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 …

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 …

Perovskite–organic tandem solar cells with indium oxide interconnect

KO Brinkmann, T Becker, F Zimmermann, C Kreusel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Multijunction solar cells can overcome the fundamental efficiency limits of single-junction
devices. The bandgap tunability of metal halide perovskite solar cells renders them attractive …

Dimerized small-molecule acceptors enable efficient and stable organic solar cells

C Sun, JW Lee, C Lee, D Lee, S Cho, SK Kwon, BJ Kim… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of small-molecule acceptor (SMA)-based organic
solar cells (OSCs) have increased remarkably, but their long-term stability is insufficient for …

A history and perspective of non‐fullerene electron acceptors for organic solar cells

A Armin, W Li, OJ Sandberg, Z Xiao… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells are composed of electron donating and accepting organic
semiconductors. Whilst a significant palette of donors has been developed over three …

Ternary blend organic solar cells: understanding the morphology from recent progress

X Xu, Y Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ternary blend organic solar cells (TB‐OSCs) incorporating multiple donor and/or acceptor
materials into the active layer have emerged as a promising strategy to simultaneously …

A molecular interaction–diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability

M Ghasemi, N Balar, Z Peng, H Hu, Y Qin, T Kim… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Rapid increase in the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) has been
achieved with the development of non-fullerene small-molecule acceptors (NF-SMAs) …

Alkyl chain tuning of small molecule acceptors for efficient organic solar cells

K Jiang, Q Wei, JYL Lai, Z Peng, HK Kim, J Yuan, L Ye… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
The field of organic solar cells has seen rapid developments after the report of a high-
efficiency (15.7%) small molecule acceptor (SMA) named Y6. In this paper, we design and …

Progress in stability of organic solar cells

L Duan, A Uddin - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising emerging low‐cost thin film photovoltaics
technology. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of OSCs has overpassed 16% for single …

The performance-stability conundrum of BTP-based organic solar cells

Y Qin, N Balar, Z Peng, A Gadisa, I Angunawela… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
As the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic has been dramatically improved
to over 18%, achieving long-term stability is now crucial for applications of this promising …