Achieving Over 15% Efficiency in Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Copolymer Design

Organic Photovoltaics over Three Decades

(2018) Olle Inganäs   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cell Enabled by the Strong Intramolecular Electron Push-Pull Effect of the Nonfullerene Acceptor

(2018) Wanning Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Over 14% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Chlorinated Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors

(2018) Hao Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Over 14% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells Enabled by a Chlorinated Polymer Donor

(2018) Shaoqing Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ternary nonfullerene polymer solar cells with efficiency >13.7% by integrating the advantages of the materials and two binary cells

(2018) Xiaoling Ma et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Synergistic effect of fluorination on both donor and acceptor materials for high performance non-fullerene polymer solar cells with 13.5% efficiency

(2018) Qunping Fan et al.   Science China-Chemistry

High fabrication yield organic tandem photovoltaics combining vacuum- and solution-processed subcells with 15% efficiency

(2018) Xiaozhou Che et al.   Nature Energy

High-performance perovskite/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 monolithic tandem solar cells

(2018) Qifeng Han et al.   SCIENCE

Organic and solution-processed tandem solar cells with 17.3% efficiency

(2018) Lingxian Meng et al.   SCIENCE

A chlorinated low-bandgap small-molecule acceptor for organic solar cells with 14.1% efficiency and low energy loss

(2018) Bin Kan et al.   Science China-Chemistry

High-efficiency small-molecule ternary solar cells with a hierarchical morphology enabled by synergizing fullerene and non-fullerene acceptors

(2018) Zichun Zhou et al.   Nature Energy

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

A generic interface to reduce the efficiency-stability-cost gap of perovskite solar cells

(2017) Yi Hou et al.   SCIENCE

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

The role of chemical structure in indacenodithienothiophene-alt-benzothiadiazole copolymers for high performance organic solar cells with improved photo-stability through minimization of burn-in loss

(2017) Christos L. Chochos et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Ternary-Blend Polymer Solar Cells Combining Fullerene and Nonfullerene Acceptors to Synergistically Boost the Photovoltaic Performance

(2016) Heng Lu 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

Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review

(2016) Qiaoshi An et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Donor–Acceptor Random versus Alternating Copolymers for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells: Importance of Optimal Composition in Random Copolymers

(2016) Tae Eui Kang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Terpolymer approach for controlling the crystalline behavior of naphthalene diimide-based polymer acceptors and enhancing the performance of all-polymer solar cells

(2016) Youngwoong Kim et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

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

(2016) Sarah Holliday et al.   Nature Communications

High-performance conjugated terpolymer-based organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2016) Bingbing Fan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Designing ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cells with reduced carrier recombination and a fill factor of 77%

(2016) Nicola Gasparini et al.   Nature Energy

Efficient organic solar cells processed from hydrocarbon solvents

(2016) Jingbo Zhao et al.   Nature Energy

Polymer-Polymer Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Significantly Boosts the Power Conversion Efficiency of Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2015) Vinay Gupta et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-performance multiple-donor bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2015) Yang Yang et al.   Nature Photonics

Low Band-Gap Conjugated Polymers with Strong Interchain Aggregation and Very High Hole Mobility Towards Highly Efficient Thick-Film Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Zhenhui Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2014) Yajie Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Determining Optimal Crystallinity of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Terpolymers for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells and Transistors

(2014) Ki-Hyun Kim et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Reducing burn-in voltage loss in polymer solar cells by increasing the polymer crystallinity

(2014) Thomas Heumueller et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

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

(2014) Yuhang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Long-term stable polymer solar cells with significantly reduced burn-in loss

(2014) Jaemin Kong et al.   Nature Communications

Design of terpolymers as electron donors for highly efficient polymer solar cells

(2014) Tae Eui Kang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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

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

Importance of Optimal Composition in Random Terpolymer-Based Polymer Solar Cells

(2013) Tae Eui Kang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Conjugated random copolymers of benzodithiophene–benzooxadiazole–diketopyrrolopyrrole with full visible light absorption for bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2013) Jian-Ming Jiang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

(2012) Yongfang Li   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A New Approach for Probing the Mobility and Lifetime of Photogenerated Charge Carriers in Organic Solar Cells Under Real Operating Conditions

(2012) A. Baumann et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Recent development of push–pull conjugated polymers for bulk-heterojunction photovoltaics: rational design and fine tailoring of molecular structures

(2012) Chunhui Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Design, Application, and Morphology Study of a New Photovoltaic Polymer with Strong Aggregation in Solution State

(2012) Deping Qian et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Design strategies for organic semiconductors beyond the molecular formula

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

Polymer solar cells

(2012) Gang Li et al.   Nature Photonics

The Mechanism of Burn-in Loss in a High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cell

(2011) Craig H. Peters et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

Photo-Carrier Recombination in Polymer Solar Cells Based on P3HT and Silole-Based Copolymer

(2011) Song Chen et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Recombination Dynamics as a Key Determinant of Open Circuit Voltage in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: A Comparison of Four Different Donor Polymers

(2010) Andrea Maurano et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

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