Recent progress in organic solar cells (Part I material science)

Y Liu, B Li, CQ Ma, F Huang, G Feng, H Chen… - Science China …, 2022 - Springer
During past several years, the photovoltaic performances of organic solar cells (OSCs) have
achieved rapid progress with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 18 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 19.31% binary organic solar cell and low non-radiative recombination enabled by non-monotonic intermediate state transition

J Fu, PWK Fong, H Liu, CS Huang, X Lu, S Lu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-fullerene acceptors based organic solar cells represent the frontier of the field, owing to
both the materials and morphology manipulation innovations. Non-radiative recombination …

Achieving record-efficiency organic solar cells upon tuning the conformation of solid additives

C Li, X Gu, Z Chen, X Han, N Yu, Y Wei… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Volatile solid additives (SADs) are considered as a simple yet effective approach to tune the
film morphology for high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs). However, the structural …

In situ removable additive assisted organic solar cells achieving efficiency over 19% and fill factor exceeding 81%

L Kong, Z Zhang, N Zhao, Z Cai, J Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Additive engineering can precisely regulate the bulk‐heterojunction active layer morphology
with ideal domain size and purity, playing a critical role in development of organic solar cells …

Recent progress in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors: materials to devices

D Luo, W Jang, DD Babu, MS Kim, DH Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic solar cells (OSCs) were dominated by donor–acceptor blends based on polymer
donors and fullerene acceptors for nearly two decades. In the past, apprehensions about the …

Restrained energetic disorder for high-efficiency organic solar cells via a solid additive

Z Chen, H Yao, J Wang, J Zhang, T Zhang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Energetic disorder is one of the major impediments that limits the performance of organic
solar cells (OSCs). Nevertheless, achieving a favorable nanoscale morphology that restricts …

The path to 20% power conversion efficiencies in nonfullerene acceptor organic solar cells

A Karki, AJ Gillett, RH Friend… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of single‐junction organic solar cells (OSC) have
now reached over 18%. This rapid recent progress can be attributed to the development of …

Nonfullerene acceptor molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

G Zhang, J Zhao, PCY Chow, K Jiang, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The bulk-heterojunction blend of an electron donor and an electron acceptor material is the
key component in a solution-processed organic photovoltaic device. In the past decades, a p …

Over 18% Efficiency of All‐Polymer Solar Cells with Long‐Term Stability Enabled by Y6 as a Solid Additive

Z Ge, J Qiao, Y Li, J Song, C Zhang, Z Fu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology control greatly influences the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and long‐term
stability of all‐polymer solar cells (all‐PSCs); however, it remains challenging owing to their …