From solution to thin film: molecular assembly of π-conjugated systems and impact on (opto) electronic properties

A Khasbaatar, Z Xu, JH Lee… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The assembly of conjugated organic molecules from solution to solid-state plays a critical
role in determining the thin film morphology and optoelectronic properties of solution …

Recent developments of polymer solar cells with photovoltaic performance over 17%

J Jin, Q Wang, K Ma, W Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the emergence of ADA'DA‐type (Y‐series) non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs), the power
conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of organic photovoltaic devices have been constantly …

Linker engineering of dimerized small molecule acceptors for highly efficient and stable organic solar cells

JW Lee, C Sun, C Lee, Z Tan, TNL Phan… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
High power conversion efficiency (PCE) and long-term stability are important requirements
for commercialization of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this study, we demonstrate efficient …

Regiospecific Incorporation of Acetylene Linker in High‐Electron Mobility Dimerized Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells with High Efficiency (18.8%) and Long 1‐Sun …

C Sun, JW Lee, Z Tan, TNL Phan, D Han… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The commercialization of organic solar cells (OSCs) requires both high power conversion
efficiency (PCE) and long‐term stability. However, the lifetime of the OSCs containing small …

Achieving 17.94% efficiency all-polymer solar cells by independently induced D/A orderly stacking

J Wang, C Han, S Wen, F Bi, Z Hu, Y Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
All-polymer solar cells (APSCs) with outstanding mechanical and thermal stability are
considered as having the most potential application in flexible power supply systems …

Over 18.8% Efficiency of Layer‐By‐Layer Organic Photovoltaics Enabled by Ameliorating Exciton Utilization in Acceptor Layer

H Tian, W Xu, Z Liu, Y Xie, W Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The layer‐by‐layer (LbL) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are constructed with wide‐bandgap
donor PM1 and narrow‐bandgap acceptor L8‐BO. The exciton utilization near cathode is …

Hexanary blends: a strategy towards thermally stable organic photovoltaics

SHK Paleti, S Hultmark, J Han, Y Wen, H Xu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-fullerene based organic solar cells display a high initial power conversion efficiency but
continue to suffer from poor thermal stability, especially in case of devices with thick active …

Approaching 18% efficiency of ternary layer-by-layer polymer solar cells with alloyed acceptors

H Zhou, L Zhang, X Ma, Y Xibei, Y Zheng, Z Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, ternary layer-by-layer (LbL) polymer solar cells (PSCs) were prepared with D18-
Cl/Y6 as host system and MAZ-2 as the second acceptor. The open circuit voltage (V OC) of …

Improving the stability of organic solar cells: from materials to devices

Y Li, KK Liu, FR Lin, AKY Jen - Solar RRL, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are a promising emerging photovoltaic technology for solar
energy conversion. Recently, the power conversion efficiencies of the OSCs have been …

A nonfullerene acceptor as a solid additive realizing a record efficiency of 17.74% in quasi-layered all-polymer solar cells

W Xu, M Zhang, Z Liu, H Tian, W Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Quasi-layered all-polymer solar cells (QLA-PSCs) were fabricated based on wide bandgap
polymer PM6 as a donor and narrow bandgap polymer PY-IT as an acceptor. A nonfullerene …