Organic Photovoltaics with Multiple Donor-Acceptor Pairs

Cubic-Like Bimolecular Crystal Evolution and over 12% Efficiency in Halogen-Free Ternary Solar Cells

(2018) Tanya Kumari et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High-Performance Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Multiple-Donor or Multiple-Acceptor Components

(2018) Wenchao Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hidden Structure Ordering Along Backbone of Fused-Ring Electron Acceptors Enhanced by Ternary Bulk Heterojunction

(2018) Jiangquan Mai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ternary System with Controlled Structure: A New Strategy toward Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

(2018) Pei Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dye-Incorporated Polynaphthalenediimide Acceptor for Additive-Free High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2018) Dong Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

From Alloy-Like to Cascade Blended Structure: Designing High-Performance All-Small-Molecule Ternary Solar Cells

(2018) Zhen Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors

(2018) Jianhui Hou et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Effects of incorporating different chalcogenophene comonomers into random acceptor terpolymers on the morphology and performance of all-polymer solar cells

(2018) Yujin An et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Harmonious Compatibility Dominates Influence of Side-Chain Engineering on Morphology and Performance of Ternary Solar Cells

(2018) Tanya Kumari et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Ternary Organic Solar Cells With 12.8% Efficiency Using Two Nonfullerene Acceptors With Complementary Absorptions

(2018) Bin Kan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Highly efficient and highly stable terpolymer-based all-polymer solar cells with broad complementary absorption and robust morphology

(2018) Aesun Kim et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Low temperature processed high-performance thick film ternary polymer solar cell with enhanced stability

(2018) Manjun Xiao et al.   Nano Energy

Material insights and challenges for non-fullerene organic solar cells based on small molecular acceptors

(2018) Jianquan Zhang et al.   Nature Energy

9.0% power conversion efficiency from ternary all-polymer solar cells

(2017) Zhaojun Li et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Ternary solar cells with a mixed face-on and edge-on orientation enable an unprecedented efficiency of 12.1%

(2017) Tanya Kumari et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cell Enabled by a Thick Active Layer Containing a Liquid Crystalline Small Molecule Donor

(2017) Guichuan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Design of Random and Semi-Random Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cells

(2017) Jenna B. Howard et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Fine Tuning of Open-Circuit Voltage by Chlorination in Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene–Benzodithiophene Terpolymers toward Enhanced Solar Energy Conversion

(2017) Shiwei Qu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Non-Fullerene Acceptors

(2017) Shuixing Li et al.   Small

Densely Packed Random Quarterpolymers Containing Two Donor and Two Acceptor Units: Controlling Absorption Ability and Molecular Interaction to Enable Enhanced Polymer Photovoltaic Devices

(2017) So-Huei Kang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

From Binary to Ternary: Improving the External Quantum Efficiency of Small-Molecule Acceptor-Based Polymer Solar Cells with a Minute Amount of Fullerene Sensitization

(2017) Yu Chen et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Toward High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells: Rearranging the Backbone Units into a Readily Accessible Random Tetrapolymer

(2017) Cheng Zhou et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Modulating the Molecular Packing and Nanophase Blending via a Random Terpolymerization Strategy toward 11% Efficiency Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells

(2017) Shanshan Chen et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Feasible D1-A-D2-A Random Copolymers for Simultaneous High-Performance Fullerene and Nonfullerene Solar Cells

(2017) Mingyu Jeong et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Two compatible nonfullerene acceptors with similar structures as alloy for efficient ternary polymer solar cells

(2017) Wenyan Su et al.   Nano Energy

Formation of Organic Alloys in Ternary-Blend Solar Cells with Two Acceptors Having Energy-Level Offsets Exceeding 0.4 eV

(2017) Petr P. Khlyabich et al.   ACS Energy Letters

From Fullerene–Polymer to All-Polymer Solar Cells: The Importance of Molecular Packing, Orientation, and Morphology Control

(2016) Hyunbum Kang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Influence of Surface Energy on Organic Alloy Formation in Ternary Blend Solar Cells Based on Two Donor Polymers

(2016) Nemal S. Gobalasingham et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Alloy Acceptor: Superior Alternative to PCBM toward Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Pei Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

11% Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells with High Composition Tolerance via Integrated Near-IR Sensitization and Interface Engineering

(2016) Li Nian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ternary Organic Solar Cells Based on Two Compatible Nonfullerene Acceptors with Power Conversion Efficiency >10%

(2016) Tao Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The use of an n-type macromolecular additive as a simple yet effective tool for improving and stabilizing the performance of organic solar cells

(2016) Kwang Hyun Park et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells by Synergistic Effects of Fine-Tuned Crystallinity and Solvent Annealing

(2016) Zhaojun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reducing the efficiency–stability–cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells

(2016) Derya Baran et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Optimized “Alloy-Parallel” Morphology of Ternary Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Zaiyu Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Improved Performance of Ternary Polymer Solar Cells Based on A Nonfullerene Electron Cascade Acceptor

(2016) Baobing Fan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

(2016) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Nature Energy

Oligomer Molecules for Efficient Organic Photovoltaics

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Simultaneous Improvement in Short Circuit Current, Open Circuit Voltage, and Fill Factor of Polymer Solar Cells through Ternary Strategy

(2015) Qiaoshi An et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells with Improved Vertical Donor-Acceptor Compositional Gradient Via an Inverted Off-Center Spinning Method

