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 …

Morphology control in organic solar cells

F Zhao, C Wang, X Zhan - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells (OSCs) can directly convert the sunlight into electrical energy and
present some advantages, such as low cost, light weight, flexibility, semitransparency, and …

Volatilizable solid additive‐assisted treatment enables organic solar cells with efficiency over 18.8% and fill factor exceeding 80%

S Bao, H Yang, H Fan, J Zhang, Z Wei… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the self‐assembling of organic semiconductors to form well‐developed
nanoscale phase separation in the bulk‐heterojunction active layer is critical yet challenging …

Single-component non-halogen solvent-processed high-performance organic solar cell module with efficiency over 14%

S Dong, T Jia, K Zhang, J Jing, F Huang - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
In this work, a non-fullerene acceptor DTY6 is designed to apply in organic solar cell (OSC)
module devices. When blended with donor PM6, the DTY6-based OSCs exhibit excellent …

Solvent additives: key morphology‐directing agents for solution‐processed organic solar cells

C McDowell, M Abdelsamie, MF Toney… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) have the advantage of possible fabrication by energy‐efficient
and cost‐effective deposition methods, such as solution processing. Solvent additives can …

A conjugated donor-acceptor block copolymer enables over 11% efficiency for single-component polymer solar cells

Y Wu, J Guo, W Wang, Z Chen, Z Chen, R Sun, Q Wu… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Covalently linking donor (D) and acceptor (A) moieties into single material can be an
effective strategy to enable efficient exciton dissociation and charge generation. Herein, we …

Stable block copolymer single-material organic solar cells: progress and perspective

B Li, X Yang, S Li, J Yuan - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapidly increasing population and decreasing supply of fossil fuels have resulted in a
growing demand for energy, which has brought on an energy crisis. Accordingly, harvesting …

Thermally Stable All‐Polymer Solar Cells with High Tolerance on Blend Ratios

Y Zhang, Y Xu, MJ Ford, F Li, J Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tuning the blend composition is an essential step to optimize the power conversion
efficiency (PCE) of organic bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. PCEs from devices of …

Delayed fluorescence emitter enables near 17% efficiency ternary organic solar cells with enhanced storage stability and reduced recombination energy loss

X Du, Y Yuan, L Zhou, H Lin, C Zheng… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Charge transfer state (CT) plays an important role in exciton diffusion, dissociation, and
charge recombination mechanisms. Enhancing the utilization and suppressing the …

Blade‐cast nonfullerene organic solar cells in air with excellent morphology, efficiency, and stability

L Zhang, B Lin, B Hu, X Xu, W Ma - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Blade‐coating serving as a prototype tool for slot‐die coating can be very compatible with
large‐area roll‐to‐roll coating. Using blade‐coating in an ambient environment, an average …