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) …

Perylene-diimide derived organic photovoltaic materials

M Zhang, Y Bai, C Sun, L Xue, H Wang… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
In organic solar cells (OSCs), the material design on photovoltaic layers and interlayers has
significantly contributed to the rapid progress of the device performance. Perylene-diimides …

[PDF][PDF] Fine-tuning energy levels via asymmetric end groups enables polymer solar cells with efficiencies over 17%

Z Luo, R Ma, T Liu, J Yu, Y Xiao, R Sun, G Xie, J Yuan… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Generally, it is important to fine-tune the energy levels of donor and acceptor materials in the
field of polymer solar cell (PSCs) to achieve a minimal highest occupied molecular orbital …

Asymmetric acceptors with fluorine and chlorine substitution for organic solar cells toward 16.83% efficiency

T Liu, Y Zhang, Y Shao, R Ma, Z Luo… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Small‐molecule acceptors (SMAs)‐based organic solar cells (OSCs) have
exhibited great potential for achieving high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) …

Concurrent improvement in J sc and V oc in high-efficiency ternary organic solar cells enabled by a red-absorbing small-molecule acceptor with a high LUMO level

T Liu, R Ma, Z Luo, Y Guo, G Zhang, Y Xiao… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) have demonstrated great potential in promoting the
power conversion efficiency (PCE) of single-junction OSCs. Generally, the introduction of a …

A nonfullerene acceptor with a 1000 nm absorption edge enables ternary organic solar cells with improved optical and morphological properties and efficiencies over …

T Liu, Z Luo, Y Chen, T Yang, Y Xiao… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Ternary organic solar cells (OSCs) have shown tremendous potential in improving the
photovoltaic performance of single-junction OSCs. Here, a series of ternary OSCs are …

Altering alkyl-chains branching positions for boosting the performance of small-molecule acceptors for highly efficient nonfullerene organic solar cells

Z Luo, R Sun, C Zhong, T Liu, G Zhang, Y Zou… - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
The emergence of the latest generation of small-molecule acceptor (SMA) materials, with Y6
as a typical example, accounts for the surge in device performance for organic solar cells …

Low-cost organic photovoltaic materials with great application potentials enabled by developing isomerized non-fused ring acceptors

Y Shao, R Sun, W Wang, X Yang, C Sun, Y Li… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Benefitting from low cost and simple synthesis, simple structured non-fused ring acceptors
(NFRAs) and polymer donors are crucial for the application of organic solar cells (OSCs) …

P3HT‐based polymer solar cells with 8.25% efficiency enabled by a matched molecular acceptor and smart green‐solvent processing technology

X Xu, G Zhang, L Yu, R Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A novel molecular acceptor of TrBTIC (2, 7, 12‐tris ((2‐(3‐oxo‐2, 3‐dihydroinden‐1‐ylidene)
malononitrile‐7‐benzothiadiazole‐2‐) truxene) is designed by attaching the 2‐(3‐oxo‐2, 3 …

Perylene diimide based non-fullerene acceptors: top performers and an emerging class featuring N-annulation

V Sharma, JDB Koenig, GC Welch - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The perylene diimide (PDI) chromophore is a classic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that
has been widely used in the field of organic electronics. A combination of strong visible light …