Isomerization engineering of solid additives enables highly efficient organic solar cells via manipulating molecular stacking and aggregation of active layer

Y Miao, Y Sun, W Zou, X Zhang, Y Kan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology control is crucial in achieving high‐performance organic solar cells (OSCs) and
remains a major challenge in the field of OSC. Solid additive is an effective strategy to fine …

Understanding the Nonradiative Charge Recombination in Organic Photovoltaics: From Molecule to Device

Y Kong, H Chen, L Zuo - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have made significant strides with efficiencies now exceeding
20%, positioning them as potential competitors to inorganic solar technologies. One of the …

Polythiophene and its derivatives for all-polymer solar cells

Q Bai, Y Cheng, W Wang, J Chen, H Sun - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
All-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs), employing conjugated polymers for both polymer donors
and acceptors within the active layer, offer numerous benefits, such as outstanding …

Triadic Halobenzene Processing Additive Combined Advantages of Both Solvent and Solid Types for Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells

J Park, S Jeong, Z Sun, TLH Mai, S Jeong, S Yang… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solvent additives with a high boiling point (BP) and low vapor pressure (VP) have formed a
key handle for improving the performance of organic solar cells (OSCs). However, it is not …

A donor: hole-transport layer alloy for high-efficiency and stable binary organic solar cells with promoted hole collection and suppressed recombination

X Zeng, T Xu, H Chen, B Deng, Q Yan, X Wen… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Charge collection efficiency is primarily dependent on the interface layer in organic solar
cells (OSCs), and minimizing the recombination at the interface can effectively suppress …

Open-air, green-solvent processed organic solar cells with efficiency approaching 18% and exceptional stability

TLH Mai, Z Sun, S Kim, S Jeong, S Lee… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The major challenges associated with bringing organic solar cells (OSCs) to the industrial
market are to further improve power conversion efficiency (PCE), device stability, and green …

Analysis of the charge generation and recombination processes in the PM6: Y6 organic solar cell

SM Pratik, G Kupgan, JL Brédas… - Energy & Environmental …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Closing the efficiency gap between organic solar cells and their inorganic and perovskite
counterparts requires a detailed understanding of the exciton dissociation and charge …

Nanoscale Balance of Energy Loss and Quantum Efficiency for High-Efficiency Polythiophene-Based Organic Solar Cells

Z Sun, H Ma, TLH Mai, J Park, S Jeong, C Yang - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polythiophene donors offer scalable and cost-effective solutions for the organic photovoltaic
industry. A thorough understanding of the structure–property–performance relationship is …

Regiospecific Incorporation of Fluorine Atoms in Polythiophene Derivatives for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

TNL Phan, JW Lee, THQ Nguyen… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Derivatives of polythiophene (PT) have garnered considerable attention in organic solar
cells (OSCs) because of their relatively uncomplicated molecular structures and cost …

Solid additive for manipulating the lamellar-stacking phases of donor and π-stacking phases of acceptor and its recycling implementation in organic solar cells

Y Kim, S Kim, S Lee, J Park, TLH Mai, S Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2025 - Elsevier
Volatile solid additives mainly manipulate the morphology of acceptor-rich domains within a
bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cell (OSC) system comprising donor and acceptor …