Development of small-molecule materials for high-performance organic solar cells

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-performance fullerene-free polymer solar cells with 6.31% efficiency

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High-efficiency non-fullerene organic solar cells enabled by a difluorobenzothiadiazole-based donor polymer combined with a properly matched small molecule acceptor

(2015) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Realizing over 10% efficiency in polymer solar cell by device optimization

(2015) Shaoqing Zhang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

A molecular nematic liquid crystalline material for high-performance organic photovoltaics

(2015) Kuan Sun et al.   Nature Communications

High-Performance Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells Based on a Dithienogermole-Containing Molecular Donor

(2015) Yanming Sun et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor Small Molecules Based on Indacenodithiophene for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Huitao Bai et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A-D-A-typeS,N-Heteropentacenes: Next-Generation Molecular Donor Materials for Efficient Vacuum-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Amaresh Mishra et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Star-Shaped Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptor for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells Exceeding 10% Power Conversion Efficiency

(2014) Jing-De Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Tetraphenylethylene Core-Based 3D Structure Small Molecular Acceptor Enabling Efficient Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Integrated Molecular, Interfacial, and Device Engineering towards High-Performance Non-Fullerene Based Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yue Zang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High performance asymmetrical push–pull small molecules end-capped with cyanophenyl for solution-processed solar cells

(2014) Hang Gao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Enhanced efficiency of solution-processed small-molecule solar cells upon incorporation of gold nanospheres and nanorods into organic layers

(2014) Xiaoyan Xu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Substantial photovoltaic response and morphology tuning in benzo[1,2-b:6,5-b′]dithiophene (bBDT) molecular donors

(2014) Tobias Harschneck et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

New Molecular Donors with Dithienopyrrole as the Electron-Donating Group for Efficient Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Hung-I Lu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with 6.1% Efficiency through Fine-Tuning Parameters of the Film-Forming Process

(2014) Xin Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Perylene–Diimide Based Non-Fullerene Solar Cells with 4.34% Efficiency through Engineering Surface Donor/Acceptor Compositions

(2014) Zhenhuan Lu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Solution-processed bulk heterojunction solar cells based on a porphyrin small molecule with 7% power conversion efficiency

(2014) Hongmei Qin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Helical Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptors

(2014) Yu Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Design and Properties of Intermediate-Sized Narrow Band-Gap Conjugated Molecules Relevant to Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Xiaofeng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Silaindacenodithiophene-Based Molecular Donor: Morphological Features and Use in the Fabrication of Compositionally Tolerant, High-Efficiency Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2014) John A. Love et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Dialkylthiol-Substituted Benzodithiophene Unit with Efficiency near 10%

(2014) Bin Kan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Small-molecule solar cells with efficiency over 9%

(2014) Qian Zhang et al.   Nature Photonics

Selecting a Donor Polymer for Realizing Favorable Morphology in Efficient Non-fullerene Acceptor-based Solar Cells

(2014) Long Ye et al.   Small

Aggregation and morphology control enables multiple cases of high-efficiency polymer solar cells

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

8.4% efficient fullerene-free organic solar cells exploiting long-range exciton energy transfer

(2014) Kjell Cnops et al.   Nature Communications

Efficiency Improvement of Solution-Processed Dithienopyrrole-Based A-D-A Oligothiophene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells by Solvent Vapor Annealing

(2014) Cordula D. Wessendorf et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Effects of Shortened Alkyl Chains on Solution-Processable Small Molecules with Oxo-Alkylated Nitrile End-Capped Acceptors for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Dan Deng et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A Twisted Dimeric Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yuze Lin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Single Junction Inverted Polymer Solar Cell Reaching Power Conversion Efficiency 10.31% by Employing Dual-Doped Zinc Oxide Nano-Film as Cathode Interlayer

(2014) Sih-Hao Liao et al.   Scientific Reports

Highly efficient organic solar cells using a solution-processed active layer with a small molecule donor and pristine fullerene

(2014) Hao-Wu Lin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Fullerene-free organic solar cells with an efficiency of 3.7% based on a low-cost geometrically planar perylene diimide monomer

(2014) R. Singh et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Synthesis and properties of low bandgap star molecules TPA-[DTS-PyBTTh3]3 and DMM-TPA[DTS-PyBTTh3]3 for solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

(2014) Kimin Lim et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics: an emerging horizon

(2014) Yuze Lin et al.   Materials Horizons

High Performance Photovoltaic Applications Using Solution-Processed Small Molecules

(2013) Yongsheng Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Design and Synthesis of Molecular Donors for Solution-Processed High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Jessica E. Coughlin et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

2-Alkyl-5-thienyl-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-Based Donor Molecules for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Dhananjaya Patra et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solution-Processed DPP-Based Small Molecule that Gives High Photovoltaic Efficiency with Judicious Device Optimization

(2013) Jianhua Huang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Control of Interface Order by Inverse Quasi-Epitaxial Growth of Squaraine/Fullerene Thin Film Photovoltaics

(2013) Jeramy D. Zimmerman et al.   ACS Nano

Intensity Dependence of Current–Voltage Characteristics and Recombination in High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Aung Ko Ko Kyaw et al.   ACS Nano

Film Morphology of High Efficiency Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) John A. Love et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: A Decade of Organic/Polymeric Photovoltaic Research

(2013) Letian Dou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Potential Perylene Diimide Dimer-Based Acceptor Material for Highly Efficient Solution-Processed Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells with 4.03% Efficiency

