What we have learnt from PM6: Y6

S Shoaee, HM Luong, J Song, Y Zou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past three years, remarkable advancements in organic solar cells (OSCs) have
emerged, propelled by the introduction of Y6—an innovative A‐DA'D‐A type small molecule …

Recent progress of all-polymer solar cells–From chemical structure and device physics to photovoltaic performance

H Yin, C Yan, H Hu, JKW Ho, X Zhan, G Li… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Single junction organic solar cells (OSCs) have now achieved power conversion efficiencies
(PCEs) exceeding 17%. Most of these high performance OSCs contain fullerene acceptors …

Barrierless free charge generation in the high‐performance PM6: Y6 bulk heterojunction non‐fullerene solar cell

L Perdigón‐Toro, H Zhang, A Markina… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells are currently experiencing a second golden age thanks to the
development of novel non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs). Surprisingly, some of these blends …

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 …

General rule for the energy of water-induced traps in organic semiconductors

G Zuo, M Linares, T Upreti, M Kemerink - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
Charge carrier traps are generally highly detrimental for the performance of semiconductor
devices. Unlike the situation for inorganic semiconductors, detailed knowledge about the …

Modulating the molecular orientation of linear benzodifuran-based isomeric polymers by exchanging the positions of chlorine and fluorine atoms

T Dai, X Li, P Lei, A Tang, Y Geng, Q Zeng, E Zhou - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The molecular orientation and intermolecular interaction of photovoltaic polymers play a
crucial role in determining the blend film morphology, improving the exciton dissociation and …

Managing challenges in organic photovoltaics: properties and roles of donor/acceptor interfaces

Y Liu, Y Wu, Y Geng, E Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have demonstrated increasing potential for use in large‐area,
flexible, and light‐weight applications. To date, the rapid development of nonfullerene …

BODIPY‐based semiconducting materials for organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaics and thin‐film transistors

D Ho, R Ozdemir, H Kim, T Earmme, H Usta… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid emergence of organic (opto) electronics as a promising alternative to conventional
(opto) electronics has been achieved through the design and development of novel π …

Charge generation dynamics in organic photovoltaic blends under one-sun-equivalent illumination detected by highly sensitive terahertz spectroscopy

J Li, Q Ji, R Wang, ZG Zhang, X Wang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices attain high performance with nonfullerene acceptors by
utilizing the synergistic dual channels of charge generation that originate from excitations in …

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy uncovers mechanisms of light energy conversion in photosynthesis and sustainable energy materials

D Zigmantas, T Polívka, P Persson… - Chemical Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The invention of the laser in 1960 gave us the ruby laser, which generally produced chaotic
pulses of light. Six years later, in 1966, a concept called passive mode-locking applied to …