Advantages, challenges and molecular design of different material types used in organic solar cells

J Yi, G Zhang, H Yu, H Yan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
The performance of organic solar cells (OSCs) has increased substantially over the past 10
years, owing to the development of various high-performance organic electron–acceptor …

Recent Progress in All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells

H Gao, Y Sun, L Meng, C Han, X Wan, Y Chen - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Active layer material plays a critical role in promoting the performance of an organic solar
cell (OSC). Small‐molecule (SM) materials have the merits of well‐defined chemical …

Over 17% efficiency all-small-molecule organic solar cells based on an organic molecular donor employing a 2D side chain symmetry breaking strategy

Z Li, X Wang, N Zheng, A Saparbaev… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The symmetry breaking strategy has been broadly applied in the design of organic
photovoltaic materials; however, a comprehensive understanding of the effects of two …

Small-molecular donor guest achieves rigid 18.5% and flexible 15.9% efficiency organic photovoltaic via fine-tuning microstructure morphology

Z Chen, W Song, K Yu, J Ge, J Zhang, L Xie, R Peng… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Incorporation of crystalline small molecule into host binary systems to finely tune film
morphology is demonstrated to be an effective method to improve photovoltaic performance …

Rational compatibility in a ternary matrix enables all-small-molecule organic solar cells with over 16% efficiency

M Jiang, H Bai, H Zhi, L Yan, HY Woo, L Tong… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
How to manipulate the phase separation and molecular arrangement to meet the need of
efficient charge generation and extraction remains a long-standing challenge in all-small …

15.8% efficiency binary all-small-molecule organic solar cells enabled by a selenophene substituted sematic liquid crystalline donor

T Xu, J Lv, K Yang, Y He, Q Yang, H Chen… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Selenophene substitution of photovoltaics materials can improve their intermolecular
interactions and thus offer a good opportunity to finely optimize their phase separation …

High miscibility compatible with ordered molecular packing enables an excellent efficiency of 16.2% in all‐small‐molecule organic solar cells

L Zhang, X Zhu, D Deng, Z Wang, Z Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In all‐small‐molecule organic solar cells (ASM‐OSCs), a high short‐circuit current (Jsc)
usually needs a small phase separation, while a high fill factor (FF) is generally realized in a …

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 …

All-small-molecule organic solar cells with 18.1% efficiency and enhanced stability enabled by improving light harvesting and nanoscale microstructure

Y Gao, X Yang, R Sun, LY Xu, Z Chen, M Zhang, H Zhu… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Achieving a bi-continuous morphology with appropriate and solidified nanoscale domains in
the active layers is a challenging task for all-small-molecule organic solar cells (all …

Efficient ternary organic photovoltaic device with a non-halogenated solvent via synergistic inhibiting charge recombination and regulating morphology

X Liu, Y Peng, Z Liang, L Wang, S Han, Z Dou… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmentally friendly and efficient organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices play an essential
role in commercial applications. Herein, the PM6: TBFCl50-BDD: IT-4F-based ternary device …