(2013) Xin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A High-Performing Solution-Processed Small Molecule:Perylene Diimide Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell

(2013) Alexander Sharenko et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solution-Processed Small Molecules Using Different Electron Linkers for High-Performance Solar Cells

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tandem organic photovoltaics incorporating two solution-processed small molecule donor layers

(2013) B. E. Lassiter et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Bay-linked perylene bisimides as promising non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

(2013) Wei Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Rational molecular engineering towards efficient non-fullerene small molecule acceptors for inverted bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

(2013) Yu-Qing Zheng et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Solution-Processable Organic Molecule Photovoltaic Materials with Bithienyl-benzodithiophene Central Unit and Indenedione End Groups

(2013) Suling Shen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Solution-Processed and High-Performance Organic Solar Cells Using Small Molecules with a Benzodithiophene Unit

(2013) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Towards rational design of organic electron acceptors for photovoltaics: a study based on perylenediimide derivatives

(2013) Qifan Yan et al.   Chemical Science

Triazatruxene-Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dumbbell-Shaped Molecules as Photoactive Electron Donor for High-Efficiency Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Thomas Bura et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

A Solution-Processable Small Molecule Based on Benzodithiophene and Diketopyrrolopyrrole for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Yuze Lin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhanced Efficiency Parameters of Solution-Processable Small-Molecule Solar Cells Depending on ITO Sheet Resistance

(2013) Dong Hwan Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recent advances of non-fullerene, small molecular acceptors for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2013) Ala'a F. Eftaiha et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Small-Molecule Photovoltaics Based on Functionalized Squaraine Donor Blends

(2012) Xin Xiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improvement of Interfacial Contacts for New Small-Molecule Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics

(2012) Andres Garcia et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Non-Basic High-Performance Molecules for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Thomas S. van der Poll et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Small Molecule Organic Semiconductors on the Move: Promises for Future Solar Energy Technology

(2012) Amaresh Mishra et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A “zig-zag” naphthodithiophene core for increased efficiency in solution-processed small molecule solar cells

(2012) Stephen Loser et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Structures and properties of conjugated Donor–Acceptor copolymers for solar cell applications

(2012) Zhi–Guo Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Nonplanar Perylene Diimides as Potential Alternatives to Fullerenes in Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Sridhar Rajaram et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Small Molecules Based on Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene Unit for High-Performance Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Correlation of π-Conjugated Oligomer Structure with Film Morphology and Organic Solar Cell Performance

(2012) Roland Fitzner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Vacuum-Deposited Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiencies by Judicious Molecular Design and Device Optimization

(2012) Yi-Hong Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Role of trace impurities in the photovoltaic performance of solution processed small-molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2012) Wei Lin Leong et al.   Chemical Science

Pyridine-based electron transporting materials for highly efficient organic solar cells

(2012) Hao-Wu Lin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Enhanced performance of solution-processed solar cells based on porphyrin small molecules with a diketopyrrolopyrrole acceptor unit and a pyridine additive

(2012) Lisheng Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Functionalized Squaraine Donors for Nanocrystalline Organic Photovoltaics

(2011) Guodan Wei et al.   ACS Nano

Dicyanovinyl-Substituted Oligothiophenes: Structure-Property Relationships and Application in Vacuum-Processed Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Roland Fitzner et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Performance Solar Cells using a Solution-Processed Small Molecule Containing Benzodithiophene Unit

(2011) Yongsheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Planar Small Molecule with Dithienosilole Core for High Efficiency Solution-Processed Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2011) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies of 2.5% using Benzothiadiazole/Imide-Based Acceptors

(2011) Jason T. Bloking et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Organic non-fullerene acceptors for organic photovoltaics

(2011) Prashant Sonar et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

How Far Can Polymer Solar Cells Go? In Need of a Synergistic Approach

(2011) Feng He et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

A Low-Energy-Gap Organic Dye for High-Performance Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Li-Yen Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Arylamine-Based Squaraine Donors for Use in Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Guodan Wei et al.   NANO LETTERS

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells with 6.7% efficiency

(2011) Yanming Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A 4% Efficient Organic Solar Cell Using a Fluorinated Fused Subphthalocyanine Dimer as an Electron Acceptor

(2011) Bregt Verreet et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Spin-Coated Small Molecules for High Performance Solar Cells

(2011) Yongsheng Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution Processable Rhodanine-Based Small Molecule Organic Photovoltaic Cells with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 6.1%

(2011) Zhi Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Halogenated Boron Subphthalocyanines as Light Harvesting Electron Acceptors in Organic Photovoltaics

(2011) Paul Sullivan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solvent-Annealed Crystalline Squaraine: PC70BM (1:6) Solar Cells

(2011) Guodan Wei et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Polymer-Fullerene Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) Christoph J. Brabec et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Small Molecule Solution-Processed Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells†

(2010) Bright Walker et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Small-Molecule, Nonfullerene Acceptors for Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics†

(2010) John E. Anthony   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Processable Low-Bandgap Polymers for Photovoltaic Applications†

(2010) Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Synthesis of a perylene bisimide with acetonaphthopyrazine dicarbonitrile terminal moieties for photovoltaic applications

(2010) John A. Mikroyannidis et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Efficient bulk heterojunction devices based on phenylenevinylene small molecule and perylene–pyrene bisimide

(2009) G. D. Sharma et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Efficient Squaraine-Based Solution Processable Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2008) Fabio Silvestri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polymer–Fullerene Composite Solar Cells

(2007) Barry C. Thompson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION