Polymer semiconductors: synthesis, processing, and applications

L Ding, ZD Yu, XY Wang, ZF Yao, Y Lu… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

Aggregation behaviour of pyrene-based luminescent materials, from molecular design and optical properties to application

X Feng, X Wang, C Redshaw, BZ Tang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular aggregates are self-assembled from multiple molecules via weak intermolecular
interactions, and new chemical and physical properties can emerge compared to their …

Compromising charge generation and recombination of organic photovoltaics with mixed diluent strategy for certified 19.4% efficiency

T Chen, S Li, Y Li, Z Chen, H Wu, Y Lin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ternary blend is demonstrated as an effective strategy to promote the device
performance of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) due to the dilution effect. While the …

Improved photovoltaic performance and robustness of all-polymer solar cells enabled by a polyfullerene guest acceptor

H Yu, Y Wang, X Zou, J Yin, X Shi, Y Li, H Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fullerene acceptors typically possess excellent electron-transporting properties and can
work as guest components in ternary organic solar cells to enhance the charge extraction …

Organic Solar Cells with Over 19% Efficiency Enabled by a 2D‐Conjugated Non‐fullerene Acceptor Featuring Favorable Electronic and Aggregation Structures

K Liu, Y Jiang, F Liu, G Ran, F Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The π‐expansion of non‐fullerene acceptors is a promising method for boosting the organic
photovoltaic performance by allowing the fine‐tuning of electronic structures and molecular …

Sequential deposition of multicomponent bulk heterojunctions increases efficiency of organic solar cells

X Xu, W Jing, H Meng, Y Guo, L Yu, R Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing tandem and multi‐blend organic solar cells (OSCs) is an effective way to
overcome the absorption limitations of conventional single‐junction devices. However, these …

Y‐type non‐fullerene acceptors with outer branched side chains and inner cyclohexane side chains for 19.36% efficiency polymer solar cells

M Deng, X Xu, Y Duan, L Yu, R Li… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Raising the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of Y‐type non‐
fullerene acceptors can increase the open‐circuit voltage (Voc) and thus the photovoltaic …

Benzo [d] thiazole based wide bandgap donor polymers enable 19.54% efficiency organic solar cells along with desirable batch‐to‐batch reproducibility and general …

B Pang, C Liao, X Xu, L Yu, R Li, Q Peng - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The limited selection pool of high‐performance wide bandgap (WBG) polymer donors is a
bottleneck problem of the nonfullerene acceptor (NFA) based organic solar cells (OSCs) that …

High‐Performance Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells Enabled by a Symmetric‐Asymmetric Alloy Acceptor with a Broad Composition Tolerance

Y Gao, X Yang, W Wang, R Sun, J Cui, Y Fu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using a combinatory blending strategy is demonstrated as a promising path for designing
efficient organic solar cells (OSCs) by boosting the short‐circuit current density and fill factor …

3D acceptors with multiple A–D–A architectures for highly efficient organic solar cells

H Chen, Z Zhang, P Wang, Y Zhang, K Ma… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Compared to the most-studied non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) with linear skeletons, multi-
dimensional NFAs with largely conjugated extensions in multiple directions may contribute …