25th anniversary article: bulk heterojunction solar cells: understanding the mechanism of operation

AJ Heeger - Advanced materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The status of understanding of the operation of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells is
reviewed. Because the carrier photoexcitation recombination lengths are typically 10 nm in …

Recent progress in non-fullerene small molecule acceptors in organic solar cells (OSCs)

W Chen, Q Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Power conversion efficiency (PCE) has surpassed 10% for single junction organic solar cells
(OSCs) mainly through the design and synthesis of novel donor materials, the optimization …

Single-junction organic solar cell with over 15% efficiency using fused-ring acceptor with electron-deficient core

J Yuan, Y Zhang, L Zhou, G Zhang, HL Yip, TK Lau… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Recently, non-fullerene n-type organic semiconductors have attracted significant attention
as acceptors in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due to their great potential to realize high …

25th anniversary article: a decade of organic/polymeric photovoltaic research

L Dou, J You, Z Hong, Z Xu, G Li, RA Street… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology has been developed and improved from a fancy
concept with less than 1% power conversion efficiency (PCE) to over 10% PCE, particularly …

Additive engineering for highly efficient organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells: recent advances and perspectives

T Li, Y Pan, Z Wang, Y Xia, Y Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic–inorganic halide perovskite solar cells have recently attracted much attention due
to their low-cost fabrication, flexibility, and high efficiency. The power conversion efficiency …

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

Y Lin, Y Li, X Zhan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) are a promising cost-effective alternative to silicon-based
solar cells, and possess light-weight, low-cost, and flexibility advantages. Significant …

Charge carrier recombination in organic solar cells

CM Proctor, M Kuik, TQ Nguyen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Solution deposited bulk heterojunction organic solar cells are viewed as one of the most
promising alternative energy sources because of their ease of processing and their potential …

Rational design of high performance conjugated polymers for organic solar cells

H Zhou, L Yang, W You - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
The research on the polymer-based solar cells (PSCs) has attracted an increasing amount
of attention in recent years because PSCs pose potential advantages over mainstream …

Molecular design and ordering effects in π-functional materials for transistor and solar cell applications

PM Beaujuge, JMJ Fréchet - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Organic electronics are broadly anticipated to impact the development of flexible thin-film
device technologies. Among these, solution-processable π-conjugated polymers and small …

Arising applications of ferroelectric materials in photovoltaic devices

Y Yuan, Z Xiao, B Yang, J Huang - Journal of Materials chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The ferroelectric-photovoltaic (FE-PV) device, in which a homogeneous ferroelectric material
is used as a light absorbing layer, has been investigated during the past several decades …