(2015) Jiang Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent Advances in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Conjugated Polymer–Small Molecule Alloy Leads to High Efficient Ternary Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Jianqi Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

n-Type Semiconducting Naphthalene Diimide-Perylene Diimide Copolymers: Controlling Crystallinity, Blend Morphology, and Compatibility Toward High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Ye-Jin Hwang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conjugated Random Copolymers Consisting of Pyridine- and Thiophene-Capped Diketopyrrolopyrrole as Co-Electron Accepting Units To Enhance both JSC and VOC of Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Jong Won Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Status and prospects for ternary organic photovoltaics

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   Nature Photonics

High-performance multiple-donor bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Yang Yang et al.   Nature Photonics

Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

(2015) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

Solution-processable polymeric solar cells: A review on materials, strategies and cell architectures to overcome 10%

(2015) Ikerne Etxebarria et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Solution processed thick film organic solar cells

(2015) Chunhui Duan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

High-performance ternary blend polymer solar cells involving both energy transfer and hole relay processes

(2015) Luyao Lu et al.   Nature Communications

Synergistic Effect of Polymer and Small Molecules for High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Yajie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A New Tetracyclic Lactam Building Block for Thick, Broad-Bandgap Photovoltaics

(2014) Renee Kroon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Improved Photovoltaic Properties of Donor–Acceptor Copolymers by Introducing Quinoxalino[2,3-b′]porphyrin as a Light-Harvesting Unit

(2014) Liwei Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

High-Performance Inverted Organic Photovoltaics with Over 1-μm Thick Active Layers

(2014) Xiaowen Hu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

The Scope and Limitations of Ternary Blend Organic Photovoltaics

(2014) Brett M. Savoie et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Organic Ternary Solar Cells: A Review

(2013) Tayebeh Ameri et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Organic Solar Cells beyond One Pair of Donor–Acceptor: Ternary Blends and More

(2013) Liqiang Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Origin of the Tunable Open-Circuit Voltage in Ternary Blend Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2013) Robert A. Street et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanism and control of the structural evolution of a polymer solar cell from a bulk heterojunction to a thermally unstable hierarchical structure

(2013) Charn-Ying Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells employing Förster resonance energy transfer

(2013) Jing-Shun Huang et al.   Nature Photonics

External Quantum Efficiency Above 100% in a Singlet-Exciton-Fission-Based Organic Photovoltaic Cell

(2013) D. N. Congreve et al.   SCIENCE

Understanding the Morphology of PTB7:PCBM Blends in Organic Photovoltaics

(2013) Feng Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Charge Carrier Dynamics in a Ternary Bulk Heterojunction System Consisting of P3HT, Fullerene, and a Low Bandgap Polymer

(2013) Markus Koppe et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Molecular Design of Photovoltaic Materials for Polymer Solar Cells: Toward Suitable Electronic Energy Levels and Broad Absorption

(2012) Yongfang Li   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Synthesis and study of low-bandgap polymers containing the diazapentalene and diketopyrrolopyrrole chromophores for potential use in solar cells and near-infrared photodetectors

(2012) Gang Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Fullerene bisadduct as an effective phase-separation inhibitor in preparing poly(3-hexylthiophene)–[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester blends with highly stable morphology

(2012) Hung-Wei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Parallel-like Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells

(2012) Liqiang Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Compositional Dependence of the Open-Circuit Voltage in Ternary Blend Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on Two Donor Polymers

(2012) Petr P. Khlyabich 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

Design strategies for organic semiconductors beyond the molecular formula

(2012) Zachary B. Henson et al.   Nature Chemistry

Broadband dye-sensitized upconversion of near-infrared light

(2012) Wenqiang Zou et al.   Nature Photonics

Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure

(2012) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

Polymer solar cells

(2012) Gang Li et al.   Nature Photonics

In situ measurement of exciton energy in hybrid singlet-fission solar cells

(2012) Bruno Ehrler et al.   Nature Communications

Performance Enhancement of the P3HT/PCBM Solar Cells through NIR Sensitization Using a Small-Bandgap Polymer

(2012) Tayebeh Ameri et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Molecular Order in High-Efficiency Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Matthew R. Hammond et al.   ACS Nano

Parallel Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cell by Electrostatically Driven Phase Separation

(2011) Antti Ojala et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Upconverting Nanoparticles

(2011) Markus Haase et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Light-Harvesting Mechanism in Polymer/Fullerene/Dye Ternary Blends Studied by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

(2011) Satoshi Honda et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Molecular Design and Ordering Effects in π-Functional Materials for Transistor and Solar Cell Applications

(2011) Pierre M. Beaujuge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient Ternary Blend Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with Tunable Open-Circuit Voltage

(2011) Petr P. Khlyabich et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient Solar Cells from Semi-random P3HT Analogues Incorporating Diketopyrrolopyrrole

(2011) Petr P. Khlyabich et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Singlet Exciton Fission in Nanostructured Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Priya J. Jadhav et al.   NANO LETTERS

An Easily Synthesized Blue Polymer for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

(2010) Ergang Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

For the Bright Future-Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

(2010) Yongye Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A ternary cascade structure enhances the efficiency of polymer solar cells

(2010) Jen-Hsien Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrido[3,4-b]pyrazine-Based Low-Bandgap Copolymers for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2010) Mao-Chuan Yuan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Development of Novel Conjugated Donor Polymers for High-Efficiency Bulk-Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices

(2009) Junwu Chen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers for Organic Solar Cell Applications

(2009) Yen-Ju Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Design Rules for Donors in Bulk-Heterojunction Tandem Solar Cells?Towards 15 % Energy-Conversion Efficiency

(2008) G. Dennler et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis, Characterization, and Photovoltaic Properties of a Low Band Gap Polymer Based on Silole-Containing Polythiophenes and 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazole

(2008) Jianhui Hou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY