based small molecular nonfullerene acceptors for high-performance poly (3-hexylthiophene)-based organic solar cells

B Xiao, Q Zhang, G Li, M Du, Y Geng, X Sun… - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) is one of the most used semiconducting polymers
for organic photovoltaics because it has potential for commercialization due to its easy …

The evolution of small molecular acceptors for organic solar cells: Advances, challenges and prospects

X Liang, J Wang, R Miao, Q Zhao, L Huang, S Wen… - Dyes and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted lots of research attention and significant
developments have been achieved in the last decade. Small molecular acceptors (SMAs) …