Recent progress in the design of fused-ring non-fullerene acceptors─ relations between molecular structure and optical, electronic, and photovoltaic properties

B Schweda, M Reinfelds, P Hofstadler… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organic solar cells are on the dawn of the next era. The change of focus toward non-
fullerene acceptors has introduced an enormous amount of organic n-type materials and …

Cyano-functionalized organic and polymeric semiconductors for high-performance n-type organic electronic devices

Y Li, E Huang, X Guo, K Feng - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of high-performance n-type organic and polymeric semiconductors lags
far behind that of p-type counterparts due to a paucity of strongly electron-deficient building …

Large‐area organic solar modules with efficiency over 14%

X Dong, Y Jiang, L Sun, F Qin, X Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is still challenging to fabricate efficient large‐area organic solar modules by solution
processing. Processing window is important to obtain optimal aggregation of an active layer …

Prospects of glove-box versus air-processed organic solar cells

S Rasool, JY Kim - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the search of alternate green energy sources to offset dependence on fossil fuels, solar
energy can certainly seal two needs with one deed: fulfil growing global energy demands …

Effects of halogenation on the benzotriazole unit of non-fullerene acceptors in organic solar cells with high voltages

T Dai, Q Nie, P Lei, B Zhang, J Zhou… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) can be simply divided into three categories: A–D–A, A–
DA′ D–A, and A2–A1–D–A1–A2 according to their chemical structures. Benefiting from the …

A comparison of para, meta, and ortho-carborane centred non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

F Aniés, F Furlan, Z Qiao, V Pirela, M Bidwell… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We report the first examples of carborane-containing non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), and
their use in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. NFAs employing an A–D–A′–D–A type …

Path to the fabrication of efficient, stable and commercially viable large-area organic solar cells

S Rasool, J Yeop, HW Cho, W Lee, JW Kim… - Materials …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have reached an outstanding certified power conversion
efficiency (PCE) of over 19% in single junction and 20% in tandem architecture design. Such …

Synergistically Improving the Absorption, Energy Level, and Crystallization of Pm6 by a Dicyanobenzothiadiazole Block-Based Terpolymer Strategy

J Shao, C Liao, X Xu, M Deng, L Yu, R Li… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The current top performing polymer solar cells (PSCs) are predominately based on the
polymer donor material PM6 paired with Y-series small-molecule acceptors. For the limited …

Tuning the Properties of Donor–Acceptor and Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor Boron Difluoride Hydrazones via Extended π-Conjugation

D Cappello, FL Buguis, JB Gilroy - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Molecular materials with π-conjugated donor–acceptor (D–A) and acceptor–donor–acceptor
(A–D–A) electronic structures have received significant attention due to their usage in …

Non‐Fullerene Acceptors with an Extended π‐Conjugated Core: Third Components in Ternary Blends for High‐Efficiency, Post‐Treatment‐Free Organic Solar Cells

YA Avalos‐Quiroz, O Bardagot, Y Kervella… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of four non‐fullerene acceptors (NFAs) with a “A–π–D–π–A” structure, in
which the electron‐donating core is extended, was achieved. The molecules differed by the …