Interface engineering for highly efficient organic solar cells

H Tang, Y Bai, H Zhao, X Qin, Z Hu, C Zhou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have made dramatic advancements during the past decades
owing to the innovative material design and device structure optimization, with power …

Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells

J Yao, B Qiu, ZG Zhang, L Xue, R Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In organic solar cells (OSCs), cathode interfacial materials are generally designed with
highly polar groups to increase the capability of lowering the work function of cathode …

18.9% Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on n‐Doped Bulk‐Heterojunction and Halogen‐Substituted Self‐Assembled Monolayers as Hole Extracting Interlayers

Y Lin, Y Zhang, J Zhang, M Marcinskas… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of halogen substitutions (F, Cl, Br, and I) on the energy levels of the self‐
assembled hole‐extracting molecule [2‐(9H‐Carbazol‐9‐yl) ethyl] phosphonic acid …

Progress in stability of organic solar cells

L Duan, A Uddin - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising emerging low‐cost thin film photovoltaics
technology. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of OSCs has overpassed 16% for single …

Emerging indoor photovoltaic technologies for sustainable internet of things

V Pecunia, LG Occhipinti… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) provides everyday objects and environments with
“intelligence” and data connectivity to improve quality of life and the efficiency of a wide …

Interlayers for non-fullerene based polymer solar cells: distinctive features and challenges

R Sorrentino, E Kozma, S Luzzati, R Po - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer solar cells based on fullerene acceptors have reached in recent years power
conversion efficiencies (PCEs) approaching 13%. The advent of non-fullerene acceptors …

Metal oxides for optoelectronic applications

X Yu, TJ Marks, A Facchetti - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Metal oxides (MOs) are the most abundant materials in the Earth's crust and are ingredients
in traditional ceramics. MO semiconductors are strikingly different from conventional …

Pros and cons of hole-selective self-assembled monolayers in inverted PSCs and TSCs: extensive case studies and data analysis

C Li, Y Chen, Z Zhang, C Liu, F Guo… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have garnered increased attention, achieving a
notable power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 26.1%, surpassing that of the nip …

Graphene and its derivatives for solar cells application

T Mahmoudi, Y Wang, YB Hahn - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Graphene has played the role of game-changer for conductive transparent devices indebted
to its unique two dimensional (2D) structures and gained an exceptional opportunity to be …