Achieving a Higher Energy Charge-Transfer State and Reduced Voltage Loss for Organic Solar Cells using Nonfullerene Acceptors with Norbornenyl-Functionalized Terminal Groups

High-efficiency organic solar cells with low non-radiative recombination loss and low energetic disorder

(2020) Sha Liu et al.   Nature Photonics

18% Efficiency organic solar cells

(2020) Qishi Liu et al.   Science Bulletin

Single‐Junction Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Approaching 18% Efficiency

(2020) Yong Cui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tuning the Hybridization of Local Exciton and Charge‐Transfer States in Highly Efficient Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2020) Ye Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

n-Type Molecular Photovoltaic Materials: Design Strategies and Device Applications

(2020) Qihui Yue et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fluorinating π‐Extended Molecular Acceptors Yields Highly Connected Crystal Structures and Low Reorganization Energies for Efficient Solar Cells

(2020) Steven M. Swick et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

New Phase for Organic Solar Cell Research: Emergence of Y-Series Electron Acceptors and Their Perspectives

(2020) Shuixing Li et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Synergistic Effect of Alkyl Chain and Chlorination Engineering on High-Performance Nonfullerene Acceptors

(2020) Daize Mo et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence Invoked Through Norbornyl‐Driven Intermolecular Interaction Intensification with Anomalous Reversible Solid‐State Photochromism

(2020) Wenxu Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetrically noncovalently fused-ring acceptor for high-efficiency organic solar cells with reduced voltage loss and excellent thermal stability

(2020) Qing Guo et al.   Nano Energy

Solution‐Processed Organic Solar Cells with High Open‐Circuit Voltage of 1.3 V and Low Non‐Radiative Voltage Loss of 0.16 V

(2020) Ning An et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Miscibility‐Controlled Phase Separation in Double‐Cable Conjugated Polymers for Single‐Component Organic Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 8 %

(2020) Xudong Jiang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Recent Advances in Wide Bandgap Polymer Donors and Their Applications in Organic Solar Cells

(2020) Xiaopeng Xu et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Tuning the intermolecular interaction of A2-A1-D-A1-A2 type non-fullerene acceptors by substituent engineering for organic solar cells with ultrahigh VOC of ∼1.2 V

(2020) Xiaochen Wang et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Benzotriazole-Based Acceptor and Donors, Coupled with Chlorination, Achieve a High VOC of 1.24 V and an Efficiency of 10.5% in Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cells

(2019) Ailing Tang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Tuning Charge Generation Process of Rylene Imide-Based Solar Cells via Chalcogen-Atom-Annulation

(2019) Ningning Liang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

A Narrow-Bandgap n-Type Polymer Semiconductor Enabling Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2019) Shengbin Shi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Reduced Nonradiative Energy Loss Caused by Aggregation of Nonfullerene Acceptor in Organic Solar Cells

(2019) Yunpeng Qin et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Achieving Fast Charge Separation and Low Nonradiative Recombination Loss by Rational Fluorination for High‐Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

(2019) Chenkai Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Significantly improving the performance of polymer solar cells by the isomeric ending-group based small molecular acceptors: Insight into the isomerization

(2019) Zhenghui Luo et al.   Nano Energy

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

An Alkylated Indacenodithieno[3,2-b ]thiophene-Based Nonfullerene Acceptor with High Crystallinity Exhibiting Single Junction Solar Cell Efficiencies Greater than 13% with Low Voltage Losses

(2018) Zhuping Fei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nonfullerene Acceptor Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2018) Guangye Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

The design of highly efficient polymer solar cells with outstanding short-circuit current density based on small band gap electron acceptor

(2018) Danyang Ma et al.   DYES AND PIGMENTS

Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors

(2018) Jianhui Hou et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Next-generation organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene acceptors

(2018) Pei Cheng et al.   Nature Photonics

Enhance the performance of polymer solar cells via extension of the flanking end groups of fused ring acceptors

(2018) Shiyu Feng et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Nonfullerene Small-Molecule Acceptors with Perpendicular Side-Chains for Fullerene-Free Solar Cells

(2018) Fugang Shen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Molecular Engineering for Large Open-Circuit Voltage and Low Energy Loss in Around 10% Non-fullerene Organic Photovoltaics

(2018) Bo He et al.   ACS Energy Letters

New Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-Based Acceptor: Tuning Acceptor Strength of Ladder-Type N-Type Materials to Simultaneously Achieve Enhanced Voc and Jsc of Nonfullerene Solar Cells

(2018) Shao-Ling Chang et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells

(2018) Cenqi Yan et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

How to determine optical gaps and voltage losses in organic photovoltaic materials

(2018) K. Vandewal et al.   Sustainable Energy & Fuels

Fused-Ring Nonfullerene Acceptor Forming Interpenetrating J -Architecture for Fullerene-Free Polymer Solar Cells

(2018) Dong Yan et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Enhancing the Photovoltaic Performance of Nonfullerene Acceptors via Conjugated Rotatable End Groups

(2018) Runnan Yu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Fused Nonacyclic Electron Acceptors for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2017) Shuixing Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Exploiting Noncovalently Conformational Locking as a Design Strategy for High Performance Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor Used in Polymer Solar Cells

(2017) Yahui Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Impact of interfacial molecular orientation on radiative recombination and charge generation efficiency

(2017) Niva A. Ran et al.   Nature Communications

Significant Influence of the Methoxyl Substitution Position on Optoelectronic Properties and Molecular Packing of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors for Photovoltaic Cells

(2017) Sunsun Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Subtle side-chain tuning on terminal groups of small molecule electron acceptors for efficient fullerene-free polymer solar cells

(2017) Jie Zhu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Intrinsic non-radiative voltage losses in fullerene-based organic solar cells

(2017) Johannes Benduhn et al.   Nature Energy

Energy-Level Modulation of Small-Molecule Electron Acceptors to Achieve over 12% Efficiency in Polymer Solar Cells

(2016) Sunsun Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Facile Planar Fused-Ring Electron Acceptor for As-Cast Polymer Solar Cells with 8.71% Efficiency

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

Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptors for Use in Organic Solar Cells

(2015) Christian B. Nielsen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Yuze Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Understanding the Mechanism of Operation

(2013) Alan J. Heeger   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Small molecule semiconductors for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics

(2012) Yuze Lin et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Surface Plasmonic Effects of Metallic Nanoparticles on the Performance of Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2011) Jyh-Lih Wu et al.   ACS Nano