Renewed prospects for organic photovoltaics

G Zhang, FR Lin, F Qi, T Heumüller, A Distler… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have progressed steadily through three stages of photoactive
materials development:(i) use of poly (3-hexylthiophene) and fullerene-based acceptors …

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 …

Recent advances in n-type and ambipolar organic semiconductors and their multi-functional applications

Y Zhang, Y Wang, C Gao, Z Ni, X Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic semiconductors have received broad attention and research interest due to their
unique integration of semiconducting properties with structural tunability, intrinsic flexibiltiy …

Lessons learned from spiro-OMeTAD and PTAA in perovskite solar cells

FM Rombach, SA Haque, TJ Macdonald - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic semiconductors have become essential parts of thin-film electronic devices,
particularly as hole transport layers (HTLs) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) where they …

Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18%

C He, Z Chen, T Wang, Z Shen, Y Li, J Zhou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Enhancing the luminescence property without sacrificing the charge collection is one key to
high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs), while limited by the severe non-radiative …

The 2D halide perovskite rulebook: how the spacer influences everything from the structure to optoelectronic device efficiency

X Li, JM Hoffman, MG Kanatzidis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskites have emerged as outstanding semiconducting
materials thanks to their superior stability and structural diversity. However, the ever-growing …

Polarons in materials

C Franchini, M Reticcioli, M Setvin… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Polarons are quasiparticles that easily form in polarizable materials due to the coupling of
excess electrons or holes with ionic vibrations. These quasiparticles manifest themselves in …

Molecular design of stretchable polymer semiconductors: current progress and future directions

Y Zheng, S Zhang, JBH Tok, Z Bao - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Stretchable polymer semiconductors have advanced rapidly in the past decade as materials
required to realize conformable and soft skin-like electronics become available. Through …

Stable perovskite solar cells with efficiency exceeding 24.8% and 0.3-V voltage loss

M Jeong, IW Choi, EM Go, Y Cho, M Kim, B Lee… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Further improvement and stabilization of perovskite solar cell (PSC) performance are
essential to achieve the commercial viability of next-generation photovoltaics. Considering …

Reducing Trap Density in Organic Solar Cells via Extending the Fused Ring Donor Unit of an A–D–A‐Type Nonfullerene Acceptor for Over 17% Efficiency

J Zhou, D He, Y Li, F Huang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The high trap density (generally 1016 to 1018 cm− 3) in thin films of organic semiconductors
is the primary reason for the inferior charge‐carrier mobility and large nonradiative …