Recent progress in low‐cost noncovalently fused‐ring electron acceptors for organic solar cells: Special Issue: Emerging Investigators

Q Bai, Q Liang, H Li, H Sun, X Guo, L Niu - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic solar cells (OSCs) have improved
considerably in recent years with the development of fused‐ring electron acceptors (FREAs) …

Nonfullerene acceptor molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

G Zhang, J Zhao, PCY Chow, K Jiang, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the
key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p …

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) …

Simple nonfused‐ring electron acceptors with noncovalently conformational locks for low‐cost and high‐performance organic solar cells enabled by end‐group …

C Li, X Zhang, N Yu, X Gu, L Qin, Y Wei… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid advance of fused‐ring electron acceptors (FREAs) has greatly promoted the leap‐
forward development of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, the synthetic complexity of …

Recent progress in all-small-molecule organic photovoltaics

C Xu, Z Zhao, K Yang, L Niu, X Ma, Z Zhou… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Solution-processed organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have the superiorities of light weight, low
cost, easy fabrication, high mechanical flexibility and good semitransparency, enabling great …

Organic solar cell materials toward commercialization

R Xue, J Zhang, Y Li, Y Li - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk‐heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs) have received considerable attention with
significant progress recently and offer a promising outlook for portable energy resources and …

[HTML][HTML] Simplified synthetic routes for low cost and high photovoltaic performance n-type organic semiconductor acceptors

X Li, F Pan, C Sun, M Zhang, Z Wang, J Du… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The application of polymer solar cells (PSCs) with n-type organic semiconductor as acceptor
requires further improving powder conversion efficiency, increasing stability and decreasing …

Molecular engineering strategies for fabricating efficient porphyrin-based dye-sensitized solar cells

K Zeng, Z Tong, L Ma, WH Zhu, W Wu… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as a cost effective and eco-friendly photovoltaic
technology for utilizing solar energy, are promising in meeting the increasing demand of …

Design principles and synergistic effects of chlorination on a conjugated backbone for efficient organic photovoltaics: a critical review

GP Kini, SJ Jeon, DK Moon - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The pursuit of low‐cost, flexible, and lightweight renewable power resources has led to
outstanding advancements in organic solar cells (OSCs). Among the successful design …

Low-cost materials for organic solar cells

F Zhao, J Zhou, D He, C Wang, Y Lin - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solution processible organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted much attention as one of the
most promising candidates for sustainable energy techniques over the past two decades. So …