A New Nonfullerene Electron Acceptor with a Ladder Type Backbone for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells with over 11% Efficiency and Excellent Thermal Stability

(2016) Wenchao Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fullerene-free small molecule organic solar cells with a high open circuit voltage of 1.15 V

(2016) Wang Ni et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A spirobifluorene and diketopyrrolopyrrole moieties based non-fullerene acceptor for efficient and thermally stable polymer solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

(2016) Shuixing Li et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Covalently Bound Clusters of Alpha-Substituted PDI—Rival Electron Acceptors to Fullerene for Organic Solar Cells

(2016) Qinghe Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency

(2016) Haijun Bin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Performance Electron Acceptor with Thienyl Side Chains for Organic Photovoltaics

(2016) Yuze Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor

(2016) Sarah Holliday et al.   Nature Communications

A Wide Bandgap Polymer with Strong π-π Interaction for Efficient Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Huifeng Yao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Phthalimide end-capped thienoisoindigo and diketopyrrolopyrrole as non-fullerene molecular acceptors for organic solar cells

(2016) Pierre Josse et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A simple small molecule as an acceptor for fullerene-free organic solar cells with efficiency near 8%

(2016) Miaomiao Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Single-Junction Polymer Solar Cells with Over 10% Efficiency by a Novel Two-Dimensional Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Copolymer

(2015) Chang Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Fluoro-Substituted n-Type Conjugated Polymers for Additive-Free All-Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiency of 6.71%

(2015) Jae Woong Jung et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

7.7% Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Ye-Jin Hwang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solution-Processed Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with 7.0% Efficiency: In-Depth Investigation on the Effects of Structure Modification and Solvent Vapor Annealing

(2015) Jin-Liang Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Heteroatom-Bridged Benzothiazolyls for Organic Solar Cells: A Theoretical Study

(2015) Runfeng Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Deep Absorbing Porphyrin Small Molecule for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells with Very Low Energy Losses

(2015) Ke Gao 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

A Series of Simple Oligomer-like Small Molecules Based on Oligothiophenes for Solution-Processed Solar Cells with High Efficiency

(2015) Bin Kan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Single-junction polymer solar cells with high efficiency and photovoltage

(2015) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

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

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

High Performance All-Polymer Solar Cell via Polymer Side-Chain Engineering

(2014) Yan Zhou 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

Perylene diimides: a thickness-insensitive cathode interlayer for high performance polymer solar cells

(2014) Zhi-Guo Zhang 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

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

A new oligobenzodithiophene end-capped with 3-ethyl-rhodanine groups for organic solar cells with high open-circuit voltage

(2014) Wang Ni et al.   Science China-Chemistry

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2013) Letian Dou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

What Makes Fullerene Acceptors Special as Electron Acceptors in Organic Solar Cells and How to Replace Them

(2012) Tao Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Vacuum-processable ladder-type oligophenylenes for organic–inorganic hybrid structures: synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties upon increasing planarization as well as thin film growth

(2012) Björn Kobin et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Combination of Molecular, Morphological, and Interfacial Engineering to Achieve Highly Efficient and Stable Plastic Solar Cells

(2011) Chih-Yu Chang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Semiconducting polymers: the Third Generation

(2010) Alan J. Heeger   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

(2010) John E. Anthony   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fullerene derivative acceptors for high performance polymer solar cells

(2010) Youjun He et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Fabrication and processing of polymer solar cells: A review of printing and coating techniques

(2008) Frederik C. Krebs   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS