Recent progress of Y6‐derived asymmetric fused ring electron acceptors

Y Zhang, Y Ji, Y Zhang, W Zhang, H Bai… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Symmetric conjugated molecules can be broken through suitable synthetic strategies to
construct novel asymmetric molecules, which can largely broaden the material library. In the …

Side-chain engineering of nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors for organic solar cells

Z Luo, T Xu, C Yang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thanks to their broad absorption spectra, easily modifiable molecular energy levels and
chemical structures, nonfullerene small-molecule acceptors (SMAs) have attracted …

Asymmetric electron acceptor enables highly luminescent organic solar cells with certified efficiency over 18%

C He, Z Chen, T Wang, Z Shen, Y Li, J Zhou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Enhancing the luminescence property without sacrificing the charge collection is one key to
high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs), while limited by the severe non-radiative …

Non-fullerene acceptors with branched side chains and improved molecular packing to exceed 18% efficiency in organic solar cells

C Li, J Zhou, J Song, J Xu, H Zhang, X Zhang, J Guo… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Molecular design of non-fullerene acceptors is of vital importance for high-efficiency organic
solar cells. The branched alkyl chain modification is often regarded as a counter-intuitive …

Large-area perovskite solar cells employing spiro-Naph hole transport material

M Jeong, IW Choi, K Yim, S Jeong, M Kim, SJ Choi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Stabilizing the best-performing state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on a
spiro-OMeTAD hole transport material (HTM), without sacrificing their high power conversion …

Non‐Halogen Solvent Processed Binary Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency of 19% and Module Efficiency Over 15% Enabled by Asymmetric Alkyl Chain Engineering

Z Zhong, S Chen, J Zhao, J Xie, K Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The effective molecular design of non‐fullerene acceptors is important to high‐efficiency
organic solar cells. Herein, asymmetric alkyl chain engineering is applied to design a new …

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 …

Precisely controlling the position of bromine on the end group enables well‐regular polymer acceptors for all‐polymer solar cells with efficiencies over 15%

Z Luo, T Liu, R Ma, Y Xiao, L Zhan, G Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in the development of polymerized A–D–A‐type small‐molecule acceptors
(SMAs) have promoted the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of all‐polymer solar cells (all …

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 …

An asymmetric wide-bandgap acceptor simultaneously enabling highly efficient single-junction and tandem organic solar cells

J Wang, M Zhang, J Lin, Z Zheng, L Zhu, P Bi… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ternary and tandem strategies are effective methods for improving the photovoltaic
performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). Here an asymmetric wide-bandgap nonfullerene …