A high-performance photovoltaic small molecule developed by modifying the chemical structure and optimizing the morphology of the active layer

Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance by Modulating Surface Composition in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Based on PBDTTT-C-T/PC71BM

(2014) Xia Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Universal Formation of Compositionally Graded Bulk Heterojunction for Efficiency Enhancement in Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Zhengguo Xiao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent progress in organic photovoltaics: device architecture and optical design

(2014) Weiran Cao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Morphological Control for Highly Efficient Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Via the Backbone Design of Cathode Interlayer Materials

(2014) Wenjun Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Fullerene Derivative-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanofilm as the Cathode of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells with Low-Bandgap Polymer (PTB7-Th) for High Performance

(2013) Sih-Hao Liao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

Improved Light Harvesting and Improved Efficiency by Insertion of an Optical Spacer (ZnO) in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells

(2013) Aung Ko Ko Kyaw et al.   NANO LETTERS

Fill factor in organic solar cells

(2013) Boyuan Qi et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Charge carrier recombination in organic solar cells

(2013) Christopher M. Proctor et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Investigation of Quinquethiophene Derivatives with Different End Groups for High Open Circuit Voltage Solar Cells

(2013) Guankui Long et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Solution-processed small-molecule solar cells: breaking the 10% power conversion efficiency

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Ambient roll-to-roll fabrication of flexible solar cells based on small molecules

(2013) Yuze Lin et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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

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

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

Rational Design of High Performance Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2012) Huaxing Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The molecular nature of photovoltage losses in organic solar cells

(2011) Cody W. Schlenker et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

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

(2011) Jiaoyan Zhou et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Stretchable, elastic materials and devices for solar energy conversion

(2011) Darren J. Lipomi 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

Dithienogermole As a Fused Electron Donor in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Chad M. Amb et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Semiconducting polymers: the Third Generation

(2010) Alan J. Heeger   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Donor−Acceptor Polymer Exhibiting High Crystallinity for Photovoltaic Applications

(2010) Mao-Chuan Yuan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Molecular Bulk Heterojunctions: An Emerging Approach to Organic Solar Cells

(2009) Jean Roncali   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Highly Efficient Solar Cell Polymers Developed via Fine-Tuning of Structural and Electronic Properties

(2009) Yongye Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Columnar Structure in Bulk Heterojunction in Solution-Processable Three-Layered p-i-n Organic Photovoltaic Devices Using Tetrabenzoporphyrin Precursor and Silylmethyl[60]fullerene

(2009) Yutaka Matsuo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

On the origin of the open-circuit voltage of polymer–fullerene solar cells

(2009) Koen Vandewal et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Creating a Uniform Distribution of Fullerene C60 Nanorods in a Polymer Matrix and its Photovoltaic Applications

(2008) Guanghao Lu et al.   Small